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BS EN 12927-4:2004

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Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry person. Ropes End fixings
Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Superseded date

29-05-2019

Language(s)

English

Published date

03-11-2004

Foreword
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Symbols and abbreviations
5 General requirements
   5.1 Application of this standard
   5.2 Safety principle
6 Safety requirements
   6.1 General
   6.2 Selection
   6.3 End fixing design
   6.4 End fixing execution and conformity
7 Filled sockets
   7.1 General
   7.2 Filled sockets design
Table 1 - Composition of metal alloys
8 Clamp sockets
   8.1 General
   8.2 Design
   8.3 Manufacture
   8.4 Execution
9 Drum (fixing drum and anchor drum)
10 Bolted clamp
   10.1 Design
   10.2 Manufacture
   10.3 Execution and maintenance
11 Wedge socket
12 Spliced eye
13 Gripped eye
14 Ferrule secured eye
15 Lever winch
Annex A (informative) Bolted clamp - Calculation of slipping
        force
Annex ZA (informative) Relationship between this European
         Standard and the Essential Requirements of EU
         Directive 2000/9/EC relating to cableway
         installations designed to carry persons
Table ZA - Correspondence between this European Standard
           and Directive 2000/9/EC relating to cableway
           installations designed to carry persons

Describes the safety requirements applicable to end fixings of steel wire ropes for installations for passenger transportation by rope. This standard is applicable to the various types of installations and takes into account their environment.

This part of EN 12927 specifies the safety requirements applicable to end fixings of steel wire ropes for installations for passenger transportation by rope. This standard is applicable to the various types of installations and takes into account their environment. This part of EN 12927 applies to the following types of end fixing when used in installations for passenger transportation by ropes in conformity with EN 12927-1. - filled socket; - clamp socket; - drum; - bolted clamp; - wedge socket; - spliced eye; - gripped eye; - ferrule secured eye; - lever winch. Taking its scope into account, it does not include requirements relating to the prevention of accidents and the protection for workers. It does not apply to installations for the transportation of goods, nor to inclined lifts.

Committee
MCE/20
DevelopmentNote
Supersedes 01/705738 DC. (04/2011)
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
20
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Superseded
SupersededBy
Supersedes

EN 12397:2017 Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons - Operation
EN 12929-1:2015 Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons - General requirements - Part 1: Requirements for all installations
EN 12927-6 : 2004 SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR CABLEWAY INSTALLATIONS DESIGNED TO CARRY PERSONS - ROPES - PART 6: DISCARD CRITERIA
EN 12385-2:2002+A1:2008 Steel wire ropes - Safety - Part 2: Definitions, designation and classification
EN 12930:2015 Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons - Calculations
EN 13223:2015 Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons - Drive systems and other mechanical equipment
PREN 1907 : DRAFT 2014 SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR CABLEWAY INSTALLATIONS DESIGNED TO CARRY PERSONS - TERMINOLOGY
EN 12408:2004 Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons - Quality assurance
EN 13411-5:2003+A1:2008 Terminations for steel wire ropes - Safety - Part 5: U-bolt wire rope grips
EN 12929-2:2015 Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons - General requirements - Part 2: Additional requirements for reversible bicable aerial ropeways without carrier truck brakes
EN 13411-2:2001+A1:2008 Terminations for steel wire ropes - Safety - Part 2: Splicing of eyes for wire rope slings
PREN 13796-1 : DRAFT 2012 SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR CABLEWAY INSTALLATIONS DESIGNED TO CARRY PERSONS - CARRIERS - PART 1: GRIPS, CARRIER TRUCKS, ON-BOARD BRAKES, CABINS, CHAIRS, CARRIAGES, MAINTENANCE CARRIERS, TOWHANGERS
EN 12927-1 : 2004 SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR CABLEWAY INSTALLATIONS DESIGNED TO CARRY PERSONS - ROPES - PART 1: SELECTION CRITERIA FOR ROPES AND THEIR END FIXINGS
EN 1909:2017 Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons - Recovery and evacuation
PREN 13796-2 : DRAFT 2012 SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR CABLEWAY INSTALLATIONS DESIGNED TO CARRY PERSONS - CARRIERS - PART 2: SLIPPING RESISTANCE TESTS FOR GRIPS
EN 12927-2 : 2004 SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR CABLEWAY INSTALLATIONS DESIGNED TO CARRY PERSONS - ROPES - PART 2: SAFETY FACTORS
EN 13411-3:2004+A1:2008 Terminations for steel wire ropes - Safety - Part 3: Ferrules and ferrule-securing
EN 12927-7 : 2004 SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR CABLEWAY INSTALLATIONS DESIGNED TO CARRY PERSONS - ROPES - PART 7: INSPECTION, REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE
EN 10045-1 : 1990 METALLIC MATERIALS - CHARPY IMPACT TEST - PART 1: TEST METHOD
EN 13411-1:2002+A1:2008 Terminations for steel wire ropes - Safety - Part 1: Thimbles for steel wire rope slings
EN 12927-3 : 2004 SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR CABLEWAY INSTALLATIONS DESIGNED TO CARRY PERSONS - ROPES - PART 3: LONG SPLICING OF 6 STRAND HAULING, CARRYING HAULING AND TOWING ROPES
EN 1559-2:2014 Founding - Technical conditions of delivery - Part 2: Additional requirements for steel castings
EN 1709:2004 SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR CABLEWAY INSTALLATIONS DESIGNED TO CARRY PERSONS - PRECOMMISSIONING INSPECTION, MAINTENANCE, OPERATIONAL INSPECTION AND CHECKS
EN 13411-4:2011 Terminations for steel wire ropes - Safety - Part 4: Metal and resin socketing
EN 13411-6:2004+A1:2008 Terminations for steel wire ropes - Safety - Part 6: Asymmetric wedge socket
EN 12927-5 : 2004 SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR CABLEWAY INSTALLATIONS DESIGNED TO CARRY PERSONS - ROPES - PART 5: STORAGE, TRANSPORTATION, INSTALLATION AND TENSIONING
EN 13243:2015 Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons - Electrical equipment other than for drive systems
EN 12927-8 : 2004 SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR CABLEWAY INSTALLATIONS DESIGNED TO CARRY PERSONS - ROPES - PART 8: MAGNETIC ROPE TESTING (MRT)
EN 1908:2015 Safety requirements of cableway installations designed to carry persons - Tensioning devices
PREN 13796-3 : DRAFT 2012 SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR CABLEWAY INSTALLATIONS DESIGNED TO CARRY PERSONS - CARRIERS - PART 3: FATIGUE TESTING

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