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  • BS EN 12978 : 2003

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    INDUSTRIAL, COMMERCIAL AND GARAGE DOORS AND GATES - SAFETY DEVICES FOR POWER OPERATED DOORS AND GATES - REQUIREMENTS AND TEST METHODS

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  01-01-2003

    Publisher:  British Standards Institution

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    Foreword
    1 Scope
      1.1 General
      1.2 Exclusions
      1.3 Door types and applications
    2 Normative references
    3 Terms and definitions
    4 Requirements
      4.1 General
      4.2 Additional requirements for pressure sensitive
           protective equipment
      4.3 Additional requirements for electro sensitive
           protective equipment
    5 Marking
      5.1 Electro sensitive protective equipment
      5.2 Pressure sensitive protective equipment
    6 Information for use
      6.1 Instruction handbook - General
      6.2 Instructions for the installation of a safety device
      6.3 Instructions for the use of the safety device
      6.4 Instructions for maintenance
    7 Verification and test methods
      7.1 General
      7.2 Test specimen
      7.3 Test conditions
      7.4 Environmental tests
      7.5 Electrical equipment
      7.6 Enclosure(s) for electrical equipment
      7.7 Functional test
      7.8 Adjustments
      7.9 Sensor fixing
      7.10 PSPE operating characteristics
      7.11 Single fault failure
      7.12 Marking
      7.13 Information for installation and use
    Annex A (normative) - List of significant hazards
    Annex ZA (informative) - Relationship between this European
                             Standard and the Essential Requirements
                             of EU Directive 98/37/EC
    Annex ZB (informative) - Relationship between this European
                             Document and the Essential Requirements
                             of EU Directive 2006/42/EC

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    Pertains to design, construction and testing of sensitive protective devices where the device is used to detect pedestrians including in particular applications, slow moving elderly persons, slow moving disabled persons and children who may be exposed to injury by power operated doors, gates and barriers, electrically powered from a public supply and intended for installation in areas in the reach of persons, and for which the main intended uses are giving safe access for goods and vehicles accompanied or driven by persons in industrial, commercial, public or residential premises.

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    Committee B/538/5
    Development Note Supersedes 97/106152 DC. (06/2003) 2003 Edition Re-Issued in October 2009 & incorporates AMD 1 2009. Supersedes 09/30182170 DC. (10/2009)
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher British Standards Institution
    Status Current
    Supersedes

    Standards Referenced By This Book - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    BS PAS 69(2006) : 2006 GUIDANCE FOR THE SELECTION, INSTALLATION AND USE OF VEHICLE SECURITY BARRIERS

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    EN 983:1996+A1:2008 Safety of machinery - Safety requirements for fluid power systems and their components - Pneumatics
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    EN 292-2 : 91 AMD 1 95 SAFETY OF MACHINERY - BASIC CONCEPTS, GENERAL PRINCIPLES FOR DESIGN - TECHNICAL PRINCIPLES AND SPECIFICATION
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    1998/37/EC : 1998 DIRECTIVE 98/37/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL OF 22 JUNE 1998 ON THE APPROXIMATION OF THE LAWS OF THE MEMBER STATES RELATING TO MACHINERY
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