CEN/TC 10/WG 12 - Lifting tables

1.1   This European Standard specifies the safety requirements applicable to slow-speed platform lifts presenting the following characteristics:
   serving 2 or more set levels of a building or construction structure;
   able to cross landings;
   designed exclusively for lifting or lowering loads;
   only accessible to operators during the loading/unloading phases;
   with a travel speed of no more than 0.15 m/s;
   useable solely by people who have been authorized and briefed;
   permanently installed.
1.2   This European Standard deals with all significant hazards pertinent to slow-speed platform lifts when used as intended and under the conditions foreseen by the manufacturer (see Article 4). This European Standard specifies the appropriate technical measures for eliminating and reducing the risks arising from the significant hazards.
1.3   This European Standard does not apply to the following equipment:
   permanently and/or temporarily installed platform lifts, serving specific levels of a building, with a vertical travel speed exceeding 0.15 m/s (EN 81-31);
   lifting tables serving no more than two set levels of a building and not crossing a landing (EN 1570-1);
   lift platforms designed for mobility-impaired persons (EN 81-40 and prEN 81 41);
   platform lifts used on ships;
   lifts designed for lifting artists and stage set features during artistic performances;
   lifts driven by pusher chains.

1.1   This document specifies the safety requirements for lifting tables which fulfil the following characteristics:
-   serving more than 2 fixed landings, and
-   having a vertical travel speed of no more than 0,15 m/s, unless safe by position, and
-   raising or lowering goods and not person(s), and
-   only accessible to persons during the loading/unloading phases, and
-   permanently installed.
1.2   This document does not apply to the following equipment:
-   permanently installed lifting tables, serving specific levels of a construction, with a vertical travel speed exceeding 0,15 m/s (EN 81-31);
-   lifting tables serving not more than two fixed landings of a construction (EN 1570-1);
-   lifting tables, serving more than 2 fixed landings of a construction for lifting operators, with a vertical travel speed not exceeding 0,15 m/s;
-   lifting tables carrying operators and installed in enclosures with a vertical travel speed not exceeding 0,15 m/s;
-   lifting tables used on ships;
-   lifting tables designed for artists and stage set features during artistic performances.
1.3   This document does not consider the additional requirements for:
-   electromagnetic compatibility;
-   operation in severe conditions (e.g. strong magnetic fields);
-   operation subject to special rules (e.g. potentially explosive atmospheres, mines);
-   handling of loads, the nature of which could lead to dangerous situations (e.g. molten metal, acids, radiating materials, particularly brittle loads, loose loads (gravel, tubes));
-   hazards occurring during construction, transportation, and disposal;
-   equipment installed on the load platform or the replacing or maintaining of it;
-   integration into broader systems or other machines, etc.;
-   cable-less controls, i.e. wireless;
-   lifting tables where the hydraulic pressure is derived directly from gas pressure;
-   lifting tables powered by internal combustion engines.
This document is not applicable to lifting tables manufactured before the date of its publication.