prEN 1493

Vehicle lifts

This document is applicable to stationary and mobile vehicle lifts, which are not intended to lift persons but which are designed to raise vehicles totally, for the purpose of examining and working on or under the vehicles whilst in a raised position. The vehicle lift may consist of one or more lifting units.
Power supply to the vehicle lift by internal combustion engines is not considered.
The floor or ground supporting the vehicle lift in use is assumed to be horizontal.
This document does not exclude a person from entering a lifted vehicle on wheel supporting lifts, e.g. for special works or for periodical technical inspection, and vehicle lifts for rail-bound vehicles.
This document does not contain requirements for hazards which may arise on vehicle lifts where the carrying device can be tilted.
NOTE Noise does not play a role in vehicle lifts in the majority of cases and is therefore not considered in this document.
This document does not apply to:
- vehicle lifts movable when loaded;
- equipment for power driven parking of motor vehicles (see EN 14010:2003+A1:2009).
This document is applicable to vehicle lifts which are manufactured six months after the date of its publication as a European Standard.

Fahrzeug-Hebebühnen

Dieses Dokument ist anzuwenden für Fahrzeug-Hebebühnen, die zum Anheben von Fahrzeugen vorgesehen sind, um die angehobenen Fahrzeuge zu untersuchen und an oder unter ihnen in aufrechter Position zu arbeiten.
Fahrzeug-Hebebühnen sind nicht zum Anheben von Personen vorgesehen. Bei besonderer Verwendung, wie z. B. bei Hebebühnen für die periodische technische Inspektion von Fahrzeugen oder bei Hebebühnen für Schienenfahrzeuge, ist es jedoch zulässig, dass eine Person ein angehobenes Fahrzeug betritt, vorausgesetzt, der Hersteller hat angemessene Sicherheitsmaßnahmen festgelegt und in der Bedienungsanleitung darauf hingewiesen.
Fahrzeug-Hebebühnen können aus einer oder mehreren Hubeinheiten (stationär oder ortsveränderlich) bestehen.
Es wird vorausgesetzt, dass der Boden, auf dem die Fahrzeug-Hebebühne benutzt wird, horizontal ist (Toleranzen sollten angegeben werden).
Dieses Dokument ist nicht anzuwenden für:
-   Fahrzeug-Hebebühnen, die ein Fahrzeug teilweise anheben können.
-   Fahrzeug-Hebebühnen, die in beladenem Zustand verfahrbar sind.
-   Fahrzeug-Hebebühne, bei der das Lastaufnahmemittel gekippt werden kann.
-   Fahrzeug-Hebebühnen, die von Verbrennungsmotoren angetrieben werden.
-   Kraftbetriebene Parkeinrichtungen für Kraftfahrzeuge (siehe EN 1410:2003+A1:2009).
Lärm wird in diesem Dokument nicht berücksichtigt, da er in der praktischen Anwendung von Fahrzeug-Hebebühnen keine Rolle spielt.
Dieses Dokument ist anwendbar für Fahrzeug-Hebebühnen, die sechs Monate nach der Veröffentlichung als Europäische Norm hergestellt wurden.

Élévateurs de véhicules

Dvigala za servisiranje vozil

General Information

• Status: Not Published
• Publication Date: 03-Feb-2026
• ICS: 43.180 - Diagnostic, maintenance and test equipment
• ICS: 53.020.99 - Other lifting equipment
• Technical Committee: CEN/TC 98 - Lifting platforms
• Drafting Committee: CEN/TC 98/WG 3 - Vehicle lifting devices
• Current Stage: 4060 - Closure of enquiry - Enquiry
• Start Date: 06-Jun-2024
• Due Date: 22-Nov-2023
• Completion Date: 06-Jun-2024
• Directive: 2006/42/EC - Directive 2006/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2006 on machinery, and amending Directive 95/16/EC (recast)
• Mandate: M/396 - Mandate to CEN and Cenelec for standardisation in the field of machinery
• Ref Project: oSIST prEN 1493:2024 - Vehicle lifts

Relations

• Revises: EN 1493:2022 - Vehicle lifts
• Effective Date: 28-Jan-2023

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-maj-2024
Dvigala za servisiranje vozil
Vehicle lifts
Fahrzeug-Hebebühnen
Élévateurs de véhicules
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: prEN 1493
ICS:
43.180 Diagnostična, vdrževalna in Diagnostic, maintenance and
preskusna oprema test equipment
53.020.99 Druga dvigalna oprema Other lifting equipment
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

DRAFT
EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
March 2024
ICS 43.180; 53.020.99 Will supersede EN 1493:2022
English Version
Vehicle lifts
??ateurs de v?icules Fahrzeug-Hebeb?nen
This draft European Standard is submitted to CEN members for enquiry. It has been drawn up by the Technical Committee
CEN/TC 98.
If this draft becomes a European Standard, CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations
which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration.

This draft European Standard was established by CEN in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other
language made by translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC
Management Centre has the same status as the official versions.

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United Kingdom.
Recipients of this draft are invited to submit, with their comments, notification of any relevant patent rights of which they are
aware and to provide supporting documentation.

Warning : This document is not a European Standard. It is distributed for review and comments. It is subject to change without
notice and shall not be referred to as a European Standard.

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Contents Page
European foreword . 5
Introduction. 6
1 Scope . 7
2 Normative references . 7
3 Terms and definitions. 8
3.1 General . 8
3.2 Vehicle lift parts . 10
3.3 Vehicle lift type . 13
3.4 Safety related parts . 15
4 Safety requirements and/or protective/risk reduction measures . 18
4.1 General . 18
4.2 Preventing unauthorised operation . 18
4.3 Control elements . 18
4.3.1 Hold-to-run control . 18
4.3.2 Grouped control devices . 18
4.3.3 Logical operation . 18
4.3.4 Marking . 18
4.3.5 Unintentional operation . 18
4.4 Control devices . 18
4.4.1 General . 18
4.4.2 Fixed control devices . 19
4.4.3 Mobile control devices . 19
4.4.4 Controlling multiple Lifting Unit Lift . 20
4.4.5 Emergency stop device . 20
4.4.6 Stopping device . 20
4.5 Duplicated drive systems . 20
4.6 Speeds . 20
4.7 Structural design of the supporting structure . 21
4.7.1 General . 21
4.7.2 Loads and forces . 21
4.7.3 Load combinations . 23
4.7.4 Load distribution . 24
4.7.5 Lifting elements . 35
4.7.6 Proof of stability against overturning . 38
4.8 Drive system . 38
4.8.1 Preventing uncontrolled motion . 38
4.8.2 Preventing inadvertent moving from stationary condition when raised . 39
4.8.3 Additional requirements for mechanical drives . 39
4.8.4 Additional requirements for hydraulic drives . 39
4.8.5 Additional requirements for pneumatic drives . 40
4.9 Load carrying devices . 41
4.9.1 Unintended motion of the load carrying device . 41
4.9.2 Vehicle pick-up-plates . 41
4.9.3 Vehicle pick-up pads . 43
4.9.4 Locking systems of carrying arms . 43
4.9.5 Prevention of rolling off . 44
4.10 Additional requirements for vehicle lifts with balconies . 44
4.11 Limiting the travel of the load carrying device . 45
4.12 Unintended blocking of the load carrying device . 45
4.13 Safety against rupture of mechanical lifting elements . 46
4.14 Safety against leakage . 46
4.14.1 Limiting the lowering speed . 46
4.14.2 Protection against leakage . 46
4.15 Additional requirements for vehicle lifts with more than one lifting units . 46
4.16 Additional requirements for mobile vehicle lifts . 47
4.16.1 Safety against unintended motion . 47
4.16.2 Service brakes for vehicle lifts using powered mobility . 47
4.16.3 Devices for moving manually mobile vehicle lifts . 47
4.16.4 Derailment protection . 47
4.16.5 Forces . 47
4.16.6 Visibility . 47
4.17 Protection against pinching and shearing . 48
4.17.1 General . 48
4.17.2 Safety distances . 48
4.17.3 Other safety measures . 48
4.18 Safety devices . 49
4.18.1 General . 49
4.18.2 Arrangement . 49
4.18.3 Function of mechanical safety devices . 49
4.18.4 Safety switches . 49
4.18.5 Springs in safety devices . 50
4.19 Protection against damage . 50
4.19.1 Wearing parts . 50
4.19.2 Lead screws . 50
4.19.3 Installation of hoses, pipes and electrical equipment . 50
4.20 Manually driven vehicle lifts . 50
4.21 Electrical equipment .
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