BS EN 12927-5:2004

Foreword
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 General requirements
  4.1 Application of this standard
  4.2 Safety principle
5 Safety requirements and measures
  5.1 Packaging, storage, handling and transportation
  5.2 Installation, tensioning, connecting and/or splicing
  5.3 Measurements, adjustments, tests and records
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

Specifies the safety requirements for the storage, transportation, installation and tensioning of ropes for installations for the transportation of passenger by rope. It also includes the requirements for adjusting, measuring and recording the condition of the rope during and on completion of the installation.

This part of EN 12927 specifies the safety requirements for the storage, transportation, installation and tensioning of ropes for installations for the transportation of passenger by rope. It also includes the requirements for adjusting, measuring and recording the condition of the rope during and on completion of the installation. It provides the safety requirements and measures to reduce the effect of hazards to the rope and possible hazards from the rope to persons and equipment during these operations. It does not apply to installations for the transportation of goods, nor to inclined lifts.