I.S. EN 81-40:2020
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Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts - Special lifts for the transport of persons and goods - Part 40: Stairlifts and inclined lifting platforms intended for persons with impaired mobility
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English
05-10-2020
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European foreword
Introduction
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 tests – Seat and safety components – tests procedures for verification of conformity
Annex B (normative) Electronic components: failure exclusion
Annex C (normative) Requirements for the interface of the stairlift in the building
Annex D (informative) Guidance in selection of stairlifts
Annex E (informative) Recommendations for the provisions and use of specially adapted control devices, switches and sensors
Annex F (informative) In-use periodic examination, tests and servicing
Annex G (normative) Friction/traction drive – Calculation and test for verification of traction conformity
Annex ZA (informative) Relationship between this European Standard and the essential requirements of Directive 2006/42/EC aimed to be covered
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This document deals with 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: — travelling over a stair or an accessible inclined surface; — intended for use by one person; — whose carriage is directly retained and guided by a guide rail or rails; — supported or sustained by rope (5.4.4), rack and pinion (5.4.5), chain (5.4.6), friction/traction drive (5.4.7), and guided rope and ball (5.4.8).
| Committee |
TC 10
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| DocumentType |
Standard
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| Pages |
86
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| ProductNote |
The date of any NSAIprevious adoption may not matchthe date of its original CEN/CENELEC document. THIS STANDARD ALSO REFERS TO :EN 60947-1,EN ISO 9773,IEC 60417
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| PublisherName |
National Standards Authority of Ireland
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| Status |
Current
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| Supersedes |
| Standards | Relationship |
| EN 81-40:2020 | Identical |
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