Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts - Lifts for the transport of goods only - Part 31: Accessible goods only lifts

1.1   This document specifies the safety rules for new accessible goods only lifts with traction, positive or hydraulic drive, permanently installed and only used by instructed persons (users), serving fixed and permanent landing levels, having a carrier made of a single load carrying area, designed for the transportation of goods only, moving along a fixed path by rigid guide rails and inclined not more than 15° to the vertical, with rated speed not exceeding 1 m/s.
This document covers accessible goods only lifts with rated load exceeding 300 kg and not intended to transport persons, on account of controls not operable from inside the carrier.
1.2   For the purpose of this document, a goods only lift carrier is regarded as accessible where one of the following conditions is satisfied:
a)   floor area of the carrier is greater than 1,0 m2;
b)   depth of the carrier is greater than 1,0 m;
c)   clear height of the carrier is greater than 1,20 m.
In case the carrier is a platform, it is considered accessible when the clear height of the landing doors is greater than 1,20 m.
1.3   Two types of accessible goods only lifts are addressed:
a)   Type A, where the intended use is bound to the maximum rated speed of 0,30 m/s;
b)   Type B, where the intended use is bound to the maximum rated speed of 1,0 m/s.
1.4   In addition to the requirements of this document, supplementary requirements have to be considered in special cases (potentially explosive atmosphere, extreme climate conditions, seismic conditions, transporting dangerous goods, etc.).
1.5   This document does not cover:
a)   accessible goods only lifts:
1)   with more than one lift machine;
2)   where loading and unloading is automated, or the carrier floor is fitted with mobile devices (e.g. rollers) for loading and unloading purposes;
3)   intended to carry bulk loads (such as loose sand, gravel, etc.);
4)   with drive systems other than those stated in 4.8;
b)   lifting tables according to EN 1570-1 and EN 1570-2;
c)   lifting appliances, such as appliances with more than one carrier, skips, goods only lifts for construction sites, for underground applications, mine winding gear, goods only lifts on seagoing vessels and mobile offshore units, construction and maintenance appliances in wind turbines, goods only lifts specially designed and constructed for research purposes for temporary use in laboratories, goods only lifts specially designed and constructed for military or police purposes;
d)   safety during operation of transport, erection, repairs and dismantling of accessible goods only lifts;
e)   the use of translucent material for the walls of the well and machinery spaces, for the carrier with the exception of the landing doors vision panels;
f)   the use of programmable electronic systems in safety related applications for lifts (PESSRAL);
g)   important modifications (see Annex D) to an accessible goods only lifts installed before this document is brought into application;
h)   hydraulic lifts where the setting of the pressure relief valve exceeds 50 MPa (see 4.8.3.5.3);
i)   any form of radiation except EMC;
j)   fire propagation;
k)   energy dissipation type buffers.
However, this document can usefully be taken as a basis.
Noise and vibrations are not dealt with in this document as they are not considered a significant nor relevant hazard for the actual type of the accessible goods only lifts (see also 0.4.1).
1.6   This document is not applicable to accessible goods only lifts which were manufactured before the date of its publication as EN.

Sicherheitsregeln für die Konstruktion und den Einbau von Aufzügen - Aufzüge für den Gütertransport - Teil 31: Betretbare Güteraufzüge

1.1   Dieses Dokument legt die Sicherheitsregeln für neue elektrisch betriebene betretbare Güteraufzüge mit Treibscheiben, Trommel- oder Kettenantrieb und neue hydraulisch betriebene betretbare Güteraufzüge fest, die in eingeschränkten Bereichen dauerhaft installiert sind und nur von eingewiesenen Personen (Benutzern) genutzt werden, die ortsfeste und dauerhafte Ebenen bedienen und einen Träger besitzen, der aus einer einzigen, nur für den Transport von Gütern konstruierten Lastaufnahmefläche besteht, das sich zwischen starren Führungsschienen bewegt, die nicht mehr als 15° gegen die Senkrechte geneigt sind, und dessen Nenngeschwindigkeit 1 m/s nicht übersteigt.
Dieses Dokument gilt für betretbare Güteraufzüge mit einer Nennlast von mehr als 300 kg, die nicht für den Transport von Personen vorgesehen sind, da die Bedienelemente nicht vom Inneren des Trägers aus bedienbar sind.
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Règles de sécurité pour la construction et l'installation des élévateurs - Élévateurs pour le transport d'objets seulement - Partie 31 : Monte-charges accessibles

1.1   Le présent document spécifie les règles de sécurité applicables aux nouveaux monte-charges accessibles électriques à entraînement par adhérence, à treuil attelé ou hydraulique, installés de façon permanente et uniquement utilisés par du personnel formé (utilisateurs), desservant des niveaux fixes et permanents, comportant un habitacle constitué d'une seule surface de transport, conçus uniquement pour le transport d'objets, se déplaçant le long d'un parcours fixe par des guides rigides, d'une inclinaison ne dépassant pas 15° par rapport à la verticale et d'une vitesse nominale n'excédant pas 1 m/s.
Le présent document traite des monte-charges accessibles ayant une charge nominale supérieure à 300 kg et qui ne sont pas destinés au transport de personnes du fait de l'absence de commandes manœuvrables à l'intérieur de l'habitacle.
1.2   Dans le cadre du présent document, un monte-charges est considéré accessible lorsque l'une des conditions ci-dessous est remplie :
a)   la surface au sol de l'unité de transport est supérieure à 1,0 m2 ;
b)   la profondeur de l'habitacle est supérieure à 1,0 m ;
c)   la hauteur libre de l'habitacle est supérieure à 1,20 m.
Si l'habitacle est une plate-forme, il est considéré accessible lorsque la hauteur libre des portes palières est supérieure à 1,20 m.
1.3   Deux types de monte-charges accessibles sont traités :
a)   Type A, dont l'usage prévu est limité à la vitesse nominale maximale de 0,30 m/s ;
b)   Type B, dont l'usage prévu est limité à la vitesse nominale maximale de 1,0 m/s.
1.4   Outre les exigences du présent document, des exigences supplémentaires sont à prendre en compte dans des cas particuliers (atmosphère explosible, conditions climatiques extrêmes, conditions sismiques, transport de produits dangereux, etc.).
1.5   Le présent document ne s'applique pas :
a)   aux monte-charges accessibles :
1)   ayant plus d'une machine ;
2)   dont les chargement et le déchargement sont automatisés ou dont le plancher de l'habitacle est équipé de dispositifs mobiles (par exemple des rouleaux) à des fins de chargement et de déchargement ;
3)   destinés au transport de marchandises en vrac (comme du sable, gravier, etc.) ;
4)   à systèmes d'entraînement autres que ceux indiqués en 4.8 ;
b)   aux tables élévatrices conformément à l'EN 1570-1 et à l'EN 1570-2 ;
c)   aux appareils de levage comportant plus d'un habitacle, aux bennes, aux monte-charges des chantiers de construction, des applications souterraines, des dispositifs d'excavation de mine, aux monte-charges des navires et unités mobiles en mer, aux appareils de construction et de maintenance d'éoliennes, aux monte-charges conçus et fabriqués spécialement à des fins de recherche pour un usage temporaire en laboratoire, aux monte-charges conçus et fabriqués spécialement pour un usage policier ou militaire ;
d)   à la sécurité au cours des opérations de transport, d'installation, de réparation et de démontage des monte-charges accessibles ;
e)   à l'utilisation de matériaux translucides pour les parois de la gaine et des emplacements de machinerie, pour l'habitacle, à l'exception des regards des portes palières ;
f)   à l'utilisation de systèmes électroniques programmables dans les applications liées à la sécurité des élévateurs (PESSRAL) ;
g)   aux transformations importantes (voir Annexe D) d'un monte-charges accessible installé avant la mise en application du présent document ;
h)   aux monte-charges hydrauliques où le réglage du limiteur de pression dépasse 50 MPa (voir 4.8.3.5.3) ;
i)   à toute forme de rayonnement, à l'exception de la CEM ;
j)   à la propagation du feu ;
k)   aux amortisseurs à dissipation d'énergie.
Le présent document peut cependant être utilisé comme guide.
Le bruit est les vibrations ne sont pas traités dans le présent document...

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SLOVENSKI STANDARD
oSIST prEN 81-31:2022
01-september-2022
Varnostna pravila za konstruiranje in vgradnjo dvigal (liftov) - Dvigala, namenjena
samo za prevoz tovora - 31. del: Dostopna tovorna dvigala
Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts - Lifts for the transport of goods
only - Part 31: Accessible goods only lifts
Sicherheitsregeln für die Konstruktion und den Einbau von Aufzügen - Aufzüge für den
Gütertransport - Teil 31: Betretbare Güteraufzüge
Règles de sécurité pour la construction et l'installation des élévateurs - Élévateurs pour
le transport d'objets seulement - Partie 31 : Monte-charges accessibles
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: prEN 81-31
ICS:
91.140.90 Dvigala. Tekoče stopnice Lifts. Escalators
oSIST prEN 81-31:2022 en,fr,de
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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DRAFT
EUROPEAN STANDARD
prEN 81-31
NORME EUROPÉENNE

EUROPÄISCHE NORM

June 2022
ICS 91.140.90 Will supersede EN 81-31:2010
English Version

Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts -
Lifts for the transport of goods only - Part 31: Accessible
goods only lifts
Règles de sécurité pour la construction et l'installation Sicherheitsregeln für die Konstruktion und den Einbau
des élévateurs - Élévateurs pour le transport d'objets von Aufzügen - Aufzüge für den Gütertransport - Teil
seulement - Partie 31 : Monte-charges accessibles 31: Betretbare Güteraufzüge
This draft European Standard is submitted to CEN members for enquiry. It has been drawn up by the Technical Committee
CEN/TC 10.

If this draft becomes a European Standard, CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations
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Contents Page
European foreword . 6
Introduction . 8
1 Scope . 13
2 Normative references . 14
3 Terms and definitions . 17
4 Safety requirements and/or protective measures . 23
4.1 General . 23
4.2 Lift well . 23
4.2.1 General provision . 23
4.2.2 Well enclosure . 24
4.2.3 Inspection doors – inspection traps – access doors – access traps . 24
4.2.4 Ventilation of the well and machinery spaces . 25
4.2.5 Walls, floor and ceiling of the well, machinery spaces and pulley rooms . 25
4.2.6 Strength of the walls. 26
4.2.7 Strength of the pit floor . 27
4.2.8 Construction and clearances of the walls of lift wells and landing doors facing carrier
entrance . 27
4.2.9 Protection of any spaces located below the well . 28
4.2.10 Protection in the well . 28
4.2.11 Headroom and pit . 28
4.2.12 Exclusive use of the well, machine and pulley rooms . 32
4.2.13 Lighting of the well and machinery spaces . 33
4.2.14 Alarm device . 33
4.2.15 Equipment in the pit. 34
4.3 Machinery spaces . 34
4.3.1 General provisions . 34
4.3.2 Access . 36
4.3.3 Construction and equipment of machinery spaces and of pulley rooms . 37
4.4 Landing doors . 38
4.4.1 General provisions . 38
4.4.2 Height, width, sills of entrances at landings . 38
4.4.3 Doors . 39
4.4.4 Locking and closed landing door check . 42
4.4.5 Locking and emergency unlocking . 42
4.4.6 Electrical safety device for proving the landing doors closed . 45
4.5 Carrier, counterweight and balancing weight . 45
4.5.1 Carrier . 45
4.5.2 Counterweight and balancing weight . 50
4.5.3 Protection for traction sheaves, pulleys and sprockets . 50
4.5.4 Protection of machinery . 52
4.6 Suspension, unintended carrier movement and excessive speed protection . 52
4.6.1 Suspension means . 52
4.6.2 Protections against free fall, excessive speed, unintended carrier movement and
creeping of the carrier . 54
4.7 Guiding systems, mechanical stops and final limit switches . 62
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4.7.1 General provision concerning guiding system. 62
4.7.2 Guiding of the carrier, counterweight or balancing weight . 63
4.7.3 Loads, stresses and deflections . 63
4.7.4 Fixed stops and buffers . 64
4.7.5 Final limit switches . 65
4.8 Lift machine and associated equipment . 66
4.8.1 General provisions . 66
4.8.2 Lift machines for traction and positive drive . 66
4.8.3 Lift machine for hydraulic drive. 71
4.9 Electric installations and appliances . 81
4.9.1 General provision . 81
4.9.2 Contactors, contactor relays, components of safety circuits . 82
4.9.3 Protection of electrical equipment . 83
4.9.4 Main switches . 84
4.9.5 Electric wiring . 85
4.10 Protection against electric faults; failure analysis; controls; priorities . 87
4.10.1 Failure analysis and electric safety devices . 87
4.10.2 Controls; priorities . 91
5 Verification of the safety requirements and/or protective measures . 96
5.1 Verification and tests . 96
5.2 Verification of design . 96
5.3 Verification tests before putting into use . 101
6 Information for use . 101
6.1 General . 101
6.2 Notices, markings and operating instructions . 101
6.2.1 General provisions . 101
6.2.2 Rating plate . 102
6.2.3 Carrier . 102
6.2.4 Landings . 102
6.2.5 Machinery spaces. 103
6.2.6 Well . 103
6.2.7 Safety components . 103
6.2.8 Electrical identification . 104
6.2.9 Alarm device . 104
6.2.10 More than one lifts in one machine room . 104
6.2.11 Emergency lowering valve . 104
6.2.12 Hand pump . 104
6.2.13 Reduced headroom clearances . 105
6.2.14 Reduced clearances in the pit . 105
6.3 Instruction handbook . 106
6.3.1 General . 106
6.3.2 Minimum contents of the instruction handbook . 106
6.3.3 Verifications and tests . 111
6.3.4 Verifications and tests after important modifications or accidents . 111
6.4 Logbook . 111
Annex A (normative) List of electric safety devices . 113
Annex B (informative) Technical documentation . 115
B.1 General . 115
B.2 Technical details and plans . 115
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B.3 Electric diagrams and hydraulic diagrams . 116
Annex C (normative)  Verifications and tests before putting into use . 117
C.1 General . 117
C.2 Tests and verifications . 117
C.3 Tests and verifications in case of reduced clearances in pit and/or headroom . 121
Annex D (informative) Periodical verifications and tests, verifications and tests after an
important modification or after an accident . 123
D.1 Periodical verifications and tests . 123
D.2 Verifications and tests after an important modification or after an accident . 123
Annex E (normative) Safety components and safety devices – Test procedures for
verification . 125
E.1 General provisions . 125
E.2 Landing door locking devices . 126
E.3 Safety gear . 130
E.4 Overspeed governor . 136
E.5 Safety circuits containing electronic components . 138
E.6 Rupture valve/one-way restrictor . 141
E.7 Buffers . 145
E.8 Pre-triggered stopping system . 148
Annex F (informative) Construction of walls of accessible goods only lift well and landing
doors facing a carrier entrance . 153
Annex G (normative) Calculations of rams, cylinders, rigid pipes and fittings . 154
G.1 Calculations against over pressure . 154
G.2 Calculations of the jacks against buckling. 155
Annex H (informative) Information to the user/owner of an accessible goods only lift . 160
H.1 General . 160
H.2 Means of access to machinery space entrance of the accessible goods only lift . 160
H.3 Maintenance work carried out from a step of a ladder . 160
Annex I (normative) Electronic components – Failure exclusion . 162
Annex J (normative) Headroom and pit . 168
J.1 General . 168
J.2 Reduced clearances in the headroom . 168
J.3 Reduced clearances in the pit . 173
Annex K (informative) Building interfaces . 178
K.1 General provisions . 178
K.2 Support of guide rails . 178
K.3 Ventilation of well and machinery spaces. 178
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Annex L (informative) List of significant hazards . 180
Annex ZA (informative) Relationship between this European Standard and the essential
requirements of Directive 2006/42/EC aimed to be covered . 183
Bibliography . 189

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European foreword
This document (prEN 81-31:2022) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 10 “Lifts,
escalators and moving walks”, the secretariat of which is held by AFNOR.
This document is currently submitted to the CEN Enquiry.
This document will supersede EN 81-31:2010.
This document is part of the EN 81 series of standards “Safety rules for the construction and installation
of lifts”. This is the second edition.
The main changes with respect to the previous edition (EN 81-31:2010) are listed below:
— Requirements have been updated, taking into account EN 81-20:2020, EN 81-50:2020 and
EN 81-21:2009+A1:2012. Specifically: definitions; strength of the doors, screens, partitions;
unintended carrier movement; refuge spaces; inspection operation; rope's retainers; balustrade;
lighting.
— The scope has been amended. Specifically: excluded overlapping with EN 1570, by use of rigid guide
rails only; excluded scissor lifts; removed travel limit for Type A; non-addressed energy dissipation
type buffers.
— Requirements and verifications have been added for: refuge spaces; clamping devices; pawl devices;
automatic power operated doors; progressive safety gears.
— Improvements in safety due to changes in proven technology and in the state of the art have been
made. Specifically: working spaces; electrical equipment; emergency electrical operation;
performance levels; ropes and terminations; existing buildings; impact factors; buffer with non-
linear characteristics; alarm system.
— The reported errors have been eliminated. Specifically: hydraulic formulae;
— The text has been clarified. Specifically: pulley room; extreme position of the carrier in the well; use
in limited / not limited access area; ingress in / egress from the well;
— The references to other standards have been updated, according to the progress in that field. All
standards now include a date;
— Wording has been amended. Specifically: from “uncontrolled movement” to “unintended movement”;
from “manual operation” to “emergency operation”; from “safety space” to “refuge space”; from “load
carrying unit” to “carrier”; from “vendor” to “manufacturer”; from “laboratory” to “examiner”;
— The informative Annex “List of significant hazards” has been added;
— The informative Annex “Building interface” has been added;
— Annex ZA has been updated with regard to the European Commission mandate M/396.
This document has been prepared under a Standardization Request given to CEN by the European
Commission and the European Free Trade Association, and supports essential requirements of EU
Directive(s) / Regulation(s).
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For relationship with EU Directive(s) / Regulation(s), see informative Annex ZA, which is an integral part
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Introduction
0.1 General
This document is a type-C standard as stated in EN ISO 12100:2010.
This document is of relevance, in particular, for the following stakeholder groups representing the market
players with regard to machinery safety:
— machine manufacturers (small, medium and large enterprises);
— health and safety bodies (regulators, accident prevention organizations, market surveillance, etc.).
Others can be affected by the level of machinery safety achieved with the means of the document by the
above-mentioned stakeholder groups:
— machine users/employers (small, medium and large enterprises);
— machine users/employees (e.g. trade unions, organizations for people with special needs);
— service providers, e.g. for maintenance (small, medium and large enterprises);
— consumers (in case of machinery intended for use by consumers).
The above-mentioned stakeholder groups have been given the possibility to participate in the drafting
process of this document.
The accessible goods only lift installation concerned and the extent to which hazards, hazardous
situations and events are covered are indicated in the scope of this document.
When provisions of this type-C standard are different from those which are stated in type-A or -B
standards, the provisions of this type-C standard take precedence over the provisions of the other
standards, for machines that have been designed and built according to the provisions of this type-C
standard.
0.2 General provision
0.2.1 The object of this document is to define safety rules related to the construction and installation of
accessible goods only lifts, with a view to safeguarding persons and objects against the risk of accidents
1)
associated with the use, maintenance and emergency operation of accessible goods only lifts.
a) Persons to be safeguarded:
1) users;
2) competent and authorized persons, e.g. maintenance and inspection personnel;
3) persons in the immediate surrounding area of the accessible goods only lift well and the
machinery space(s) and pulley room(s), if any.

1)
Within CEN/TC 10 an interpretation committee has been established to answer questions about the spirit in
which the experts have drafted the various clauses of this standard. All such interpretations are published
within CEN TS 81-11:2011 until incorporated by amendment into the standards concerned.
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b) Property to be safeguarded:
1) loads in carrier;
2) components of the accessible goods only lift installation;
3) building in which the accessible goods only lift is installed;
4) the immediate surrounding area of the accessible goods only lift installation.
0.2.2 A study has been made of the various possible hazards with accessible goods only lifts, see
Annex L.
0.2.3 This document does not address the health and safety of
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