BS 2655-1:1970

Co-operating organizations
Foreword
Specification
1 General
1.1 Scope
1.2 Factors of safety
2 Specific requirements for electric passenger and
      goods lifts
2.1 Guides and fixings
2.2 Buffers
2.3 Top and bottom clearances and runbys
2.4 Car frames
2.5 Car enclosure
2.6 Car and landing entrance construction
2.7 Automatic power operation of entrances
2.8 Controlled power closing of entrances
2.9 Locking devices and switches for car and landing
      entrances
2.10 Emergency devices and openings for cars
2.11 Car capacity and loading
2.12 Safety-gear
2.13 Governors
2.14 Suspension
2.15 Lift machines
2.16 Counterweights
2.17 Load plates
2.18 Controllers
2.19 Operation and operating devices
2.20 Suppression of radio and television interference
2.21 Terminal stopping and final limit switches
2.22 Main switches and wiring
3 Specific requirements for electric service lifts
3.1 Lift cars
3.2 Lift machines
3.3 Guides
3.4 Buffers
3.5 Counterweights
3.6 Suspension
3.7 Safety-gear
3.8 Load plates
3.9 Landing doors, shutters or gates
3.10 Terminal stops
3.11 Slack-rope switch
3.12 Main switches and wiring
3.13 Suppression of radio and television interference
4 Firemen's lifts
4.1 Location
4.2 Capacity
4.3 Doors
4.4 Speed
4.5 Fire switch
4.6 Electricity supply
5 Specific requirements for hydraulic lifts
5.1 Guides and fixings
5.2 Buffers
5.3 Top and bottom clearances and runbys
5.4 Car frames
5.5 Car enclosures
5.6 Car and landing entrance construction
5.7 Automatic power operation of entrances
5.8 Controlled power closing of entrances
5.9 Locking devices and switches
5.10 Emergency devices and openings for cars
5.11 Car capacity and loading
5.12 Safety-gear
5.13 Ram stops
5.14 Suspension
5.15 Hoisting machinery
5.16 Counterweights
5.17 Load plates
5.18 Control and controllers
5.19 Main circuit breaker or main switch, and wiring
5.20 Terminal stopping switches
6 Specific requirements for hand-powered lifts
6.1 General
6.2 Lift cars
6.3 Lift machines
6.4 Guides
6.5 Buffers
6.6 Counterweights
6.7 Suspension
6.8 Hauling rope
6.9 Brakes and sustaining devices
6.10 Safety-gear
6.11 Load plates
6.12 Landing doors
Tables
1 Governor tripping speeds and stopping distances
2 Minimum diameters of drums, pulleys and sheaves
Figures
1 Contract load for passenger lifts in relation to
      net inside floor area (metric and imperial units)
2 Net inside floor areas for passenger lifts

Minimum safety requirements for existing electric passenger, goods and fireman\'s lifts and also for new and existing hydraulic passenger and service lifts. Makes reference to lift components and control systems.

This Part of this British Standard applies to electric, hydraulic and hand-powered passenger lifts, goods lifts and service lifts suspended by ropes or chains or supported by direct acting ram and employing a guided lift car installed in a situation where the structural requirements of Part 6 are carried out.

The requirements for passenger and goods lifts are combined in this standard, on the basis that goods lifts are capable of carrying persons and should thus be subject to the same safety requirements applicable to lifts intended for passenger operation.

The requirements for hand-powered lifts apply only to goods lifts, hoists and service lifts.

The standard does not apply to lifting platforms and road vehicle lifting machines having a vertical travel not exceeding 2.00 m or 6 ft 6 in, amusement devices, skip hoists, builders’ hoists, conveyors or similar apparatus used for raising, piling or tiering.