AS 1735.15:2021 pdf Lifts, escalators and moving walks.
1 Scope
1.1 This European Standard deals with safety requirements for construction, manufacturing, installation,maintenance and dismantling of electrically powered vertical lifting platforms affixed to a building structure intended for use by persons with impaired mobility:
– travelling vertically between predefined levels along a guided path whose inclination to the vertical does not exceed 15°;
– intended for use by persons with or without a wheelchair;
– supported or sustained by rack and pinion, wire ropes, chains, screw and nut, friction/traction between wheels and the rail, guided chain, scissors mechanism or hydraulic jack (direct or indirect);
– with enclosed liftways;
– with a speed not greater than 0,15 m/s;
– with platforms where the carrier is not completely enclosed.
1.2 This standard deals with all significant hazards relevant to lifting platforms, when they are used as intended and under the conditions foreseen by the manufacturer (see Clause 4).
1.3 This European Standard does not specify the additional requirements for:
– operation in severe conditions (e.g. extreme climates, strong magnetic fields);
– lightning protection;
– operation subject to special rules (e.g. potentially explosive atmospheres);
– handling of materials, the nature of which could lead to dangerous situations;
– vertical lifting platforms whose primary function is the transportation of goods;
– vertical lifting platforms whose carriers are completely enclosed;
– vertical lifting platforms prone to vandalism;
– hazards occurring during manufacture;
– earthquakes, flooding;
– fire fighting, evacuation and behaviour during a fire;
– noise and vibrations;
– the design of concrete, hardcore, timber or other foundation or building arrangement;
– the design of anchorage bolts to the supporting structure;
– type C wheelchairs as defined in EN 12183 and/or EN 12184.
– NOTE For the actual type of machinery, noise is not considered a significant nor relevant hazard.
1.4 This standard is not applicable to Vertical Lifting Platforms intended for use by persons with impaired mobility which are manufactured before the date of its publication as an EN.
2 Normative references
The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
EN 81-1:1998, Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts — Part 1: Electric lifts
EN 81-2:1998, Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts — Part 2: Hydraulic lifts
EN 81-58, Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts — Examination and tests — Part 58:Landing doors fire resistance test
EN 349, Safety of machinery — Minimum gaps to avoid crushing of parts of the human body
EN 953, Safety of machinery — Guards — General requirements for the design and construction of fixed and movable guards
EN 12015, Electromagnetic compatibility — Product family standard for lifts, escalators and moving walks —Emission
EN 12016, Electromagnetic compatibility — Product family standard for lifts, escalators and moving walks —Immunity
EN 12183, Manual wheelchairs — Requirements and test methods
EN 12184, Electrically powered wheelchairs, scooters and their chargers — Requirements and test methods
EN 12385-4, Steel wire ropes — Safety — Part 4: Stranded ropes for general lifting applications
EN 13411 (all parts), Terminations for steel wire ropes
EN 50214, Flat polyvinyl chloride sheathed flexible cables
EN 60204-1:2006, Safety of machinery — Electrical equipment of machines — Part 1: General requirements(IEC 60204-1:2005, modified)
EN 60204-32, Safety of machinery — Electrical equipment of machines — Part 32: Requirements for hoisting machines (IEC 60204-32:2008)
EN 60529, Degrees of protection provided by enclosures (IP code) (IEC 60529:1989)
EN 60664-1:2007, Insulation coordination for equipment within low-voltage systems — Part 1: Principles,requirements and tests (IEC 60664-1:2007)
EN 60747-5 (all parts), Discrete semiconductor devices and integrated circuits — Part 5: Optoelectronic devices
EN 60947-1:2007, Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear — Part 1: General rules (IEC 60947-1:2007)
EN 60947-4-1, Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear — Part 4-1: Contactors and motor-starters —
Electromechanical contactors and motor-starters (IEC 60947-4-1:2000)
EN 60947-5-1, Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear — Part 5-1: Control circuit devices and switching
elements — Electromechanical control circuit devices (IEC 60947-5-1:2003)
EN 60950-1, Information technology equipment — Safety — Part 1: General requirements (IEC 60950-1:2005, modified)
AS 1735.15:2021 pdf Lifts, escalators and moving walks
