M/599 - Lifts

This document specifies for passenger lifts and goods passenger lifts:
the verification of door locking devices;
the verification of safety gears;
the verification of overspeed governors;
the verification of buffers;
the verification of safety circuits and SIL-rated circuits;
the verification of ascending car overspeed protection means;
the verification of unintended car movement protection means;
the verification of rupture valves and one-way restrictors;
the verification of suspension and compensation means;
the discard criteria for suspension means and sheaves;
the calculation of guide rails;
the calculation of rams, cylinders, rigid pipes and fittings;
the evaluation of the traction;
the evaluation of the safety factor on suspension means;
the pendulum shock tests;
the fault exclusion for electric and electronic components;
the design rules for SIL-rated circuits.
This document is not applicable to passenger lifts, goods passenger lifts or lift components, which are installed or manufactured before the date of its publication.

This document specifies the safety rules for lifts permanently serving buildings and constructions and intended for the transport of persons or persons and goods. It applies to traction lifts, positive drive lifts and hydraulic lifts that:
serve specific levels; and
have a rated speed exceeding 0,15 m/s; and
have an enclosed car; and
move along guide rails inclined not more than 15° to the vertical; and
    are indoor or weather-protected.
This document also applies to the electrical equipment of these lifts including the lighting and socket outlets in the well.
This document specifies safety rules related to:
persons to be safeguarded:
users, including passengers, maintenance and inspection personnel;
persons at the landings and outside of the well, or any machinery space and pulley room, who can be affected by the lift.
property to be safeguarded:
loads in the car;
components of the lift installation;
building in which the lift is installed.
This document does not specify additional requirements for:
lifts serving buildings with requirements for seismic conditions;
lifts serving buildings with requirements for accessibility;
lifts exposed to vandalism;
lifts which can be used for firefighting and evacuation purposes under firefighters control;
lifts which can be used to support faster evacuation of persons with disabilities;
the behaviour of the lift when the control system of the lift receives a recall signal(s) in the event of fire in a building.
This document is not applicable to passenger and goods passenger lifts, which are installed before the date of its publication.

This document specifies the additional requirements to EN 81 20:2020 for new passenger and goods passenger lifts, which can be used to support faster evacuation of persons with disabilities, including in case of fire alarm.
This document does not apply to:
-   lifts for evacuation due to circumstances which introduce other hazards such as explosion threat, chemical or biological attack, flooding, storm damage, or earthquake. In these cases, this document can be used as a basis with further measures as required from risk assessment;
-   the provision of evacuation aids to assist when the evacuation lift is unavailable.
The significant hazards covered by this document are listed in Annex D.
The following significant hazards are out of the scope of this document:
-   fire or smoke in the evacuation lift well, safe areas or machinery spaces;
-   ingress of water to the lift well during evacuation process;
-   insufficient or incorrectly located evacuation lifts;
-   insufficient evacuation capacity;
-   inability of users to understand the use of the lift in evacuation;
-   entrapment in waiting area (safe area) due to absence of lift service or adjacent stairs;
-   structural collapse or failure of building services (including public supply network, lighting, ventilation) before the evacuation using lifts has been completed;
-   presence of harmful gases, potentially explosive atmosphere, extreme climate conditions, transport of dangerous goods;
-   unavailability of the evacuation lift.
This document is not applicable to evacuation lifts manufactured before the date of its publication.

This document specifies the additional requirements to EN 81 20:2020 for new passenger and goods passenger lifts, which can be used to support faster evacuation of persons with disabilities, including in case of fire alarm.
This document does not apply to:
-   lifts for evacuation due to circumstances which introduce other hazards such as explosion threat, chemical or biological attack, flooding, storm damage, or earthquake. In these cases, this document can be used as a basis with further measures as required from risk assessment;
-   the provision of evacuation aids to assist when the evacuation lift is unavailable.
The significant hazards covered by this document are listed in Annex D.
The following significant hazards are out of the scope of this document:
-   fire or smoke in the evacuation lift well, safe areas or machinery spaces;
-   ingress of water to the lift well during evacuation process;
-   insufficient or incorrectly located evacuation lifts;
-   insufficient evacuation capacity;
-   inability of users to understand the use of the lift in evacuation;
-   entrapment in waiting area (safe area) due to absence of lift service or adjacent stairs;
-   structural collapse or failure of building services (including public supply network, lighting, ventilation) before the evacuation using lifts has been completed;
-   presence of harmful gases, potentially explosive atmosphere, extreme climate conditions, transport of dangerous goods;
-   unavailability of the evacuation lift.
This document is not applicable to evacuation lifts manufactured before the date of its publication.

1.1   This document specifies the additional or deviating requirements to EN 81-20:2020 for new passenger and goods passenger lifts, which can be used for firefighting and evacuation purposes under firefighters control.
1.2   This document applies, when the following conditions are fulfilled:
-   the lift well and the lift environment are designed to restrict the ingress of fire, heat and smoke to the lift well, machinery spaces and safe areas;
-   the building design limits the flow of water into the lift well;
-   the firefighters lift is not used as an escape route;
-   the lift well and the lift environment are fire protected for at least to the same level as the building structure;
-   the power supply is secure and reliable;
-   the electrical cable(s) providing power to the lift is fire protected to the same fire protection level as given to the lift well structure;
-   a suitable maintenance and verification plan is implemented.
1.3   This document does not cover:
-   the use of lifts with partially enclosed wells for use as firefighters lifts;
-   lifts installed in new or existing buildings, which are not included in fire resisting building structure;
-   important modification to existing lifts.
1.4   This document does not define:
-   the number of firefighters lifts and the floors to be served during firefighting operations;
-   size of safe area(s);
-   the use of other than the highest deck of a multi deck lift for firefighting operations.
1.5   This document deals with the significant hazards, hazardous situations and events relevant to firefighters lifts (as listed in Clause 4) when they are used as intended and under the conditions as foreseen by the installer.
1.6   The following significant hazards are not dealt with in this document and are assumed to be addressed by the building designer:
-   not having enough or correctly located firefighters lifts to move the firefighters up the building;
-   a fire in the firefighters lift well, safe area, machinery space or car;
-   the absence of building floor identification signs at any floor;
-   water management is not operating correctly.

This document defines the fire resistance test and requirements for landing doors which are intended to provide a barrier to the spread of fire from the landing side and via the lift well in buildings for a period of time classified in this document. The fire resistance requirements are expressed in terms of integrity (E), insulation (EI) and radiation (EW).
It is applicable to landing doors installed in the lift well openings at landings and used as means of access to lift car.
It also specifies the method of testing and classification of fire resistance of landing doors. The test method is only valid for furnaces where the door is mounted in a vertical position. The test method specifies the measurement of integrity and if required the measurement of radiation and thermal insulation.
This document refers to CO2 as means of tracing the propagation of fire. The document does not cover hazards due to emission of gases.
This document is not applicable to landing doors which are installed before the date of its publication.

This document specifies the technical requirements for the two-way communication system of passenger and goods passenger lifts, to communicate with a receiving equipment.
This document is not applicable to lifts installed before the date of its publication.

1.1   This document specifies the additional or deviating requirements to EN 81-20:2020 for new passenger and goods passenger lifts, which can be used for firefighting and evacuation purposes under firefighters control.
1.2   This document applies, when the following conditions are fulfilled:
-   the lift well and the lift environment are designed to restrict the ingress of fire, heat and smoke to the lift well, machinery spaces and safe areas;
-   the building design limits the flow of water into the lift well;
-   the firefighters lift is not used as an escape route;
-   the lift well and the lift environment are fire protected for at least to the same level as the building structure;
-   the power supply is secure and reliable;
-   the electrical cable(s) providing power to the lift is fire protected to the same fire protection level as given to the lift well structure;
-   a suitable maintenance and verification plan is implemented.
1.3   This document does not cover:
-   the use of lifts with partially enclosed wells for use as firefighters lifts;
-   lifts installed in new or existing buildings, which are not included in fire resisting building structure;
-   important modification to existing lifts.
1.4   This document does not define:
-   the number of firefighters lifts and the floors to be served during firefighting operations;
-   size of safe area(s);
-   the use of other than the highest deck of a multi deck lift for firefighting operations.
1.5   This document deals with the significant hazards, hazardous situations and events relevant to firefighters lifts (as listed in Clause 4) when they are used as intended and under the conditions as foreseen by the installer.
1.6   The following significant hazards are not dealt with in this document and are assumed to be addressed by the building designer:
-   not having enough or correctly located firefighters lifts to move the firefighters up the building;
-   a fire in the firefighters lift well, safe area, machinery space or car;
-   the absence of building floor identification signs at any floor;
-   water management is not operating correctly.

This document specifies the immunity performance criteria and test levels for apparatus used in lifts, escalators and moving walks which are intended to be permanently installed in buildings including the basic safety requirements in regard to their electromagnetic environment. These levels represent essential EMC requirements.
This document refers to EM conditions as existing in residential, office and industrial buildings.
This document addresses commonly known EMC related hazards and hazardous situations relevant to lifts, escalators and moving walks when they are used as intended and under the conditions foreseen by the lift installer or escalator and/or moving walk manufacturer.
It is assumed that no ports connected to safety circuit only are rated at currents greater than 100 amps.
It is assumed that mobile telephones and radio transmitters used at frequencies and power of that stated in Table 1 are not placed within 200 mm distance from safety circuit(s).
However:
— performance criteria and test levels for apparatus/assembly of apparatus used in general function circuits do not cover situations with an extremely low probability of occurrence;
— this document does not apply to other apparatus already proven to be in conformity to the EMC national regulation, and not related to the safety of the lift, escalator or moving walk, such as lighting apparatus, communication apparatus, etc.
This document does not apply to electromagnetic environments such as:
— radio transmitter stations;
— railways and metros;
— heavy industrial plant;
— electricity power stations;
which need additional investigations.
This document is not applicable to apparatus which were manufactured before the date of its publication.

This document defines the fire resistance test and requirements for landing doors which are intended to provide a barrier to the spread of fire from the landing side and via the lift well in buildings for a period of time classified in this document. The fire resistance requirements are expressed in terms of integrity (E), insulation (EI) and radiation (EW).
It is applicable to landing doors installed in the lift well openings at landings and used as means of access to lift car.
It also specifies the method of testing and classification of fire resistance of landing doors. The test method is only valid for furnaces where the door is mounted in a vertical position. The test method specifies the measurement of integrity and if required the measurement of radiation and thermal insulation.
This document refers to CO2 as means of tracing the propagation of fire. The document does not cover hazards due to emission of gases.
This document is not applicable to landing doors which are installed before the date of its publication.

This document specifies the technical requirements for the two-way communication system of passenger and goods passenger lifts, to communicate with a receiving equipment.
This document is not applicable to lifts installed before the date of its publication.

This document specifies the immunity performance criteria and test levels for apparatus used in lifts, escalators and moving walks which are intended to be permanently installed in buildings including the basic safety requirements in regard to their electromagnetic environment. These levels represent essential EMC requirements.
This document refers to EM conditions as existing in residential, office and industrial buildings.
This document addresses commonly known EMC related hazards and hazardous situations relevant to lifts, escalators and moving walks when they are used as intended and under the conditions foreseen by the lift installer or escalator and/or moving walk manufacturer.
It is assumed that no ports connected to safety circuit only are rated at currents greater than 100 amps.
It is assumed that mobile telephones and radio transmitters used at frequencies and power of that stated in Table 1 are not placed within 200 mm distance from safety circuit(s).
However:
— performance criteria and test levels for apparatus/assembly of apparatus used in general function circuits do not cover situations with an extremely low probability of occurrence;
— this document does not apply to other apparatus already proven to be in conformity to the EMC national regulation, and not related to the safety of the lift, escalator or moving walk, such as lighting apparatus, communication apparatus, etc.
This document does not apply to electromagnetic environments such as:
— radio transmitter stations;
— railways and metros;
— heavy industrial plant;
— electricity power stations;
which need additional investigations.
This document is not applicable to apparatus which were manufactured before the date of its publication.

This document specifies for passenger lifts and goods passenger lifts:
the verification of door locking devices;
the verification of safety gears;
the verification of overspeed governors;
the verification of buffers;
the verification of safety circuits and SIL-rated circuits;
the verification of ascending car overspeed protection means;
the verification of unintended car movement protection means;
the verification of rupture valves and one-way restrictors;
the verification of suspension and compensation means;
the discard criteria for suspension means and sheaves;
the calculation of guide rails;
the calculation of rams, cylinders, rigid pipes and fittings;
the evaluation of the traction;
the evaluation of the safety factor on suspension means;
the pendulum shock tests;
the fault exclusion for electric and electronic components;
the design rules for SIL-rated circuits.
This document is not applicable to passenger lifts, goods passenger lifts or lift components, which are installed or manufactured before the date of its publication.

This document specifies the safety rules for lifts permanently serving buildings and constructions and intended for the transport of persons or persons and goods. It applies to traction lifts, positive drive lifts and hydraulic lifts that:
serve specific levels; and
have a rated speed exceeding 0,15 m/s; and
have an enclosed car; and
move along guide rails inclined not more than 15° to the vertical; and
    are indoor or weather-protected.
This document also applies to the electrical equipment of these lifts including the lighting and socket outlets in the well.
This document specifies safety rules related to:
persons to be safeguarded:
users, including passengers, maintenance and inspection personnel;
persons at the landings and outside of the well, or any machinery space and pulley room, who can be affected by the lift.
property to be safeguarded:
loads in the car;
components of the lift installation;
building in which the lift is installed.
This document does not specify additional requirements for:
lifts serving buildings with requirements for seismic conditions;
lifts serving buildings with requirements for accessibility;
lifts exposed to vandalism;
lifts which can be used for firefighting and evacuation purposes under firefighters control;
lifts which can be used to support faster evacuation of persons with disabilities;
the behaviour of the lift when the control system of the lift receives a recall signal(s) in the event of fire in a building.
This document is not applicable to passenger and goods passenger lifts, which are installed before the date of its publication.