1.1
This document specifies safety requirements for design, construction and manufacturing of permanently installed electrically powered vertical lifting appliances affixed to a building structure intended for use by persons, including persons with disability:
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travelling vertically between predefined levels along a guided path whose inclination to the vertical does not exceed 15°;
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supported or sustained by rack and pinion, rope traction drive, noncircular elastomeric-coated suspension means (hereafter called traction belts) traction drive, rope positive drive, chains, timing belts, screw and nut, guided chain or hydraulic jack (direct or indirect);
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with enclosed wells;
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with a rated speed not greater than 0,15 m/s;
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with the carrier completely enclosed;
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with a temperature in the well and in the machinery spaces between +5 °C and +40 °C.
1.2
This document does not specify additional requirements for:
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lightning protection;
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operation subject to ATEX rules;
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lifting appliances whose primary function is the transportation of goods;
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earthquakes, flooding;
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firefighting and evacuation;
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noise and vibrations;
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the transport of type-C wheelchairs as defined in EN 12183:2022 and/or EN 12184:2022;
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vertically sliding doors.
1.3
Components incorporated in a lifting appliance installation are:
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designed in accordance with usual engineering practice and calculation codes, taking into account all failure modes;
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of sound mechanical and electrical construction;
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free of defects.
1.4
This document is not applicable to lifting appliances manufactured before the date of its publication.
