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BS EN 12978 : 2003

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INDUSTRIAL, COMMERCIAL AND GARAGE DOORS AND GATES - SAFETY DEVICES FOR POWER OPERATED DOORS AND GATES - REQUIREMENTS AND TEST METHODS

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Language(s)

English

Published date

01-01-2003

$464.73
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Foreword
1 Scope
  1.1 General
  1.2 Exclusions
  1.3 Door types and applications
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Requirements
  4.1 General
  4.2 Additional requirements for pressure sensitive
       protective equipment
  4.3 Additional requirements for electro sensitive
       protective equipment
5 Marking
  5.1 Electro sensitive protective equipment
  5.2 Pressure sensitive protective equipment
6 Information for use
  6.1 Instruction handbook - General
  6.2 Instructions for the installation of a safety device
  6.3 Instructions for the use of the safety device
  6.4 Instructions for maintenance
7 Verification and test methods
  7.1 General
  7.2 Test specimen
  7.3 Test conditions
  7.4 Environmental tests
  7.5 Electrical equipment
  7.6 Enclosure(s) for electrical equipment
  7.7 Functional test
  7.8 Adjustments
  7.9 Sensor fixing
  7.10 PSPE operating characteristics
  7.11 Single fault failure
  7.12 Marking
  7.13 Information for installation and use
Annex A (normative) - List of significant hazards
Annex ZA (informative) - Relationship between this European
                         Standard and the Essential Requirements
                         of EU Directive 98/37/EC
Annex ZB (informative) - Relationship between this European
                         Document and the Essential Requirements
                         of EU Directive 2006/42/EC

Pertains to design, construction and testing of sensitive protective devices where the device is used to detect pedestrians including in particular applications, slow moving elderly persons, slow moving disabled persons and children who may be exposed to injury by power operated doors, gates and barriers, electrically powered from a public supply and intended for installation in areas in the reach of persons, and for which the main intended uses are giving safe access for goods and vehicles accompanied or driven by persons in industrial, commercial, public or residential premises.

Committee
B/538/5
DevelopmentNote
Supersedes 97/106152 DC. (06/2003) 2003 Edition Re-Issued in October 2009 & incorporates AMD 1 2009. Supersedes 09/30182170 DC. (10/2009)
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
36
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Current
Supersedes

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