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BS EN 81-80:2003

Superseded

Superseded

A superseded Standard is one, which is fully replaced by another Standard, which is a new edition of the same Standard.

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Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts. Existing lifts Rules for the improvement of safety of existing passenger and goods passenger lifts

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Superseded date

28-08-2019

Superseded by

BS EN 81-80:2019

Language(s)

English

Published date

17-12-2003

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Including GST where applicable

Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 List of significant hazards
  4.1 Significant hazards dealt with by this standard
  4.2 Significant hazards not dealt with by this standard
5 Safety requirements and/or protective measures
  5.1 General
  5.2 Accessibility requirements
       5.2.1 General
       5.2.2 Levelling and stopping accuracy
  5.3 Requirements against vandalism
  5.4 Behaviour of lifts in the event of fire
  5.5 Well
       5.5.1 Well enclosures
       5.5.2 Inspection and emergency doors to well and
              access to the pit
       5.5.3 Wall of the well
       5.5.4 Protection of any accessible spaces located
              below the car, the counterweight or the
              balancing weight
       5.5.5 Counterweight or balancing weight screen
       5.5.6 Screens
       5.5.7 Headroom and pit clearances
       5.5.8 Pit access
       5.5.9 Pit and pulley room stopping device
       5.5.10 Lighting of the well
       5.5.11 Emergency release of persons working in well
  5.6 Machine and pulley rooms
       5.6.1 Machine and pulley room access
       5.6.2 Floors of machine and pulley rooms
       5.6.3 Clearances of machinery
       5.6.4 Machine room floor levels and recesses
       5.6.5 Lighting in machine and pulley room
       5.6.6 Handling of equipment
  5.7 Landing doors and car doors
       5.7.1 Imperforate landing doors and car doors
       5.7.2 Landing door fixings
       5.7.3 Use of glass in car doors and landing doors
       5.7.4 Horizontally sliding car doors and landing
              doors with glass
       5.7.5 Lighting of the landing
       5.7.6 Protection against impact from power
              operated horizontally sliding car and
              landing doors
       5.7.7 Locking devices
       5.7.8 Unlocking of landing doors
       5.7.9 Automatic closing of horizontal sliding
              landing doors
       5.7.10 Sliding doors with multiple panels
       5.7.11 Fire rated landing doors
       5.7.12 Hinged landing doors in combination with
              power operated horizontally sliding car
              doors
  5.8 Car, counterweight and balancing weight
       5.8.1 Available car area, rated load
       5.8.2 Avoidance of the risk of people falling
              into the well
       5.8.3 Cars without doors
       5.8.4 Locking of emergency trap doors on the car
       5.8.5 Strength of car roof and emergency trap door
       5.8.6 Protection on the car roof
       5.8.7 Ventilation of the car
       5.8.8 Lighting and emergency lighting in the car
  5.9 Suspension, compensation and overspeed protection
       5.9.1 Protection for traction sheaves, pulleys and
              sprockets
       5.9.2 Safety gear and overspeed governor for
              electric lifts
       5.9.3 Governor rope tensioning device
       5.9.4 Ascending car overspeed and uncontrolled
              movement of the car with open doors
       5.9.5 Protection of hydraulic lifts against free
              fall, descent with excessive speed and
              creeping of the car
  5.10 Guide rails, buffers and final limit switches
       5.10.1 Counterweight or balancing weight guided by
              wire ropes
       5.10.2 Buffers
       5.10.3 Final limit switches
  5.11 Distance between car door and landing door
  5.12 Lift machine
       5.12.1 Electro-mechanical brake (electric lifts)
       5.12.2 Emergency operation
       5.12.3 Shut-off valve (hydraulic lifts)
       5.12.4 Stopping the machine and checking its
              stopped position
       5.12.5 Slack rope/chain electric safety device
       5.12.6 Run-time limiter
       5.12.7 Low cylinder pressure (hydraulic lifts)
  5.13 Electric installations and appliances
       5.13.1 Protection against electric shock
       5.13.2 Protection of the lift machine motors
       5.13.3 Main switches
  5.14 Protection against electric faults, controls,
       priorities
       5.14.1 Phase reversal protection
       5.14.2 Inspection control station and stopping
              device
       5.14.3 Emergency alarm dev
       5.14.4 Communication between car and machine room
       5.14.5 Load control
  5.15 Notices, markings and operating instructions
6 Verification of safety measures and/or protective
  devices
7 Information for use
Annex A (informative) Method for national implementation
        of EN 81-80
  A.1 Identification of hazardous situations
  A.2 Evaluation of hazardous situations
  A.3 Classification of priority levels
Annex B (informative) Safety check list for existing
        lifts
Bibliography

Covers rules for improving the safety of existing lifts with the aim of reaching an equivalent level of safety to that of a newly installed lift by the application of today's state of the art for safety.

Committee
MHE/4
DevelopmentNote
Supersedes 02/700413 DC (12/2003)
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
36
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Superseded
SupersededBy
Supersedes

Standards Relationship
NF EN 81-80 : 2004 Identical
UNI EN 81-80 : 2009 Identical
NBN EN 81-80 : 2004 Identical
EN 81-80:2003 Identical
NEN EN 81-80 : 2003 Identical
I.S. EN 81-80:2004 Identical
DIN EN 81-80:2004-02 Identical
NS EN 81-80 : 1ED 2004 Identical
UNE-EN 81-80:2004 Identical
SN EN 81-80 : 2004 Identical
ONORM EN 81-80 : 2004 Identical

16/30337004 DC : DRAFT MAR 2016 BS 8899 - IMPROVEMENT OF FIRE-FIGHTING AND EVACUATION PROVISIONS IN EXISTING LIFTS - CODE OF PRACTICE
BS 8486-3:2017 Examination and test of new lifts before putting into service. Specification for means of determining compliance with BS EN 81 Passenger and goods passenger lifts conforming to BS EN 81-20
17/30363555 DC : 0 BS 8486-3 - EXAMINATION AND TEST OF NEW LIFTS BEFORE PUTTING INTO SERVICE - SPECIFICATION FOR MEANS OF DETERMINING COMPLIANCE WITH BS EN 81 - PART 3: PASSENGER AND GOODS PASSENGER LIFTS CONFORMING TO BS EN 81-20
05/30128013 DC : DRAFT JULY 2005 BS 5655-12 - LIFTS AND SERVICE LIFTS - PART 12: CODE OF PRACTICE FOR THE UNDERTAKING OF MODIFICATIONS TO EXISTING HYDRAULIC LIFTS
BS 8899:2016 Improvement of fire-fighting and evacuation provisions in existing lifts. Code of practice
BS 8486-1(2007) : 2007 EXAMINATION AND TEST OF NEW LIFTS BEFORE PUTTING INTO SERVICE - SPECIFICATION FOR MEANS OF DETERMINING COMPLIANCE WITH BS EN 81 - PART 1: ELECTRIC LIFTS
BS 5655-11:2005 Lifts and service lifts Code of practice for the undertaking of modifications to existing electric lifts
BS 5655-12:2005 Lifts and service lifts Code of practice for the undertaking of modifications to existing hydraulic lifts
BS 8486-2(2007) : 2007 EXAMINATION AND TEST OF NEW LIFTS BEFORE PUTTING INTO SERVICE - SPECIFICATION FOR MEANS OF DETERMINING COMPLIANCE WITH BS EN 81 - PART 2: HYDRAULIC LIFTS
05/30128010 DC : DRAFT JUL 2005 BS 5655-11 - LIFTS AND SERVICE LIFTS - PART 11: CODE OF PRACTICE FOR THE UNDERTAKING OF MODIFICATIONS TO EXISTING ELECTRIC LIFTS
11/30228478 DC : 0 BS 7255 - CODE OF PRACTICE FOR SAFE WORKING ON LIFTS
06/30147220 DC : 0 BS 8486-2 - EXAMINATION AND TEST OF NEW LIFTS BEFORE PUTTING INTO SERVICE - SPECIFICATION FOR MEANS OF DETERMINING COMPLIANCE WITH BS EN 81 - PART 2: HYDRAULIC LIFTS
BS 7255:2012 Code of practice for safe working on lifts
06/30147218 DC : 0 BS 8486-1 - EXAMINATION AND TEST OF NEW LIFTS BEFORE PUTTING INTO SERVICE - SPECIFICATION FOR MEANS OF DETERMINING COMPLIANCE WITH BS EN 81 - PART 1: ELECTRIC LIFTS

EN 294:1992/AC:1993 SAFETY OF MACHINERY - SAFETY DISTANCES TO PREVENT DANGER ZONES BEING REACHED BY THE UPPER LIMBS
ISO/TS 14798:2006 Lifts (elevators), escalators and moving walks Risk assessment and reduction methodology
PREN 81-21 : DRAFT 2009 SAFETY RULES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND INSTALLATION OF LIFTS - LIFTS FOR THE TRANSPORT OF PERSONS AND GOODS - PART 21: NEW PASSENGER AND GOODS PASSENGER LIFTS IN EXISTING BUILIDING
PREN 81-71 : DRAFT 2015 SAFETY RULES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND INSTALLATION OF LIFTS - PARTICULAR APPLICATIONS TO PASSENGER LIFTS AND GOODS PASSENGER LIFTS - PART 71: VANDAL RESISTANT LIFTS
PREN 81-73 : DRAFT 2014 SAFETY RULES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND INSTALLATION OF LIFTS - PARTICULAR APPLICATIONS FOR PASSENGER AND GOODS PASSENGER LIFTS - PART 73: BEHAVIOUR OF LIFTS IN THE EVENT OF FIRE
EN 81-1:1998+A3:2009 Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts - Part 1: Electric lifts
EN 292-1 : 1991 SAFETY OF MACHINERY - BASIC CONCEPTS, GENERAL PRINCIPLES FOR DESIGN - BASIC TERMINOLOGY, METHODOLOGY
1995/16/EC : 1995 DIRECTIVE 95/16/EC OF 29 JUNE 1995 ON THE APPROXIMATION OF THE LAWS OF THE MEMBER STATES RELATING TO LIFTS
IEC 60529:1989+AMD1:1999+AMD2:2013 CSV Degrees of protection provided by enclosures (IP Code)
EN 81-2 : 1998 + A3 2009 SAFETY RULES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND INSTALLATION OF LIFTS - PART 2: HYDRAULIC LIFTS
EN 292-2 : 91 AMD 1 95 SAFETY OF MACHINERY - BASIC CONCEPTS, GENERAL PRINCIPLES FOR DESIGN - TECHNICAL PRINCIPLES AND SPECIFICATION
EN 60529:1991/AC:2016-12 DEGREES OF PROTECTION PROVIDED BY ENCLOSURES (IP CODE) (IEC 60529 EDITION 2.2 CORRIGENDUM 2:2015)
1998/37/EC : 1998 DIRECTIVE 98/37/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL OF 22 JUNE 1998 ON THE APPROXIMATION OF THE LAWS OF THE MEMBER STATES RELATING TO MACHINERY
EN 1070 : 1998 SAFETY OF MACHINERY - TERMINOLOGY

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