Standard

Track updates

AS 1735.8.1:2020

[Current]

Adopts and modifies EN 81 22:2014 for Australia, specifying safety rules for construction and installation of permanently installed new electric lifts, with traction or positive drive, serving defined landings levels, having a vehicle designed to convey passengers and loads, suspended by ropes or chains and travelling in a vertical plan along guide rails that are inclined at an angle of between 15° and 75° in relation to the horizontal. KEYWORDS: Lifts; Escalators; Moving walks; Safety.

Published: 18/12/2020

Pages: 199

Table of contents

Cited references

Content history

Table of contents

Header

About this publication

Preface

Foreword

0 Introduction

0.1 General

0.2 Considerations

0.3 Principles

0.4 Assumptions

1 Scope

1.1

1.2

1.3

1.4

1.5

1.6

2 Normative references

3 Terms and definitions, symbols and abbreviated terms

3.1 Terms and definitions

3.2 Symbols and abbreviated terms

3.2.1 Symbols

3.2.2 Abbreviated terms

4 List of significant hazards

4.1 General

5 Safety requirements and/or protective measures

5.1 General provisions

5.2 Lift well

5.2.1 General provisions

5.2.1.1

5.2.1.2

5.2.1.3

5.2.2 Well enclosure

5.2.2.1 General

5.2.2.2 Totally enclosed well

5.2.2.2.1 Building installation

5.2.2.2.2 Tunnel installation

5.2.2.3 Partially enclosed well

5.2.2.3.1 Introduction

5.2.2.3.2 General

5.2.2.3.3 Lifts with an inclination of more than 45°

5.2.2.3.4 Lifts with an inclination not exceeding 45°

5.2.2.4 Inspection and emergency doors - Inspection traps

5.2.2.4.1 General

5.2.2.4.1.1

5.2.2.4.1.2

5.2.2.4.2 Emergency and inspection accesses

5.2.2.4.2.1

5.2.2.4.2.2

5.2.2.4.2.3

5.2.2.4.2.4

5.2.2.4.2.5

5.2.2.4.2.6

5.2.2.5 Ventilation of the well

5.2.3 Walls, floor, ceilings

5.2.3.1 General

5.2.3.2 Strength of the walls

5.2.3.2.1

5.2.3.2.2

5.2.3.3 Strength of the pit floor

5.2.3.3.1

5.2.3.3.2

5.2.3.3.3

5.2.3.4 Strength of the ceiling

5.2.3.5 Structure

5.2.4 Construction of the walls of lift wells and landing doors facing a car entrance

5.2.4.1

5.2.4.2

5.2.4.3

5.2.5 Protection of any spaces located in the vehicle trajectory, the counterweight or the balancing weight at the lowest level

5.2.6 Protection in the well

5.2.6.1 General provisions

5.2.6.1.1

5.2.6.1.2

5.2.6.2 Several lifts in the well

5.2.6.2.1

5.2.6.2.2

5.2.6.2.3

5.2.6.2.4

5.2.7 Headroom and pit

5.2.7.1 General

5.2.7.2 Access to the headroom through the car roof

5.2.7.2.1 Top clearances for traction drive lifts

5.2.7.2.1.1 Vehicle at its limit of travel

5.2.7.2.1.2 Counterweight at its limit of travel

5.2.7.2.1.3 Reduced clearances

5.2.7.2.2 Top clearances for positive drive lifts

5.2.7.2.2.1

5.2.7.2.2.2

5.2.7.2.2.3

5.2.7.3 Access to the headroom through the well

5.2.7.4 Pit

5.2.7.4.1

5.2.7.4.2

5.2.7.4.3

5.2.7.4.4

5.2.7.5 Lifts with front mounted doors

5.2.8 Exclusive use of the well

5.2.9 Lighting of the well

5.2.10 Emergency release

5.2.11 Access to the well through a landing door

5.2.12 Protection of the areas under the running track

5.3 Machine, working areas and pulley spaces

5.3.1 General provisions

5.3.2 Access

5.3.2.1

5.3.2.2

5.3.3 Machinery in machine room

5.3.3.1 General provisions

5.3.3.1.1

5.3.3.1.2

5.3.3.2 Mechanical strength, floor surface

5.3.3.2.1

5.3.3.2.2

5.3.3.3 Dimensions

5.3.3.3.1

5.3.3.3.2

5.3.3.3.3

5.3.3.3.4

5.3.3.3.5

5.3.3.4 Doors and trap doors

5.3.3.4.1

5.3.3.4.2

5.3.3.4.3

5.3.3.5 Other openings

5.3.3.6 Ventilation

5.3.3.7 Lighting and socket outlets

5.3.3.8 Handling of equipment

5.3.4 Working areas and machinery inside the well

5.3.4.1 General provisions

5.3.4.1.1

5.3.4.1.2

5.3.4.1.3

5.3.4.2 Dimensions of working areas inside the well

5.3.4.2.1

5.3.4.2.2

5.3.4.3 Working stations in the car or on the car roof

5.3.4.3.1

5.3.4.3.2

5.3.4.3.3

5.3.4.3.4

5.3.4.3.5

5.3.4.4 Working areas in the pit and in the headroom of the well

5.3.4.4.1

5.3.4.4.2

5.3.4.4.3

5.3.4.5 Working areas on a platform in the well

5.3.4.5.1

5.3.4.5.2

5.3.4.5.3

5.3.4.5.4

5.3.4.5.5

5.3.4.5.6

5.3.4.5.7

5.3.4.6 Doors and traps

5.3.4.6.1

5.3.4.6.2

5.3.4.7 Ventilation

5.3.4.8 Lighting and socket outlets

5.3.4.9 Handling of equipment

5.3.5 Working areas and machinery outside of the well

5.3.5.1 General provisions

5.3.5.2 Machinery cabinet

5.3.5.2.1

5.3.5.2.2

5.3.5.2.3

5.3.5.3 Working area

5.3.5.4 Ventilation

5.3.5.5 Lighting and socket outlets

5.3.6 Devices for emergency and test operations

5.3.6.1

5.3.6.2

5.3.6.3

5.3.6.4

5.3.7 Construction and equipment of pulley spaces

5.3.7.1 Pulley rooms

5.3.7.1.1 General

5.3.7.1.2 Mechanical strength, floor surface

5.3.7.1.2.1

5.3.7.1.2.2

5.3.7.1.3 Dimensions

5.3.7.1.3.1

5.3.7.1.3.2

5.3.7.1.3.3

5.3.7.1.3.4

5.3.7.1.4 Doors and trap doors

5.3.7.1.4.1

5.3.7.1.4.2

5.3.7.1.4.3

5.3.7.1.5 Other openings

5.3.7.1.6 Stopping device

5.3.7.1.7 Temperature

5.3.7.1.8 Lighting and socket outlets

5.3.7.2 Pulleys in the well

5.4 Landing doors

5.4.1 General provisions

5.4.2 Strength of doors and their frames

5.4.2.1 General provisions

5.4.2.2 Behaviour under fire conditions

5.4.2.3 Mechanical strength

5.4.2.3.1

5.4.2.3.2

5.4.2.3.3

5.4.2.3.4

5.4.2.3.5

5.4.2.3.6

5.4.3 Height and width of entrances

5.4.3.1 Height

5.4.3.2 Width

5.4.4 Sills, guides, door suspension

5.4.4.1 Sills

5.4.4.2 Guides

5.4.4.2.1

5.4.4.2.2

5.4.4.2.3

5.4.4.3 Suspension of vertically sliding doors

5.4.4.3.1

5.4.4.3.2

5.4.4.3.3

5.4.4.3.4

5.4.5 Protection in relation to door operation

5.4.5.1 General

5.4.5.2 Power operated doors

5.4.5.2.1 General provision

5.4.5.2.2 Horizontally sliding doors

5.4.5.2.2.1 Automatic power operated doors

5.4.5.2.2.2 Non-automatic power operated doors

5.4.5.2.3 Vertically sliding doors

5.4.5.2.4 Other types of doors

5.4.6 Local lighting and “car here” signal lights

5.4.6.1 Local lighting

5.4.6.2 “Car here” indication

5.4.7 Locking and closed landing door check

5.4.7.1 Protection against the risk of falling

5.4.7.1.1 Side-mounted doors

5.4.7.1.2 Front-mounted doors

5.4.7.2 Protection against shearing

5.4.7.2.1 General provisions

5.4.7.2.2 Operation with doors open

5.4.7.2.2.1 Side-mounted doors

5.4.7.2.2.2 Front-mounted doors

5.4.7.3 Locking and emergency unlocking

5.4.7.3.1 General provisions

5.4.7.3.2 Locking

5.4.7.3.2.1

5.4.7.3.2.2

5.4.7.3.2.3

5.4.7.3.2.4

5.4.7.3.2.5

5.4.7.3.2.6

5.4.7.3.2.7

5.4.7.3.2.8

5.4.7.3.2.9

5.4.7.3.2.10

5.4.7.3.2.11

5.4.7.3.3 Emergency unlocking

5.4.7.3.3.1

5.4.7.3.3.2

5.4.7.3.3.3

5.4.7.4 Electrical device for proving the landing door closed

5.4.7.4.1

5.4.7.4.2

5.4.7.4.3

5.4.7.5 Requirements common to devices for proving the locked condition and the closed condition of the door

5.4.7.5.1

5.4.7.5.2

5.4.7.6 Sliding doors with multiple, mechanically linked panels

5.4.7.6.1

5.4.7.6.2

5.4.8 Closing of automatically operated doors

5.5 Car, vehicle, counterweight, balancing weight

5.5.1 Height of the car

5.5.1.1

5.5.1.2

5.5.2 Available car area, rated load, number of passengers

5.5.2.1 General case

5.5.2.1.1

5.5.2.1.2

5.5.2.1.3

5.5.2.2 Goods passenger lifts

5.5.2.3 Number of passengers

5.5.3 Walls, floor and roof of the car

5.5.3.1 Structural design

5.5.3.1.1

5.5.3.1.2

5.5.3.1.3

5.5.3.1.4

5.5.3.1.5

5.5.3.1.6

5.5.3.1.7

5.5.3.1.8

5.5.3.2 Maintaining of passengers and of goods

5.5.3.3 Fire protection

5.5.3.4 Floor of the car and link with the landings

5.5.4 Car apron

5.5.4.1

5.5.4.2

5.5.5 Car entrance

5.5.6 Car doors

5.5.6.1 General provision

5.5.6.1.1

5.5.6.1.2

5.5.6.1.3

5.5.6.1.4

5.5.6.1.5

5.5.6.2 Sills, guides, door suspension

5.5.6.3 Mechanical strength

5.5.6.3.1

5.5.6.3.2

5.5.6.3.3

5.5.6.3.4

5.5.7 Protection during operation of doors

5.5.7.1 General

5.5.7.2 Power operated doors

5.5.7.2.1 General provisions

5.5.7.2.2 Horizontally sliding doors

5.5.7.2.2.1 Automatic power operated doors

5.5.7.2.2.2 Non-automatic power operated doors

5.5.7.2.3 Vertically sliding doors

5.5.8 Reversal of closing movement

5.5.9 Electrical device for proving the car doors closed

5.5.9.1

5.5.9.2

5.5.9.3

5.5.10 Sliding doors with multiple, mechanically linked panels

5.5.10.1

5.5.10.2

5.5.11 Opening the car door

5.5.11.1

5.5.11.2

5.5.11.3

5.5.12 Emergency trap doors and emergency doors

5.5.12.1 General

5.5.12.1.1

5.5.12.1.2

5.5.12.1.3

5.5.12.2 Emergency trap doors

5.5.12.2.1

5.5.12.2.2

5.5.12.2.3

5.5.12.2.4

5.5.12.3 Emergency doors

5.5.12.3.1

5.5.12.3.2

5.5.12.3.3

5.5.12.3.4

5.5.12.4 Locking of emergency trap doors and emergency doors

5.5.12.4.1

5.5.12.4.2

5.5.13 Working station

5.5.13.1 General

5.5.13.2 Strength and dimensions

5.5.13.2.1

5.5.13.2.2

5.5.13.2.3

5.5.13.2.4

5.5.13.3 Balustrade

5.5.13.3.1

5.5.13.3.2

5.5.13.3.3

5.5.13.3.4

5.5.13.3.5

5.5.13.3.6

5.5.13.3.7

5.5.14 Car header and car sides

5.5.15 Inspection equipment

5.5.16 Ventilation, heating, air-conditioning

5.5.16.1

5.5.16.2

5.5.16.3

5.5.16.4

5.5.17 Lighting

5.5.17.1

5.5.17.2

5.5.17.3

5.5.17.4

5.5.17.5

5.5.18 Counterweight and balancing weight

5.5.18.1

5.5.18.2

5.5.18.3

5.5.19 Running/sliding elements

5.5.20 Element for maintaining the vehicle inside the dynamic envelope

5.5.21 Clearance of obstacles

5.6 Suspension, compensation, overspeed protection and protection against unintended vehicle movement

5.6.1 Suspension

5.6.1.1

5.6.1.2

5.6.1.3

5.6.1.4

5.6.2 Sheave, pulley, drum and rope diameter ratios, rope/chain terminations, safety coefficients

5.6.2.1 Sheave, pulley, drum and rope

5.6.2.1.1

5.6.2.1.2

5.6.2.1.3

5.6.2.1.4

5.6.2.1.5

5.6.2.2 Chains

5.6.2.2.1

5.6.2.2.2

5.6.2.2.3

5.6.3 Rope traction

5.6.4 Winding up of ropes for positive drive lifts

5.6.4.1

5.6.4.2

5.6.4.3

5.6.4.4

5.6.4.5

5.6.5 Distribution of load between the ropes or the chains

5.6.5.1

5.6.5.2

5.6.5.3

5.6.5.4

5.6.5.5

5.6.5.6

5.6.6 Compensation with ropes/loop ropes

5.6.6.1

5.6.6.2

5.6.7 Protection for traction sheaves, pulleys and sprockets

5.6.7.1

5.6.7.2

5.6.8 Safety gear

5.6.8.1 General provisions

5.6.8.1.1

5.6.8.1.2

5.6.8.1.3

5.6.8.2 Safety gear conditions of use

5.6.8.2.1

5.6.8.2.2

5.6.8.3 Methods of tripping

5.6.8.3.1

5.6.8.3.2

5.6.8.4 Retardation

5.6.8.5 Release

5.6.8.5.1

5.6.8.5.2

5.6.8.6 Constructional conditions

5.6.8.6.1

5.6.8.6.2

5.6.8.6.3

5.6.8.7 Inclination of the car floor

5.6.8.8 Electrical checking

5.6.9 Overspeed governor

5.6.9.1 Operation of the overspeed governor

5.6.9.1.1

5.6.9.1.2

5.6.9.1.3

5.6.9.1.4

5.6.9.2 Overspeed governor driven by rope

5.6.9.2.1

5.6.9.2.2

5.6.9.2.3

5.6.9.2.4

5.6.9.2.5

5.6.9.2.6

5.6.9.2.7

5.6.9.2.8

5.6.9.3 Mechanical overspeed governor not driven by rope

5.6.9.4 Programmable electronic overspeed governor

5.6.9.5 Response time

5.6.9.6 Accessibility

5.6.9.6.1

5.6.9.6.2

5.6.9.6.3

5.6.9.7 Tripping of the overspeed governor

5.6.9.8 Electrical checking

5.6.9.8.1

5.6.9.8.2

5.6.9.8.3

5.6.9.8.4

5.6.10 Ascending vehicle overspeed protection means

5.6.10.1

5.6.10.2

5.6.10.3

5.6.10.4

5.6.10.5

5.6.10.6

5.6.10.7

5.6.10.8

5.6.10.9

5.6.10.10

5.6.10.11

5.6.10.12

5.6.11 Protection against unintended vehicle movement

5.6.11.1

5.6.11.2

5.6.11.3

5.6.11.4

5.6.11.5

5.6.11.6

5.6.11.7

5.6.11.8

5.6.11.9

5.6.11.10

5.6.11.11

5.6.11.12

5.7 Running tracks, guide rails, counter-guide rails and safety gear operating element – Buffers – Final limit switches

5.7.1 General provisions concerning the running tracks, guide rails, counter-guide rails and safety gear gripping element

5.7.1.1 Mechanical strength

5.7.1.2 Permissible stresses and deflections for T-profile guide rails

5.7.1.2.1

5.7.1.2.2

5.7.1.3 Fixing

5.7.2 Travel and guiding of the vehicle, counterweight or balancing weight

5.7.2.1 Running tracks

5.7.2.2 Guide rails

5.7.2.3 Counter-guide rail

5.7.2.4 Safety gear gripping element

5.7.2.5 Multi-function element

5.7.3 Vehicle and counterweight buffers

5.7.3.1

5.7.3.2

5.7.3.3

5.7.3.4

5.7.3.5

5.7.3.6

5.7.3.7

5.7.4 Stroke of vehicle and counterweight buffers

5.7.4.1 Energy accumulation type buffers

5.7.4.1.1 Buffers with linear characteristics

5.7.4.1.1.1

5.7.4.1.1.2

5.7.4.1.2 Buffers with nonlinear characteristics

5.7.4.1.2.1

5.7.4.1.2.2

5.7.4.2 Energy accumulation type buffers with buffered return movement

5.7.4.3 Energy dissipation type buffers

5.7.4.3.1

5.7.4.3.2

5.7.4.3.3

5.7.4.3.4

5.7.4.3.5

5.7.5 Final limit switches

5.7.5.1 General

5.7.5.2 Actuation of the final limit switches

5.7.5.2.1

5.7.5.2.2

5.7.5.2.3

5.7.5.3 Method of operation of final limit switches

5.7.5.3.1

5.7.5.3.2

5.8 Clearances between vehicle and wall facing the vehicle entrance, and between car, counterweight or balancing weight

5.8.1 General provision

5.8.2 Clearances between vehicle and wall facing the vehicle entrance

5.8.2.1

5.8.2.2

5.8.2.3

5.8.2.4

5.8.3 Clearances between vehicle, counterweight or balancing weight

5.9 Lift machine

5.9.1 General provision

5.9.2 Drive of the vehicle and the counterweight or balancing weight

5.9.2.1

5.9.2.2

5.9.3 Use of overhung pulleys or sprockets

5.9.4 Braking system

5.9.4.1 General provisions

5.9.4.1.1

5.9.4.1.2

5.9.4.2 Electro-mechanical brake

5.9.4.2.1

5.9.4.2.2

5.9.4.2.3

5.9.4.2.4

5.9.4.2.5

5.9.4.2.6

5.9.4.2.7

5.9.5 Emergency operation

5.9.5.1

5.9.5.2

5.9.5.3

5.9.6 Speed

5.9.7 Stopping the machine and checking its stopped condition

5.9.7.1 General provisions

5.9.7.2 Motors supplied directly from AC or DC mains

5.9.7.3 Drive using a “Ward-Leonard” system

5.9.7.3.1 Excitation of the generator supplied by classical elements

5.9.7.3.2 Excitation of the generator supplied and controlled by static elements

5.9.7.4 AC or DC motor supplied and controlled by static elements

5.9.7.5 Control devices and monitoring devices

5.9.8 Monitoring the slowdown of the machine

5.9.8.1

5.9.8.2

5.9.8.3

5.9.8.4

5.9.8.5

5.9.8.6

5.9.9 Positive drive lifts – Monitoring of the tension of the ropes/chains

5.9.10 Motor run time limiter

5.9.10.1

5.9.10.2

5.9.10.3

5.9.10.4

5.9.11 Protection of machinery

5.9.12 Normal stopping of the car at landings and levelling accuracy

5.9.13 Starting/slowdown of the vehicle

5.10 Electric installations and appliances

5.10.1 General provisions

5.10.1.1 Limits of application

5.10.1.1.1

5.10.1.1.2

5.10.1.1.3

5.10.1.2 Protection against direct contact

5.10.1.3 Insulation resistance of the electrical installation (CENELEC HD 60364-6:2007)

5.10.1.4 Voltage limit for control and safety circuits

5.10.1.5 Conductor for neutral and earth-continuity

5.10.2 Contactors, relay-contactors, components of safety circuits

5.10.2.1 Contactors and relay-contactors

5.10.2.1.1

5.10.2.1.2

5.10.2.1.3

5.10.2.2 Components of safety circuits

5.10.2.2.1

5.10.2.2.2

5.10.2.2.3

5.10.3 Protection of motors and other electrical equipment

5.10.3.1

5.10.3.2

5.10.3.3

5.10.3.4

5.10.3.5

5.10.3.6

5.10.4 Main switches

5.10.4.1

5.10.4.2

5.10.4.3

5.10.4.4

5.10.4.5

5.10.4.6

5.10.5 Electric wiring

5.10.5.1 Types of cable

5.10.5.1.1

5.10.5.1.2

5.10.5.1.3

5.10.5.1.4

5.10.5.1.5

5.10.5.2 Cross-sectional area of conductors

5.10.5.3 Method of installation

5.10.5.3.1

5.10.5.3.2

5.10.5.3.3

5.10.5.3.4

5.10.5.3.5

5.10.5.3.6

5.10.5.3.7

5.10.5.4 Connectors

5.10.5.5 Lighting and socket outlets

5.10.5.5.1

5.10.5.5.2

5.10.5.6 Control of the supply for lighting and socket outlets

5.10.5.6.1

5.10.5.6.2

5.10.5.6.3

5.11 Protection against electric faults; controls; priorities

5.11.1 Failure analysis and electric safety devices

5.11.1.1 Failure analysis

5.11.1.1.1

5.11.1.1.2

5.11.1.1.3

5.11.1.2 Electric safety devices

5.11.1.2.1 General requirements

5.11.1.2.1.1

5.11.1.2.1.2

5.11.1.2.1.3

5.11.1.2.1.4

5.11.1.2.1.5

5.11.1.2.1.6

5.11.1.2.1.7

5.11.1.2.2 Safety contacts

5.11.1.2.2.1

5.11.1.2.2.2

5.11.1.2.2.3

5.11.1.2.2.4

5.11.1.2.2.5

5.11.1.2.2.6

5.11.1.2.3 Safety circuits

5.11.1.2.3.1 General provisions

5.11.1.2.3.2 Drafting and assessing of safety circuits

5.11.1.3 Operation of electric safety devices

5.11.1.3.1 General

5.11.1.3.2 Actuation of electric safety devices

5.11.1.3.3 Programmable electronic systems in safety related applications (PESSRAL)

5.11.1.3.3.1 General

5.11.1.3.3.2 Design requirements

5.11.2 Controls

5.11.2.1 Control of lift operations

5.11.2.1.1 General

5.11.2.1.2 Control of normal operation

5.11.2.1.3 Control of re-levelling with doors open

5.11.2.1.4 Control of inspection operation

5.11.2.1.4.1

5.11.2.1.4.2

5.11.2.1.4.3

5.11.2.1.5 Control of emergency electrical operation

5.11.2.2 Stopping devices

5.11.2.2.1

5.11.2.2.2

5.11.2.3 Emergency alarm device

5.11.2.3.1

5.11.2.3.2

5.11.2.4 Priorities and signals

5.11.2.4.1

5.11.2.4.2

5.11.2.4.3

5.11.2.5 Load control

5.11.2.5.1

5.11.2.5.2

5.11.2.5.3

6 Verification of the safety requirements and/or protective measures

6.1 Methods to be used

6.2 Specific data, test reports and certificates

7 Information for use

7.1 General

7.2 Signals and warning devices

7.2.1 General provisions

7.2.2 Inside the car

7.2.2.1 Rated load

7.2.2.2 Emergency alarm device

7.2.2.3 Control devices

7.2.2.4 Instruction for use

7.2.3 At the landings

7.2.4 At the entrance to the well

7.2.5 At the machinery and pulley spaces

7.2.5.1

7.2.5.2

7.2.5.3

7.2.5.4

7.2.5.5

7.2.5.6

7.2.5.7

7.2.5.8

7.2.5.9

7.2.6 At working stations

7.2.7 In the well

7.2.8 At the control unit

7.2.8.1 Electrical identification

7.2.8.2 Unlocking key for landing doors

7.2.9 On safety components

7.2.9.1 Device against ascending vehicle overspeed

7.2.9.2 Safety gear

7.2.9.3 Overspeed governor

7.2.9.4 Buffers

7.2.9.5 Door locking devices

7.2.9.6 Safety devices containing electronic components

7.3 Inspection and test

7.3.1 General

7.3.2 Constructional inspection and acceptance inspection and test

7.3.2.1 Examination

7.3.2.2 Documentation

7.3.3 Periodical examinations and tests

7.4 Accompanying documents (in particular, instruction handbook)

7.4.1 Contents

7.4.2 Presentation of the instruction handbook

7.4.2.1

7.4.2.2

7.4.2.3

7.4.2.4

7.4.2.5

7.4.2.6

7.4.2.7

7.4.3 Advice for drafting and editing information for use

7.4.3.1

7.4.3.2

7.4.3.3

7.4.3.4

7.4.4 Register

7.4.4.1 General

7.4.4.2 Technical section

7.4.4.3 Section for reports and observations

7.4.5 Marking in the car

Annex A

Annex B

Annex C

C.1 Introduction

C.2 General

C.3 Technical documents and plans

C.4 Electric schematic diagrams

C.5 Verification of conformity

Annex D

D.1 General

D.2 Examinations

D.3 Tests and verifications

Annex E

E.1 Periodical examinations and tests

E.2 Examinations and tests after an important modification or after an accident

Annex F

F.0 Introduction

F.0.1 General provisions

F.0.1.1

F.0.1.2

F.0.1.3

F.0.1.4

F.0.1.5

F.0.1.6

F.0.2 Model form of type examination certificate

F.1 Landing door locking devices

F.1.1 General provisions

F.1.1.1 Field of application

F.1.1.2 Object and extent of the test

F.1.1.3 Documents to be submitted for a type test

F.1.1.3.1 Schematic arrangement drawing with description of operation

F.1.1.3.2 Assembly drawing with key

F.1.1.4 Test samples

F.1.2 Examination and tests

F.1.2.1 Examination of operation

F.1.2.2 Mechanical tests

F.1.2.2.1 General provisions

F.1.2.2.2 Endurance test

F.1.2.2.2.1

F.1.2.2.2.2

F.1.2.2.3 Static test

F.1.2.2.4 Dynamic test

F.1.2.3 Criteria for the mechanical tests

F.1.2.4 Electrical test

F.1.2.4.1 Endurance test of contacts

F.1.2.4.2 Test of ability to break circuit

F.1.2.4.2.1

F.1.2.4.2.2

F.1.2.4.2.3

F.1.2.4.2.4

F.1.2.4.3 Test for resistance to leakage currents

F.1.2.4.4 Examination of clearances and creepage distances

F.1.2.4.5 Examination of the requirements appropriate to safety contacts and their accessibility

F.1.3 Test particular to certain types of locking devices

F.1.3.1 Locking device for horizontally or vertically sliding doors with several panels

F.1.3.2 Flap type locking device for hinged door

F.1.3.2.1

F.1.3.2.2

F.1.4 Type examination certificate

F.1.4.1

F.1.4.2

F.2 Safety gear

F.2.1 General provisions

F.2.1.1

F.2.1.2

F.2.2 Progressive safety gear or instantaneous safety gear with buffered effect

F.2.2.1 Statement and test sample

F.2.2.1.1

F.2.2.1.2

F.2.2.2 Test

F.2.2.2.1 Method of test

F.2.2.2.2 Test procedure

F.2.2.2.2.1 Safety gear certified for a single mass

F.2.2.2.2.2 Safety gear certified for different masses

F.2.2.2.3 Determination of the braking force of the safety gear

F.2.2.2.3.1 Safety gear certified for a single mass

F.2.2.2.3.2 Safety gear certified for different masses

F.2.2.2.4 Checking after the tests

F.2.2.3 Calculation of the permissible mass

F.2.2.3.1 Safety gear certified for a single mass

F.2.2.3.2 Safety gear certified for different masses

F.2.2.3.2.1 Adjustment in stages

F.2.2.3.2.2 Continuous adjustment

F.2.2.4 Possible modification to the adjustments

F.2.3 Comments

F.2.4 Type examination certificate

F.2.4.1

F.2.4.2

F.3 Overspeed governors

F.3.1 General provisions

F.3.2 Check on the characteristics of the governor

F.3.2.1 Test samples

F.3.2.2 Test for systems driven by a rope

F.3.2.2.1 Method of test

F.3.2.2.2 Test procedure

F.3.2.2.3 Interpretation of the test results

F.3.2.2.3.1

F.3.2.2.3.2

F.3.2.2.3.3

F.3.2.3 Test for the other systems

F.3.2.3.1 Method of test

F.3.2.3.2 Test procedure

F.3.2.3.3 Interpretation of the results of tests

F.3.2.3.3.1

F.3.2.3.3.2

F.3.3 Type examination certificate

F.3.3.1

F.3.3.2

F.4 Buffers

F.4.1 General provisions

F.4.2 Samples to be submitted

F.4.3 Test

F.4.3.1 Energy accumulation type buffers with buffered return movement

F.4.3.1.1 Test procedure

F.4.3.1.1.1

F.4.3.1.1.2

F.4.3.1.2 Equipment to be used

F.4.3.1.2.1 Weights falling in free fall

F.4.3.1.2.2 Recording equipment

F.4.3.1.2.3 Measurement of speed

F.4.3.1.3 Ambient temperature

F.4.3.1.4 Mounting of the buffer

F.4.3.1.5 Checking of the condition of the buffer after tests

F.4.3.2 Energy dissipation buffers

F.4.3.2.1 Test procedure

F.4.3.2.2 Equipment to be used

F.4.3.2.2.1 Weights falling in free fall

F.4.3.2.2.2 Recording equipment

F.4.3.2.2.3 Measurement of speed

F.4.3.2.2.4 Measurement of the retardation

F.4.3.2.2.5 Measurement of time

F.4.3.2.3 Ambient temperature

F.4.3.2.4 Mounting of the buffer

F.4.3.2.5 Filling of the buffer

F.4.3.2.6 Checks

F.4.3.2.6.1 Checking of retardation

F.4.3.2.6.2 Checking of the return of the buffer to the normal position

F.4.3.2.6.3 Checking of the liquid losses

F.4.3.2.6.4 Checking of the condition of the buffer after tests

F.4.3.2.7 Procedure in the case of tests failing the requirements

F.4.3.3 Buffers with nonlinear characteristics

F.4.3.3.1 Test procedure

F.4.3.3.1.1

F.4.3.3.1.2

F.4.3.3.2 Equipment to be used

F.4.3.3.3 Ambient temperature

F.4.3.3.4 Mounting of the buffer

F.4.3.3.5 Number of tests

F.4.3.3.6 Checks

F.4.3.3.6.1 Checking of retardation

F.4.3.3.6.2 Checking of the condition of the buffer after tests

F.4.3.3.7 Procedure in the case of tests failing the requirements

F.4.4 Type examination certificate

F.4.4.1

F.4.4.2

F.4.5 Buffers subjected to be stressed at the end of the travel

F.5 Safety circuits containing electronic components and/or programmable electronic systems (PESSRAL)

F.5.1 General

F.5.2 General provisions

F.5.2.1 Safety circuits containing electronic components

F.5.2.2 Safety circuits based on programmable electronic systems

F.5.3 Test samples

F.5.4 Mechanical tests

F.5.4.1 General

F.5.4.2 Vibrations

F.5.4.3 Bumping

F.5.4.3.1 General

F.5.4.3.1.1

F.5.4.3.1.2

F.5.4.3.2 Partial test shocking

F.5.4.3.3 Continuous shocking

F.5.5 Climatic stress testing

F.5.5.1 Temperature tests

F.5.5.2 Humidity tests

F.5.6 Functional and safety test of PESSRAL

F.5.7 Type examination certificate

F.5.7.1

F.5.7.2

F.6 Ascending vehicle overspeed protection means

F.6.1 General provisions

F.6.2 Statement and test sample

F.6.2.1

F.6.2.2

F.6.3 Test

F.6.3.1 Method of test

F.6.3.2 Test procedure

F.6.3.2.1 General provision

F.6.3.2.2 Device certified for a single mass

F.6.3.2.3 Device certified for different masses

F.6.3.2.4 Overspeed monitoring device

F.6.3.2.4.1 Test procedure

F.6.3.2.4.2 Interpretation of the test results

F.6.3.3 Checking after the tests

F.6.4 Possible modification to the adjustments

F.6.5 Test report

F.6.6 Type examination certificate

F.6.6.1

F.6.6.2

F.7 Unintended vehicle movement protection means

F.7.1 General provisions

F.7.1.1 Key parameters

F.7.1.2 Documents

F.7.2 Statement and test sample

F.7.2.1

F.7.2.2

F.7.3 Test

F.7.3.1 Method of Test

F.7.3.2 Test procedure

F.7.3.2.1 General provision

F.7.3.2.2 Device certified for a single mass or torque

F.7.3.2.3 Device certified for different masses or torques

F.7.3.2.4 Unintended movement detection means

F.7.3.2.5 Redundancy monitoring

F.7.3.3 Checks after the test

F.7.4 Possible modification to the adjustments

F.7.5 Test report

F.7.6 Type examination certificate

F.7.6.1

F.7.6.2

Annex G

G.1 General

G.2 Actions to take into account for calculation

G.2.1 General

G.2.1.1 Principal classifications of actions

G.2.1.1.1

G.2.1.1.2

G.2.2 Action relating to lifts with inclined travel path

G.2.2.1 Permanent actions

G.2.2.1.1 Dead-weights of the vehicle, structure and of the structural elements

G.2.2.1.2 Ground actions

G.2.2.2 Variable actions

G.2.2.2.1

G.2.2.2.2

G.2.2.2.3

G.2.2.2.4

G.2.2.2.5

G.2.2.2.6

G.2.2.2.7

G.2.2.2.8

G.2.2.2.9

G.2.2.3 Accidental actions

G.2.2.3.1 Actions against the buffers after a slowdown failure

G.2.2.3.2 Braking forces

G.2.2.3.3 Action against buffers

G.2.2.3.4 Seismic actions

G.2.2.3.5 Fire

G.2.2.3.6 Other actions and effects

G.3 Proof of guide rails

Annex H

H.1 Scope

H.2 Failure exclusions - conditions

Annex I

I.1 Design guide-line for safety circuits

I.2 Description of possible measures

Annex J

J.1 General

J.2 Test rig

J.2.1 Hard pendulum shock device

J.2.2 Soft pendulum shock device

J.2.3 Suspension of the pendulum shock device

J.2.4 Pulling and triggering device

J.3 Panels

J.4 Test procedure

J.4.1

J.4.2

J.4.3

J.4.4

J.4.5

J.5 Interpretation of the results

J.6 Test report

J.7 Exceptions from the tests

Annex K

K.1 General provisions

K.2 Traction calculation

K.2.1 Basic formulae

Evaluation of T1 and T2

K.2.2.1 Car loading condition

K.2.2.2 Emergency braking condition

K.2.2.3 Counterweight stalled condition

K.2.2.4 Sagging effect

Evaluation of the friction factor f

K.2.3.1 Grooving considerations

K.2.3.1.1 Semi-circular and semi-circular undercut grooves

K.2.3.1.2 V-grooves

K.2.3.2 Friction coefficient consideration

K.3 Practical example

Annex L

L.1 General

L.2 Equivalent number Nequiv of pulleys

L.2.1 General

L.2.2 Evaluation of Nequiv (t)

L.2.3 Evaluation of Nequiv(p)

L.3 Static safety factor

L.4 Examples

Annex M

Annex N

N.1 General provisions

N.2 Support of guide rails

N.3 Ventilation of car, lift well and machinery spaces

N.3.1 General

N.3.2 Ventilation of the well and car

N.3.3 Ventilation of machinery spaces

Annex O

Annex P

P.1 General

P.2 Testing and assessing anti-slip properties

Annex ZA

Appendix ZZ

ZZ.1 Scope

ZZ.2 Variations

Bibliography

Cited references in this standard

EN 81-1:1998+A3:2009

Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts — Part 1: Electric lifts

EN 81-28:2003

Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts — Lifts for the transport of persons and goods — Part 28: Remote alarm on passenger and goods passenger lifts

EN 81-58:2003

Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts — Examination and tests — Part 58: Landing doors fire resistance test

EN 131-2:2010+A1:2012

Ladders — Part 2: Requirements, testing, marking

EN 10025-2:2004

Hot rolled products of structural steels — Part 2: Technical delivery conditions for non-alloy structural steels

Content history

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EN 81-22:2014

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