Safety requirements for lifting tables - Part 2: Lifting tables serving more than 2 fixed landings of a building, for lifting goods with a vertical travel speed not exceeding 0,15 m/s
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.
Related directives
NOTE: If the word "harmonized" (marked in green) is not found in the field with the name of the directive, it means that the European standard is not cited in the OJEU.
2006/42/EC
Directive 2006/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2006 on machinery, and amending Directive 95/16/EC (recast)
