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BS 2655-8:1971

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Specification for lifts, escalators, passenger conveyors and paternosters Modernization or reconstruction of lifts, escalators and paternosters
Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Language(s)

English

Published date

03-19-1971

Co-operating organizations
Foreword
Specification
1 Scope
2 Electric lifts
3 Hydraulic lifts
4 Escalators
5 Paternosters
Appendices
A Check list for the major modernization or
   reconstruction of electric lifts
B Check list for the major modernization or
   reconstruction of hydraulic lifts

Engineering and safety requirements.

This Part of the British Standard deals with the engineering and safety requirements to be incorporated when modernizing and/or reconstructing lifts, escalators and paternosters with the object that parts affected by such changes shall comply with Parts 1, 4 or 5 of this standard as far as it is reasonably practicable to do so. Where it is not reasonably practicable to comply, provision is made in this Part to allow such deviations as will secure a minimum acceptable standard of safety having regard to circumstances affecting the installation.

In other words, it is the intention of this Part to be constructive rather than restrictive, and to allow an installation of reasonable standard to be modernized or reconstructed in stages as necessary.

In the case of completely new installations replacing those existing, special provisions are made to meet certain site restrictions which are often present in buildings that have been in use for many years. These are made so that the use of new equipment is not automatically restricted because certain site requirements are now more rigorous than formerly.

In cases where a lift, escalator or paternoster is moved to a different location, it is not deemed as an alteration, and the equipment, when reinstalled, shall comply with all the requirements of Part 1 of this standard.

Appendix A is a check list which summarizes, for electric lifts, the major alterations covered by this part of the standard and the consequent requirements affecting various parts of the installation. Appendix B provides a similar summary in respect of hydraulic lifts.

Committee
MHE/4
DevelopmentNote
Supersedes 70/3855 DC. (04/2005) Inactive for the new design. (12/2011)
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
20
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Current
SupersededBy

BS 3810-8:1975 Glossary of terms used in materials handling Terms used in connection with lifts, lifting platforms and inclined haulages
BS 5655-6:1985 Lifts and service lifts Code of practice for selection and installation
BS 7255:1989 Code of practice for safe working on lifts

BS 2655-9:1970 Specification for lifts, escalators, passenger conveyors and paternosters Definitions
BS CP407(1972) : LATEST ELECTRIC, HYDRAULIC AND HAND-POWERED LIFTS

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