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I.S. EN 81-40:2020

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Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts - Special lifts for the transport of persons and goods - Part 40: Stairlifts and inclined lifting platforms intended for persons with impaired mobility
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Language(s)

English

Published date

05-10-2020

Publisher

National Standards Authority of Ireland

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European foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 List of significant hazards
5 Safety requirements and/or protective measures
6 Verification of safety requirements and/or protective measures
7 Information for use
Annex A (normative) Verification tests – Seat and safety components – tests procedures for verification of conformity
Annex B (normative) Electronic components: failure exclusion
Annex C (normative) Requirements for the interface of the stairlift in the building
Annex D (informative) Guidance in selection of stairlifts
Annex E (informative) Recommendations for the provisions and use of specially adapted control devices, switches and sensors
Annex F (informative) In-use periodic examination, tests and servicing
Annex G (normative) Friction/traction drive – Calculation and test for verification of traction conformity
Annex ZA (informative) Relationship between this European Standard and the essential requirements of Directive 2006/42/EC aimed to be covered
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This document deals with safety requirements for construction, manufacturing, installation, maintenance and dismantling of electrically operated stairlifts (chair, standing platform and wheelchair platform) affixed to a building structure, moving in an inclined plane and intended for use by persons with impaired mobility: — travelling over a stair or an accessible inclined surface; — intended for use by one person; — whose carriage is directly retained and guided by a guide rail or rails; — supported or sustained by rope (5.4.4), rack and pinion (5.4.5), chain (5.4.6), friction/traction drive (5.4.7), and guided rope and ball (5.4.8).

Committee
TC 10
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
86
ProductNote
The date of any NSAIprevious adoption may not matchthe date of its original CEN/CENELEC document. THIS STANDARD ALSO REFERS TO :EN 60947-1,EN ISO 9773,IEC 60417
PublisherName
National Standards Authority of Ireland
Status
Current
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Standards Relationship
EN 81-40:2020 Identical

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