ISO 17842-1:2015

Safety of amusement rides and amusement devices — Part 1: Design and manufacture

ISO 17842-1:2015 specifies the minimum requirements necessary to ensure the safe design, calculation, manufacture, and installation of the following: mobile, temporary or permanently installed machinery and structures, e.g. roundabouts, swings, boats, Ferris wheels, roller coasters, chutes, grandstands, membrane or textile structures, booths, stages, side shows, and structures for artistic aerial displays. These amusement devices are intended to be installed both repeatedly without degradation or loss of integrity, and temporarily or permanently in fairgrounds and amusement parks or any other locations. Fixed grandstands, construction site installations, scaffolding, removable agricultural structures and simple coin operated children's amusement devices intended for up to 3 children are not covered. It can nevertheless be used in the design of any similar structural or passenger-carrying device.

Sécurité des manèges et des dispositifs de divertissement — Partie 1: Conception et fabrication

General Information

• Status: Withdrawn
• Publication Date: 23-Jun-2015
• ICS: 13.110 - Safety of machinery
• ICS: 97.200.40 - Playgrounds
• Technical Committee: ISO/TC 254 - Safety of amusement rides and amusement devices
• Drafting Committee: ISO/TC 254/WG 2 - Design, manufacture and construction
• Current Stage: 9092 - International Standard to be revised
• Completion Date: 21-Dec-2016

Relations

• Revised: ISO 17842-1:2023 - Safety of amusement rides and amusement devices — Part 1: Design and manufacture
• Effective Date: 31-Dec-2016

Standards Content (Sample)

INTERNATIONAL ISO
STANDARD 17842-1
First edition
2015-07-01
Safety of amusement rides and
amusement devices —
Part 1:
Design and manufacture
Sécurité des manèges et des dispositifs de divertissement —
Partie 1: Conception et fabrication
Reference number
ISO 17842-1:2015(E)
©
ISO 2015

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Contents Page
Foreword .vi
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms and definitions . 5
4 Requirements for design analysis and examination . 9
4.1 Design documents . 9
4.1.1 General. 9
4.1.2 Design risk assessment . 9
4.1.3 Description of design and operation . 9
4.1.4 Design and manufacturing drawings . 9
4.1.5 Principles of analysis .10
4.2 Selection of materials .11
4.2.1 General.11
4.2.2 Recommended steels .11
4.2.3 Aluminium alloy .11
4.2.4 Timber .11
4.2.5 Plastic composites .11
4.2.6 Concrete . .12
4.2.7 Fasteners for structural components .12
4.2.8 Standards relating to ropes, chains, safety devices, connectors and adapters .12
4.3 Design loads .13
4.3.1 General.13
4.3.2 Permanent actions.13
4.3.3 Variable actions .13
4.3.4 Seismic forces .18
4.3.5 Applicable coefficients .19
4.3.6 Load combinations .19
4.4 Structural analysis — Principles .20
4.4.1 General.20
4.4.2 Analysis principles for various types of devices .21
4.4.3 Other railways with track-bound vehicles .26
4.4.4 Grandstands .27
4.5 Verification of stability .27
4.5.1 General.27
4.5.2 Overturning .27
4.5.3 Sliding .28
4.5.4 Lifting . .29
4.6 Ground anchorages .29
4.6.1 General.29
4.6.2 Design load bearing capacity of weight anchors .29
4.6.3 Design load bearing capacity of rod anchors .29
4.6.4 Testing of anchors (Numbering) .31
4.6.5 Calculation of loads on anchors .32
4.6.6 Further requirements .32
4.6.7 Ground support for packing .33
4.7 Verification of strength .33
4.7.1 General.33
4.7.2 Predominantly static stress .34
4.7.3 Fluctuating stress .34
4.7.4 Bolts .37
4.7.5 Ropes, chains, safety devices, connectors and adapters .38
4.8 Structural design and construction .40
4.8.1 Arrangement, accessibility .40
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4.8.2 Locking and safety devices for fasteners .40
4.8.3 Joints intended for regular dismantling.41
4.8.4 Designing of components subject to fluctuating loads .41
4.8.5 Supports .41
4.8.6 Central masts .41
4.8.7 Prevention of corrosion and rot .41
5 Requirements for design and manufacture of rides and structures .41
5.1 Risk reduction by prevailing design and safety measures .41
5.1.1 General.41
5.1.2 Risk assessment . .42
5.1.3 Risk reduction for platforms, ramps, floors, stairs and walkways .43
5.1.4 Risk reduction by the use of railings, fencing and guarding .47
5.1.5 Guarding of hazardous machinery .51
5.1.6 Risk reduction in the case of access and egress .51
5.1.7 Risk reduction for passenger units .52
5.1.8 Requirements for special provisions .63
5.2 Supplementary safety requirements for various types of amusement rides and devices .64
5.2.1 Amusement rides with vertical axis .64
5.2.2 Amusement rides with horizontal axis.65
5.2.3 Rail-guided channel or track-bound devices .67
5.2.4 Dodgem/bumper cars .69
5.2.5 Speedways/go-karts .73
5.2.6 Mini-motorbikes for children.74
5.2.7 Boat rides .75
5.2.8 Flume rides .75
5.2.9 Helter skelters, slides, etc.77
5.2.10 Side shows, booths, win-a-prize and sales stands, mazes, halls of mirrors,
funhouses, labyrinths, hammers, ring the bell and similar .77
5.2.11 Shooting stands and trailers, shooting devices .80
5.3 Mechanical systems .81
5.3.1 Hydraulic and pneumatic devices .81
5.3.2 Lifting and elevating units being integral part of an amusement ride .83
5.4 Manufacture and supply .86
5.4.1 Manufacturer .86
5.4.2 Quality assurance — Quality plan .86
5.4.3 Manufacturing process .87
5.4.4 Safety precautions to be taken by the manufacturer .89
5.4.5 Electrical installations .89
5.5 Supply .89
5.5.1 Manuals .89
5.5.2 Special information.91
5.5.3 Drawings and diagrams .91
5.6 Design documentation .91
5.6.1 General.91
5.6.2 Description of installation and technical specification/information .92
5.7 Device log .92
5.7.1 General.92
5.7.2 Content .93
5.8 Official technical dossier . .94
5.8.1 General.94
5.8.2 Content .94
5.8.3 Identification marking .94
Annex A (informative) Fatigue analysis .96
Annex B (normative) Electrical equipment and control systems .104
Annex C (informative) Control systems — Best practices.115
Annex D (informative) Guidance on design of passenger containment .117
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Annex E (informative) Device log for an amusement device .122
Annex F (informative) List of hazards . 143
Annex G (informative) Guest behaviour . 147
Annex H (informative) Limited accessibility to amusement devices . 152
Annex I (informative) Safety envelope for passengers . 155
Bibliography . 158
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Foreword
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The committee responsible for this document is ISO/TC 254, Safety of amusement rides and amusement
devices.
ISO 17842 consists of the following parts, under the general title Safety of amusement rides and
amusement devices:
— Part 1: Design and manufacture
— Part 2: Operation and use
— Part 3: Requirements for inspection during design, manufacture, operation and use
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INTERNATIONAL STANDARD ISO 17842-1:2015(E)
Safety of amusement rides and amusement devices —
Part 1:
Design and manufacture
1 Scope
This part of ISO 17842 specifies the minimum requirements necessary to ensure the safe design,
calculation, manufacture, and installation of the following: mobile, temporary or permanently installed
machinery and structures, e.g. roundabouts, swings, boats, Ferris wheels, roller coasters, chutes,
grandstands, membrane or textile structures, booths, stages, side shows, and structures for artistic
aerial displays. The above items, hereafter called amusement devices or simply “devices”, are intended to
be installed both repeatedly without degradation or loss of integrity, and temporarily or permanently
in fairgrounds and amusement parks or any other locations. Fixed grandstands, construction site
installations, scaffolding, removable agricultural structures and simple coin operated children’s
amusement devices intended for up to 3 children are not covered by this document.
Nevertheless this document can be used in the design of any similar structural or passenger-carrying
device not explicitly mentioned herein.
Existing national rules on workers’ safety are not concerned by this document.
This document is applicable to amusement devices and major modifications of amusement devices and
rides manufactured after the effective date of its publication.
ISO 17842-3 contains requirements for inspection during design, manufacture, operation and use.
2 Normative references
The following documents, in whole or in part, are normatively referenced in this document and are
indispensable for its application. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated
references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
EN 288-9, Specification and approval of welding procedures for metallic materials — Part 9: Welding
procedure test for pipeline welding on land and offshore site butt welding of transmission pipelines
ISO 898-1, Mechanical properties of fasteners made of carbon steel and alloy steel — Part 1: Bolts, screws
and studs with specified property classes — Coarse thread and fine pitch thread
ISO 1141, Fibre ropes — Polyester — 3-, 4-, 8- and 12-strand ropes
ISO 1181, Fibre ropes — Manila and sisal — 3-, 4- and 8-strand ropes
ISO 1346, Fibre ropes — Polypropylene split film, monofilament and multifilament (PP2) and polypropylene
high-tenacity multifilament (PP3) — 3-, 4-, 8- and 12-strand ropes
ISO 2307, Fibre ropes — Determination of certain physical and mechanical properties
ISO 3834-1, Quality requirements for fusion welding of metallic materials — Part 1: Criteria for the selection
of the appropriate level of quality requirements
ISO 3834-3, Quality requirements for fusion welding of metallic materials — Part 3: Standard quality requirements
ISO 4014, Hexagon head bolts — Product grades A and B
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ISO 4016, Hexagon head bolts — Product grade C
ISO 4017, Fasteners — Hexagon head screws — Product grades A and B
ISO 4018, Hexagon head screws — Product grade C
ISO 4032, Hexagon regular nuts (style 1) — Product grades A and B
ISO 4034, Hexagon regular nuts (style 1) — Product grade C
ISO 4413, Hydraulic fluid power — General rules and safety requirements for systems and their components
ISO 4414, Pneumatic fluid power — General rules and safety requirements for systems and their components
ISO 5817:2014, Welding — Fusion-welded joints in steel, nickel, titanium and their alloys (beam welding
excluded) — Quality levels for imperfections
ISO 7250 (all parts), Basic human body measurements for technological design
ISO 9554, Fibre ropes — General specifications
ISO 9606-1, Qualification testing of welders — Fusion welding — Part 1: Steels
ISO 9606-2, Qualification test of welders — Fusion welding — Part 2: Aluminium and aluminium alloys
ISO 9692-1, Welding and allied processes — Types of joint preparation — Part 1: Manual metal arc welding,
gas-shielded metal arc welding, gas welding, TIG welding and beam welding of steels
ISO 9692-2, Welding and allied processes — Joint preparation — Part 2: Submerged arc welding of steels
ISO 9712:2012, Non-destructive testing — Qualification and certification of NDT personnel
ISO 10042:2005, Welding — Arc-welded joints in aluminium and its alloys — Quality levels for imperfections.
Corrected by ISO 10042:2005/Cor. 1:2006
ISO 10325, Fibre ropes — High modulus polyethylene — 8-strand braided ropes, 12-strand braided ropes
and covered ropes
ISO 10474:2013, Steel and steel products — Inspection documents
ISO 10547, Polyester fibre ropes — Double braid construction
ISO 10554, Polyamide fibre ropes — Double braid construction
ISO 10556, Fibre ropes of polyester/polyolefin dual fibres
ISO 10572, Mixed polyolefin fibre ropes
ISO 11666, Non-destructive testing of welds — Ultrasonic testing — Acceptance levels
ISO 12100:2010, Safety of machinery — General principles for design — Risk assessment and risk reduction
ISO 13849-1, Safety of machinery — Safety-related parts of control systems — Part 1: General principles
for design
ISO 13849-2, Safety of machinery — Safety-related parts of control systems — Part 2: Validation
ISO 13857:2008, Safety of machinery — Safety distances to prevent hazard zones being reached by upper
and lower limbs
ISO 14118, Safety of machinery — Prevention of unexpected start-up
ISO 14119, Safety of machinery — Interlocking devices associated with guards — Principles for design
and selection
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ISO 14120, Safety of machinery — Guards — General requirements for the design and construction of fixed
and movable guards
ISO 14122-1, Safety of machinery — Permanent means of access to machinery — Part 1: Choice of fixed
means of access between two levels
ISO 14731, Welding coordination — Tasks and responsibilities
ISO 14732, Welding personnel — Qualification testing of welding operators and weld setters for mechanized
and automatic welding of metallic materials
ISO 15607, Specification and qualification of welding procedures for metallic materials — General rules
ISO 15609-1, Specification and qualification of welding procedures for metallic materials — Welding
procedure specification — Part 1: Arc welding
ISO 15610, Specification and qualification of welding procedures for metallic materials — Qualific
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