This safety standard aims to match the safety levels of existing lifts, with that of brand new lifts, providing a guide to the risk assessment of a lift and subsequent recommendations for how to achieve any. Landing doors fire resistance test en 349, safety of machinery minimum gaps to avoid crushing of the human body. For all projects that most likely will be handed over after 31 st august 2017 classic lifts advises to plan according to en 812050. Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts lifts for the transport of persons and goods. Buy a pdf download or hardcopy of british standard bs en 81 20. Bs bs en 8173 2005jun24 safety rules for the constructon and nstallaton of lfts partcular applcatons for passenger and goods passenger lfts part 73 behavour of lfts n the event of fre. Elevator standards en 8120 and en 8150 kone sverige. Introduction to en 812050 revision of en 8112 cen tc 10 lifts, escalators and moving walks centc 10.
Are the documents at the ansi webstore in electronic adobe acrobat pdf format only. En 292 parts 1 and 2 and most of the en 81 series of standards see clause 2. Bs en 8180 is part of the european standard en 81 which covers the upgrading of existing lifts to ensure they are safe to use by all members of the public and those who work on them. As the time from initial order to lift handover can vary and sometimes construction sites are delayed, like other lift suppliers, we have worked with all our clients to ensure wherever possible they have a lift that complies to the latest standards in the few cases where it is not possible to redesign the lift fully to bs en8120 there is. Design rules, calculations, examinations and tests of lift components.
Din en 8150 safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts examinations and tests part 50. This security feature prevents the reproduction and redistribution of downloaded documents. New passenger and goods passenger lifts in existing building. Standard by britishadopted european standard, 03032020. These are currently under comment leia members are invited to comment and scheduled to be published in april. This document has been reassessed by the committee, and judged to still be up to date. To protect the intellectual property rights ipr of standards developing organizations sdos, we have implemented a security policy that utilizes a free adobe acrobat plugin from fileopen systems, inc. This standard is part of the en 81 series of standards. For more than 30 years, en 811 and en 812 have been the main lift standards in europe and, particularly during the last decade, in many other parts of the world.
This british standard is the uk implementation of en 812. Here we detail some of the key changes introduced with the aim of improving passenger and technician safety. They replace the current en 811 and en 812 standards introduced in 1998, and all lifts taken into use after 31 august 2017 will be required to comply with the requirements of the new standards. Most backordered items can be rushed in from the publisher in as.
Design rules, calculations, examinations and tests of lift components bs en 8120. Incorporating s safety rules for the construction and. Accessibility to lifts for persons including persons with disability publication year 2018 document status. To improve safety due to changes in proven technology.
From the 1st september 2017, the european committee will be enforcing two new standards for lifts. Design rules, calculations, examinations and tests of lift compon en ts. En8120 and en8150 en 8120 and en 8150 are the new european standards for lift design and manufacture issued by the british standards institution bsi and released in august 2014. This is being followed by bs 84868 to test firefighters lifts to bs en 8172 and bs 84869 to test fire recall to bs en 8173. Hydraulic lifts en 8158, safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts examination and tests part 58. Elevator standards en 8120 and en 8150 introduced in august 2014, two new european standards for elevator design and manufacture will bring considerable bene. En 8120 and en 8150 become the only applicable standards for lift design. Din en 8120 safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts lifts for the transport of persons and goods part 20.
En 8120 and en 8150 become the only applicable standards. They replace the current en 811 and en 812 standards introduced in 1998, and all elevators taken into use after 31 august 2017 will be required to comply with the requirements of the new standards. Almost 2 years ago, new european standards for the design, manufacture and testing of lifts were introduced. These new standards are applied to all passenger and goods passenger lifts and will affect any lift put into operation from 1st september 2017. The new standards apply to both passenger and goods passenger lifts and are set to have a major. Din en 8150 201502 safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts examinations and tests part 50. As i am not good at this major, i am not sure about the integrity of this. New en 8120 en 8150 elevator door free 30day trial scribd. Behaviour of lifts in the event of fire is for lifts other than lifts used by the fire services and lifts used for evacuation.
The standards apply to both passenger lifts and passenger goods lifts and come with the catchy names of en8120 and en8150. So if bs 9991 or bs 9999 are applicable and the lift is. Safety rules for the construction and installation of. The start and finish of text introduced or altered by amendment is indicated in the text by tags. Bs en 8173 specifies the operation of the lift to remove it from service including a prohibition sign as on the right. March 2015 1 wolfgang adldinger wittur chairman components committee. En 8120 and en 8150 designing buildings wiki share your construction industry knowledge. Please note that it had been planned to withdraw bs en 812 on 31 august 2017 but at the time of writing this has not yet happened we will. New lift standards en 8120 and en 8150 classic lifts.
Kone accessibility pack en8170 is a tipup seat for additional user comfort and safety. Passenger and goods passenger lifts british standard 1. The main points to be aware of are the lift pit and headroom dimension, the increased refuge space dimensions may impact on. All bsi british standards are available online in pdf or hardcopy. The introduction commenced with a three year transition period which ultimately will see the previous standards en 811 and en 812 phased out completely, by 31st.