BS EN 81-40:2008
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Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts. Special lifts for the transport of persons and goods Stairlifts and inclined lifting platforms intended for persons with impaired mobility
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16-09-2020
English
31-12-2009
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Foreword
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 List of significant hazards
5 Safety requirements and/or protective measures
6 Verification of safety requirements and/or protective
measures
7 Information for use
Annex A (normative) - Verification type tests for overspeed
detection device and safety gear
Annex B (normative) - Electronic components: failure
exclusion
Annex C (informative) - Guidance in selection of stairlifts
Annex D (informative) - Recommendations for the provisions
and use of specially adapted control
devices, switches and sensors
Annex E (informative) - In-use periodic examination, tests
and servicing
Annex ZA (informative) - Relationship between this European
Standard and the Essential Requirements
of the EU Directive 98/37/EC
Annex ZB (informative) - Relationship between this European
Standard and the Essential Requirements
of the EU Directive 2006/42/EC
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Describes safety requirements for construction, manufacturing, installation, maintenance and dismantling of electrically operated stairlifts (chair, standing platform and wheelchair platform) affixed to a building structure, moving in an inclined plane and intended for use by persons with impaired mobility.
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MHE/4
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| DevelopmentNote |
Supersedes 04/30111616 DC. (04/2009) Supersedes BS 5776(1996). (12/2009)
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| DocumentType |
Standard
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| Pages |
70
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| PublisherName |
British Standards Institution
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| Status |
Superseded
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| Supersedes |
| Standards | Relationship |
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