SIST EN 13796-3:2017+A1:2023

Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons - Carriers - Part 3: Fatigue testing

This European Standard specifies the safety requirements applicable to carriers for cableway installations for passenger transportation. This standard is applicable to the various types of installations and takes into account their environment.
This standard sets out the requirements to be met for fatigue tests for carriers of unidirectional monocable aerial ropeways of capacity not greater than 16 persons according to EN 13796 1:2014, 6.3.3.1.
This standard does not apply to cableway installations for the transportation of goods or to inclined lifts.

Sicherheitsanforderungen an Seilbahnen für den Personenverkehr - Fahrzeuge - Teil 3: Ermüdungsversuche

Diese Europäische Norm legt die Sicherheitsanforderungen an Fahrzeuge von Seilbahnen für die Personenbeförderung fest. Sie ist anwendbar auf die verschiedenen Typen von Seilbahnen und berücksichtigt deren Umgebung.
Die vorliegende Europäische Norm beschreibt die Anforderungen, die während der Ermüdungsversuche an Fahrzeugen von Einseilumlaufbahnen mit einem Fassungsvermögen von bis zu 16 Personen nach !EN 13796 1:2017" einzuhalten sind.
Sie gilt weder für Seilbahnen des Güterverkehrs noch für Aufzüge.

Prescriptions de sécurité pour les installations à câbles transportant des personnes - Véhicules - Partie 3 : Essais de fatigue

Varnostne zahteve za žičniške naprave za prevoz oseb - Vozila - 3. del: Preskusi utrujenosti (vključuje dopolnilo A1)

Ta evropski standard določa varnostne zahteve, ki se uporabljajo za vozila žičniških naprav za prevoz oseb. Ta standard se uporablja za različne vrste naprav, pri čemer se upoštevajo okolja njihove uporabe.
Ta standard določa zahteve, ki jih je treba izpolnjevati pri preskusih utrujenosti vozil pri enovrvnih žičnicah z zmogljivostjo ne več kot 16 oseb v skladu s točko 6.3.3.1 standarda EN 13796 1:2014.
Standard se ne uporablja za žičniške naprave za prevoz blaga ali za poševna dvigala.

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 10-Apr-2023
• ICS: 45.100 - Cableway equipment
• Technical Committee: DTN - Lift and transport appliances
• Current Stage: 6060 - National Implementation/Publication (Adopted Project)
• Start Date: 23-Nov-2022
• Due Date: 28-Jan-2023
• Completion Date: 11-Apr-2023
• Directive: 2016/424 - Regulation (EU) 2016/424 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on cableway installations and repealing Directive 2000/9/EC
• Mandate: M/300 - Mandate for standardisation addressed to CEN, CENELEC and ETSI in the field of Cableway installations designed to carry persons
• Ref Project: EN 13796-3:2017+A1:2022 - Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons - Carriers - Part 3: Fatigue tests

Relations

• Consolidates: SIST EN 13796-3:2017/oprA1:2020 - Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons - Carriers - Part 3: Fatigue testing
• Effective Date: 19-Jan-2023

Overview

EN 13796-3:2017+A1:2022 is a CEN European Standard specifying fatigue test safety requirements for carriers used in cableway installations designed to carry persons. It applies to carriers for unidirectional monocable aerial ropeways (capacity per EN 13796-1:2017) and takes account of operational environment. The standard is limited to passenger carriers and excludes goods transport and inclined lifts. EN 13796-3 defines how to verify the fatigue resistance of load-bearing carrier components and sub‑assemblies to ensure long‑term safety in cableway systems.

Key topics and technical requirements

• Scope of testing: Tests may be performed on the fully equipped carrier or on its load‑bearing structure; sub‑assemblies (grips, suspensions, intermediate structures, cabins, chairs, seats) are permitted if loaded equivalently.
• Test modes: Fatigue testing can be load-controlled or elongation-controlled; excitation shall be sinusoidal and test benches must reflect actual operational degrees of freedom (e.g., grips tested in horizontal and inclined positions).
• Test parameters: Clause 10 (and associated figures/tables) sets specific parameter levels and cycle distributions for carriers with fixed grips and detachable grips, including multi‑level loading for detachable systems.
• Measurement and recording: Key parameters must be recorded at regular intervals (at least every 500,000 cycles). When using elongation control, measuring points must avoid stress‑concentration areas.
• Test-piece integrity: Test pieces must match series‑manufactured components in geometry, material and manufacturing method (e.g., galvanised items must be galvanised). Test pieces must be clearly identified by marking.
• Post‑test inspection: Includes visual examination and crack detection using magnetic particle or dye penetration methods; disassembly for inspection if necessary.
• Acceptance criteria: No propagation of pre‑existing defects, no new surface cracks, no detrimental deformation or deterioration affecting safety; tests must meet the cycles and parameter levels specified.
• Reporting and competence: Test procedures and results must be documented in a test report meeting EN ISO/IEC 17025:2017 requirements; testing is recommended to be carried out by a qualified laboratory.

Applications and who uses this standard

• Manufacturers of cabins, chairs, grips, suspensions and carrier sub‑assemblies for monocable aerial ropeways.
• Design and testing laboratories conducting fatigue verification for passenger cableway carriers.
• Certification bodies, maintenance organisations and safety assessors verifying compliance with EU cableway safety requirements (Regulation (EU) 2016/424).
• Project engineers and procurement teams specifying acceptance tests for new carriers or major modifications.

Related standards

• EN 13796-1:2017 (Carriers - Part 1: grips, trucks, brakes, cabins, chairs)
• EN 1907:2017 (Terminology)
• EN ISO/IEC 17025:2017 (Competence of testing laboratories)
• Other CEN cableway series (EN 12929, EN 12930, EN 13223, EN 13107, EN 1709) governing design, manufacture, maintenance and operation

Keywords: EN 13796-3:2017+A1:2022, fatigue tests, cableway installations, carriers, monocable aerial ropeways, safety requirements, carrier testing.

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-maj-2023
Varnostne zahteve za žičniške naprave za prevoz oseb - Vozila - 3. del: Preskusi
utrujenosti (vključuje dopolnilo A1)
Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons - Carriers - Part
3: Fatigue testing
Sicherheitsanforderungen an Seilbahnen für den Personenverkehr - Fahrzeuge - Teil 3:
Ermüdungsversuche
Prescriptions de sécurité pour les installations à câbles transportant des personnes -
Véhicules - Partie 3 : Essais de fatigue
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 13796-3:2017+A1:2022
ICS:
45.100 Oprema za žičnice Cableway equipment
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EN 13796-3:2017+A1
EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
November 2022
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 45.100 Supersedes EN 13796-3:2017
English Version
Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to
carry persons - Carriers - Part 3: Fatigue tests
Prescriptions de sécurité pour les installations à câbles Sicherheitsanforderungen an Seilbahnen für die
transportant des personnes - Véhicules - Partie 3 : Personenbeförderung - Fahrzeuge - Teil 3:
Essais de fatigue Ermüdungsversuche
This European Standard was approved by CEN on 1 December 2014 and includes Amendment 1 approved by CEN on 15 August
2022.
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. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references
concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre or to any CEN
member.
This European Standard exists 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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Contents Page
European foreword . 3
1 Scope . 5
2 Normative references . 5
3 Terms and definitions . 5
4 Symbols and abbreviations . 5
5 General information . 6
6 Parts to be tested . 6
7 ! Descriptive information prior to the test" . 6
8 Examination prior to test . 7
9 Test requirements . 7
10 Test parameters. 7
10.1 Test parameters for unidirectional aerial ropeways with fixed grips. 7
10.2 Test parameters for unidirectional aerial ropeways with detachable grips . 8
11 Conclusion of the test . 9
11.1 Inspection of test pieces after the test . 9
11.2 Evaluation of the test results . 10
11.3 Test report . 10
Annex ZA (informative) Relationship between this European Standard and the essential
requirements of Regulation (EU) 2016/424 . 11

European foreword
This document (EN 13796-3:2017+A1:2022) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 242,
"Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons", the secretariat of which is
held by AFNOR.
This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an
identical text or by endorsement, by May 2023 at the latest, and all conflicting national standards shall
be withdrawn no later than May 2023.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights or similar rights. CEN and/or CENELEC shall not be held responsible for identifying all or
some of these patent rights.
This document includes Amendment 1, approved by the CEN on 15 August 2022.
This document replaces !EN 13796-3:2017".
The start and end of the text added or modified by the amendment are indicated in the text with !
and " respectively.
EN 13796 comprises the following parts under the general title Safety requirements for cableway
installations designed to carry persons — Carriers:
— Part 1: Grips, carrier trucks, on-board brakes, cabins, chairs, carriages, maintenance carriers,
tow-hangers;
— Part 2: Slipping resistance tests for grips;
— Part 3: Fatigue testing.
This document forms part of the standards programme approved by the CEN Technical Board
(CEN/BT) on safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons. This
programme comprises the following standards:
— EN 1907, Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons — Terminology;
— EN 12929 (all parts), Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons —
General requirements;
— EN 12930, Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons — Calculations;
— EN 12927 (all parts), Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons —
Ropes;
— EN 1908, Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons — Tensioning
devices;
— EN 13223, Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons — Drive systems
and other mechanical equipment;
— EN 13796 (all parts), Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons —
Carriers;
— EN 13243, Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons — Electrical
equipment other than for drive systems;
— EN 13107, Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons —
Civil engineering works;
— EN 1709, Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons — Pre-
commissioning inspection and instructions for maintenance and operational inspection and checks;
— EN 1909, Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons — Recovery and
evacuation;
— EN 12397, Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons — Operation;
— EN 12408, Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons — Quality
control.
Together, these standards govern the design, manufacturing, production, maintenance and operation of
all cableway installations designed to carry persons.
This document has been prepared as part of a standardisation request made to CEN by the European
Commission and the European Free Trade Association, and supports the essential requirements of the
(EU) Directive(s)/Regulation(s).
!For the relationship with EU Directive(s) or Regulation(s), see informative Annex ZA, which forms
an integral part of this document.
The user should address any feedback or questions regarding this document to their country's national
standards organisation. A comprehensive list of these organisations can be found on the CEN and
CENELEC web pages."
According to the CEN/CENELEC internal regulations, the national standards organisations of the
following countries are required to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria,
Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, the Former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg,
Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, the Republic of Serbia, Romania, Slovakia, S
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