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  • BS EN 1570 : 1999

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    SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR LIFTING TABLES

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Superseded date:  30-11-2011

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  01-01-1999

    Publisher:  British Standards Institution

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    Foreword
    Introduction
    1 Scope
    2 Normative references
    3 Definitions
    4 List of hazards
    5 Safety requirements
      5.1 Calculations
      5.2 Safeguarding
      5.3 Speeds
      5.4 Platform
      5.5 Operator control position
      5.6 Mobile lifting tables
      5.7 Mechanical driving system
      5.8 Hydraulic system
      5.9 Pneumatic system
      5.10 Electrical system
      5.11 Safety devices
    6 Marking
    7 Information for use
    8 Verification of the safety requirements and/or measures
      8.1 General
    Annex A (informative) - Overloading
    Annex B (informative) - Noise
    Annex C (normative) - Test procedures
      C.1 Practical tests for Type Testing Procedures
      C.2 Practical tests for fitness for purpose test
           before despatch
      C.3 Practical tests for fitness for purpose test
           when the lifting table has been manufactured
           to an approved quality assurance assurance system
           (e.g. EN ISO 9001 [2000 revision])
    Annex D (informative) - Test certificate for lifting tables
      D.1 Description
      D.2 Tests
    Annex E (informative) - Controls
    Annex F (normative) - Manual force measurement methods
      F.1 Maximum allowed forces for mobile lifting tables
      F.2 Conditions for test
      F.3 Measurement of starting force and rolling force
      F.4 Starting force
      F.5 Rolling force
      F.6 Average forces
      F.7 Hand or foot forces
    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
                             Standard and the Essential Requirements
                             of EU Directive 2006/42/EC

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    Describes the safety requirements for lifting tables for raising and/or lowering goods and/or persons associated with the movement of goods carried by the lifting table (i.e. not for passenger use), for a vertical travel of up to 3,0 m.

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    Committee MHE/12/-/2
    Development Note Supersedes BS 5323(1980), 94/710748 DC and 04/301208 DC. (10/2004) 1998 Edition Re-Issued in October 2009 & incorporates AMD 2 2009. Supersedes 08/30176079 DC. (10/2009)
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher British Standards Institution
    Status Superseded
    Superseded By
    Supersedes

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

    BS 7981:2002 Code of practice for the installation, maintenance, thorough examination and safe use of mast climbing work platforms (MCWPs)
    17/30342358 DC : 0 BS 7981 - CODE OF PRACTICE FOR THE INSTALLATION, MAINTENANCE, THOROUGH EXAMINATION AND SAFE USE OF MAST CLIMBING WORK PLATFORMS (MCWPS)

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    ISO 2408:2017 Steel wire ropes — Requirements
    ISO 4308-1:2003 Cranes and lifting appliances Selection of wire ropes Part 1: General
    EN 418 : 1992 SAFETY OF MACHINERY - EMERGENCY STOP EQUIPMENT, FUNCTIONAL ASPECTS - PRINCIPLES FOR DESIGN
    EN 982:1996+A1:2008 Safety of machinery - Safety requirements for fluid power systems and their components - Hydraulics
    EN 1088:1995+A2:2008 Safety of machinery - Interlocking devices associated with guards - Principles for design and selection
    EN 811 : 1996 SAFETY OF MACHINERY - SAFETY DISTANCES TO PREVENT DANGER ZONES BEING REACHED BY THE LOWER LIMBS
    EN 349:1993+A1:2008 Safety of machinery - Minimum gaps to avoid crushing of parts of the human body
    IEC 60204-1:2016 Safety of machinery - Electrical equipment of machines - Part 1: General requirements
    ISO 4308-2:1988 Cranes and lifting appliances Selection of wire ropes Part 2: Mobile cranes Coefficient of utilization
    EN 414 : 2000 SAFETY OF MACHINERY - RULES FOR THE DRAFTING AND PRESENTATION OF SAFETY STANDARDS
    ISO 606:2015 Short-pitch transmission precision roller and bush chains, attachments and associated chain sprockets
    EN 1050 : 1996 SAFETY OF MACHINERY - PRINCIPLES FOR RISK ASSESSMENT
    EN 563:1994/A1:1999/AC:2000 SAFETY OF MACHINERY - TEMPERATURES OF TOUCHABLE SURFACES - ERGONOMICS DATA TO ESTABLISH TEMPERATURE LIMIT VALUES FOR HOT SURFACES
    EN ISO 12100-1:2003/A1:2009 SAFETY OF MACHINERY - BASIC CONCEPTS, GENERAL PRINCIPLES FOR DESIGN - PART 1: BASIC TERMINOLOGY, METHODOLOGY
    IEC 60529:1989+AMD1:1999+AMD2:2013 CSV Degrees of protection provided by enclosures (IP Code)
    ISO 12100-2:2003 Safety of machinery Basic concepts, general principles for design Part 2: Technical principles
    EN ISO 12100-2:2003/A1:2009 SAFETY OF MACHINERY - BASIC CONCEPTS, GENERAL PRINCIPLES FOR DESIGN - PART 2: TECHNICAL PRINCIPLES
    EN 983:1996+A1:2008 Safety of machinery - Safety requirements for fluid power systems and their components - Pneumatics
    EN 954-1 : 1996 SAFETY OF MACHINERY - SAFETY-RELATED PARTS OF CONTROL SYSTEMS - PART 1: GENERAL PRINCIPLES FOR DESIGN
    ISO 12100-1:2003 Safety of machinery Basic concepts, general principles for design Part 1: Basic terminology, methodology
    EN 60529:1991/AC:2016-12 DEGREES OF PROTECTION PROVIDED BY ENCLOSURES (IP CODE) (IEC 60529 EDITION 2.2 CORRIGENDUM 2:2015)
    ISO 4301-1:2016 Cranes — Classification — Part 1: General
    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
    EN 60204-1 : 2006 COR 2010 SAFETY OF MACHINERY - ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT OF MACHINES - PART 1: GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
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