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BS EN 1709:2004

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Safety requirements for cableways for cableway installations designed to carry persons. Precommissioning inspection, maintenance and operational inspection and checks
Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Superseded date

05-09-2019

Language(s)

English

Published date

11-03-2004

Foreword
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 General requirements
  4.1 Application of this standard
  4.2 Safety principles
      4.2.1 General
      4.2.2 Hazard scenarios
      4.2.3 Safety measures
5 Verifications and pre-commissioning inspection
  5.1 Submission of the documents for the installation
      (design, implementation) including verification by
      calculation
  5.2 Submission of verification of the suitability of
      materials and components
  5.3 Pre-commissioning inspection
      5.3.1 General
      5.3.2 Verification of conformity of the installation
            with the submitted documents
      5.3.3 Check and operating test of the individual
            components, their operation with each other
            and within their local environment
      5.3.4 Operating test
      5.3.5 Report on the pre-commissioning inspection
  5.4 Delivery of required documents to the operator
  5.5 Certification of readiness for acceptance
6 Maintenance
  6.1 General
  6.2 Servicing
  6.3 Inspection
      6.3.1 General
      6.3.2 First inspection of construction works
      6.3.3 Monthly inspections
      6.3.4 Inspection in the case of intermittent operation
      6.3.5 Annual inspections
      6.3.6 Special multiannual inspections
      6.3.7 Special inspections
  6.4 Repair
  6.5 Renewal of construction works
7 Operational inspections and checks
  7.1 General
  7.2 Daily inspection and test run prior to opening to
      the public
      7.2.1 General
      7.2.2 Daily inspections
      7.2.3 Daily test run
  7.3 Checks during operation
  7.4 Operational inspections and test runs after exceptional
      events
8 Maintenance and operational inspection documentation
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

Describes the safety requirements applicable to the pre-commissioning inspection, maintenance and operational inspections and checks of cableway installations designed to carry persons. This standard is applicable to the various types of installations and takes into account their environment.

Tha aim of this European standard is to establish the rules to the pre- commissioning inspection, maintenance and operational checks of installations for passenger transportation by rope. Its requirements will be observed taking into account the various systems and their respective environment. It includes requirements relating to worker protection. It does not apply to installations for the transportation of goods by rope or to inclined lifts. This standard doesnot deal with acceptance testing prior to opening to the public.

Committee
MCE/20
DevelopmentNote
Supersedes 94/714007 DC. (11/2004)
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
24
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Superseded
SupersededBy
Supersedes

Standards Relationship
I.S. EN 1709:2004 Identical
NEN EN 1709 : 2004 Identical
UNE-EN 1709:2006 Identical
EN 1709:2004 Identical
NF EN 1709 : 2004 Identical
NS EN 1709 : 1ED 2005 Identical
UNI EN 1709 : 2007 Identical
DIN EN 1709:2005-06 Identical
NBN EN 1709 : 2004 Identical
SN EN 1709 : 2005 Identical
ONORM EN 1709 : 2005 Identical

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 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 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
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
ENV 1090-1 : DRAFT 1996 EXECUTION OF STEEL STRUCTURES - GENERAL RULES AND RULES FOR BUILDINGS
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 12927-7 : 2004 SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR CABLEWAY INSTALLATIONS DESIGNED TO CARRY PERSONS - ROPES - PART 7: INSPECTION, REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE
2000/9/EC : 2000 DIRECTIVE 2000/9/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL OF 20 MARCH 2000 RELATING TO CABLEWAY INSTALLATIONS DESIGNED TO CARRY PERSONS
EN 12927-4 : 2004 SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR CABLEWAY INSTALLATIONS DESIGNED TO CARRY PERSONS - ROPES - PART 4: END FIXINGS
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 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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