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PREN 81-6 : DRAFT 1998

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SAFETY RULES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND INSTALLATION OF LIFTS AND SERVICE LIFTS - PART 6: GUIDED CHAIN LIFTS
Published date

12-01-2013

Foreword
1 Scope and field of application
2 Normative references
3 Definitions
4 Units and symbols
5 Lift well
   5.1 General provisions
   5.2 Well enclosure
   5.3 Walls, floor and ceiling of the well
   5.4 Construction of the walls of lift wells and landing
         doors facing a car entrance
   5.5 Protection of any spaces located below the car
         or the balance weight
   5.6 Protection in the well
   5.7 Headroom and pit
   5.8 Exclusive use of the lift well
   5.9 Lighting of the well
   5.10 Emergency release
6 Machinery space and pulley rooms
   6.1 General provisions
   6.2 Access
   6.3 The machinery space
   6.4 Construction and equipment of pulley rooms
7 Landing doors
8 Car and balance weight
   8.12 Trap doors, emergency doors, access doors and access
         panels
9 Suspension, compensation and uncontrolled speed protection
   9.1 Suspension
   9.2 Sheave, pulley and rope diameter ratios - Rope and chain
         terminations
   9.3 Not applicable
   9.4 Not applicable
   9.5 Distribution of load between the ropes and chains
   9.6 Not applicable
   9.7 Protection for pulleys and sprockets
   9.8 Safety gear
   9.9 Overspeed governor
10 Guide rails, buffers and final limit switch
   10.1 General provisions concerning guide rails
   10.2 Guiding of the car and balance weight
   10.3 Car and balance weight buffers
   10.4 Stroke of the car and balance weight buffers
   10.5 Final limit switches
11 Clearances between car and wall facing the car entrance, and
   between car and balance weight
12 Lift machine
   12.1 General provision
   12.2 Drive of the car and the balance weight
   12.3 Use of the overhung pulleys or sprockets
   12.4 Braking systems
   12.5 Emergency operation
   12.6 Speed
   12.7 Stopping the machine and checking its stopped condition
   12.8 Monitoring the slowdown of the machine when reduced
         stroke buffers are used in accordance with 10.4.3.2
   12.9 Safety devices against slack rope or slack chain
   12.10 Motor run time limiter
   12.11 Protection of machinery
13 Electric installations and appliances
   13.1 General provisions
   13.2 Contactors, relay-contactors, components of safety
         circuits
   13.3 Protection of motors and other electrical equipment
   13.4 Main switches
   13.5 Electrical wiring
   13.6 Lighting and socket outlets
14 Protection against electric faults, controls, priorities
15 Notices, markings and operating instructions
   15.4 Lift, machinery space and any pulley room
16 Examinations - Tests - Register - Maintenance
Annex A (normative) List of the electric safety devices
Annex B (normative) Unlocking triangle
Annex C (informative) Technical dossier
Annex D (normative) Examinations and test before putting into
        service
Annex E (informative) Periodical examinations and tests,
        examinations and tests after an important modification
        or after an accident
Annex F (normative) Safety components - Test procedures for
        verification of conformity
Annex G (informative) Proof of guide rails
Annex H (normative) Electronic components - Failure exclusion
Annex J (normative) Pendulum shock test
Annex K (normative) Top clearances for traction drive lifts
Annex L (normative) Necessary buffer stroke
Annex M (informative) Traction evaluation (for overspeed governor)
Annex N (normative) Evaluation of safety factor for suspension
        ropes
Annex ZA (informative) Relationship of this European standard
         with EU Directives

Describes the safety rules for the construction and installation of permanently installed new guided chain lifts serving defined landing levels.

Committee
TC 10
DocumentType
Draft
PublisherName
Comite Europeen de Normalisation
Status
Current

Standards Relationship
99/702256 DC : DRAFT JAN 1999 Identical
NEN EN 81-6 : DRAFT 1999 Identical

DIN EN 81-70:2005-09 SAFETY RULES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND INSTALLATION OF LIFTS - PARTICULAR APPLICATIONS FOR PASSENGER AND GOODS PASSENGERS LIFTS - PART 70: ACCESSIBILITY TO LIFTS FOR PERSONS INCLUDING PERSONS WITH DISABILITY
DIN EN 81-70:2015-11 (Draft) SAFETY RULES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND INSTALLATIONS OF LIFTS - PARTICULAR APPLICATIONS FOR PASSENGER AND GOODS PASSENGERS LIFTS - PART 70: ACCESSIBILITY TO LIFTS FOR PERSONS INCLUDING PERSONS WITH DISABILITY
BS 5655-6:2002 Lifts and service lifts Code of practice for the selection and installation of new lifts
BS EN 81-70:2003 Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts Particular applications for passenger and goods passenger lifts. Accessibility to lifts for persons including persons with disability

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