UNI EN 81-40 : 2009

Foreword
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 List of significant hazards
5 Safety requirements and/or protective measures
  5.1 General
      5.1.1 Introduction
      5.1.2 Pattern of use
      5.1.3 Access for maintenance, repair and
             inspection
      5.1.4 Fire resistance
      5.1.5 Rated speed
      5.1.6 Rated load
      5.1.7 Resistance to operating forces
      5.1.8 Protection of equipment against harmful
             external influences
      5.1.9 Guarding of equipment from mechanical damage
  5.2 Guide rails and mechanical stops
      5.2.1 Guide rails
      5.2.2 Folding guide rails
      5.2.3 Stairlift guide rail
      5.2.4 Rail design
  5.3 Safety gear and overspeed detection device
      5.3.1 General
      5.3.2 Control
      5.3.3 Release
      5.3.4 Access for inspection
      5.3.5 Electrical checking
      5.3.6 Overspeed detection device
      5.3.7 Rotation monitor unit
      5.3.8 Safety nut
  5.4 Driving units and drive system
      5.4.1 General requirements
      5.4.2 Braking system
      5.4.3 Emergency/manual operation
      5.4.4 Additional requirements for rope
             suspension drive
      5.4.5 Additional requirements for rack and
             pinion drive
      5.4.6 Additional requirements for chain
             suspension drive
      5.4.7 Additional requirements for screw and
             nut drive
      5.4.8 Additional requirements for friction/traction
             drive
      5.4.9 Additional requirements for guided rope and
             ball drive
  5.5 Electrical installation and equipment
      5.5.1 General
      5.5.2 Drive contactors
      5.5.3 Motor and brake circuits for stopping
             the machine and checking its stopped
             condition
      5.5.4 Creepage and clearance distances and
             enclosure requirements
      5.5.5 Protection against electrical faults
      5.5.6 Electric safety devices
      5.5.7 Time delay
      5.5.8 Protection of the driving motor
      5.5.9 Electrical wiring
      5.5.10 Safety circuits
      5.5.11 Residual current devices
      5.5.12 Additional requirements for battery powered
             operation
      5.5.13 Cableless controls
      5.5.14 Control devices
      5.5.15 Terminal limit switches and final limit
             electric safety devices
      5.5.16 Emergency alarm devices and warning signals
      5.5.17 Socket outlet
  5.6 Carriage
      5.6.1 Combined type of carriage
      5.6.2 Chair
      5.6.3 Carriage with standing platform
      5.6.4 Carriage with wheelchair platform
6 Verification of safety requirements and/or protective
  measures
  6.1 General
  6.2 Verification of design
  6.3 Examinations and tests before putting into service
  6.4 Verification tests on each machine before first use
7 Information for use
  7.1 General
  7.2 Signals and warning devices
  7.3 Accompanying documents (in particular: Instruction
      handbook)
      7.3.1 General
  7.4 Marking
      7.4.1 Carriage
      7.4.2 Emergency alarm device
      7.4.3 Disabled persons symbol
      7.4.4 Emergency manual operation
  7.5 The additional information given to the installer
      7.5.1 Dedicated electrical supply
Annex A (normative) - Verification type tests for
        overspeed detection device and safety gear
      A.1 Instruments
      A.2 Safety gear and overspeed detection device
          A.2.1 General provisions
          A.2.2 Method of test
          A.2.3 Test report
Annex B (normative) - Electronic components: failure
        exclusion
Annex C (informative) - Guidance in selection of
        stairlifts
      C.1 Introduction
      C.2 Selection of stairlift
          C.2.1 Suitability
          C.2.2 Control devices
          C.2.3 Location of the stairlift
          C.2.4 Duty cycle
      C.3 Electrical supply and lighting
      C.4 Maintenance
      C.5 Alarm system
Annex D (informative) - Recommendations for the
        provisions and use of specially adapted
        control devices, switches and sensors
      D.1 Control devices
      D.2 Specially adapted switches
Annex E (informative) - In-use periodic examination,
        tests and servicing
      E.1 Periodic examinations and tests
      E.2 Servicing
Annex ZA (informative) - Relationship between this
         European Standard and the Essential Requirements
         of the EU Directive 98/37EC
Annex ZB (informative) - Relationship between this
         European Standard and the Essential Requirements
         of the EU Directive 2006/42/EC
Bibliography

Describes safety requirements for construction, manufacturing, installation, maintenance and dismantling of electrically operated stairlifts (chair, standing platform and wheelchair platform) affixed to a building structure, moving in an inclined plane and intended for use by persons with impaired mobility: - travelling over a stair or an accessible inclined surface; - intended for use by one person; - whose carriage is directly retained and guided by a guide rail or rails; - supported or sustained by rope, rack and pinion, chain, screw and nut, friction traction drive, and guided rope and ball.