BRITISH STANDARD BS EN

12927-3:2004

Safety requirements for

cableway installations
designed to carry
persons — Ropes —
Part 3: Long splicing of 6 strand
hauling, carrying hauling and towing
ropes

The European Standard EN 12927-3:2004 has the status of a

British Standard

ICS 45.100

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EUROPEAN STANDARD EN 1 2927-3
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM October 2004

ICS 45.1 00

English version

Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry

persons - Ropes - Part 3: Long splicing of 6 strand hauling,
carrying hauling and towing ropes
Prescriptions de sécurité des installations de transport à Sicherheitsanforderungen für Seilbahnen für den
câbles destinées aux personnes - Câbles - Partie 3 : Personenverkehr - Seile - Teil 3: Langspleiß von 6-litzigen
Épissurage des câbles tracteurs, porteurs-tracteurs et de Zug- und Fördeseilen für Seilbahnen
remorquage à 6 torons

This European Standard was approved by CEN on 23 August 2004.

CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European
Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national
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This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation
under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the Central Secretariat has the same status as the official
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Contents
Foreword..............................................................................................................................................................3
1 Scope ......................................................................................................................................................5
2 Normative references ............................................................................................................................5
3 Terms and definitions ...........................................................................................................................6
4 General requirements............................................................................................................................6
4.1 Application of this standard .................................................................................................................6
4.2 Safety principle ......................................................................................................................................6
5 Long splicing requirements..................................................................................................................7
5.1 General....................................................................................................................................................7
5.2 Splice geometry .....................................................................................................................................7
5.3 Splice diameter ......................................................................................................................................7
6 Repair......................................................................................................................................................8
6.1 Repair at a splice ...................................................................................................................................8
6.2 Repair outside a splice..........................................................................................................................8
7 Shortening ..............................................................................................................................................8
8 Operational documentation ..................................................................................................................8
Annex ZA (informative) Relationship between this European Standard and the Essential
Requirements of EU Directive 2000/9/EC relating to cableway installations designed to carry
persons ...................................................................................................................................................9
Table ZA — Correspondence between this European Standard and Directive 2000/9/EC relating to
cableway installations designed to carry persons.............................................................................9

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Foreword
This document (EN 1 2927-3:2004) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 242 “Safety requirements
for passenger transportation by rope”, the secretariat of which is held by AFNOR.
This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical text or
by endorsement, at the latest by April 2005, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by
April 2005.
This document has been prepared under a mandate given to CEN by the European Commission and the European
Free Trade Association, and supports essential requirements of EU Directive(s).
For relationship with EU Directive(s), see informative Annex ZA, which is an integral part of this document.
This EN 1 2927 includes the following parts under the general title "Safety requirements for cableway installations
designed to carry persons – Ropes":

 Part 1: Selection criteria for ropes and their end fixings

 Part 2: Safety factors
 Part 3: Long splicing of 6 strand hauling, carrying-hauling and towing ropes
 Part 4: End fixings
 Part 5: Storage, transportation, handling and tensioning
 Part 6: Discard criteria
 Part 7: Inspection, repair and maintenance
 Part 8: Magnetic rope testing (MRT)
This European Standard forms part of the standards programme adopted by the CEN Technical Board in relation of
safety requirements for passenger transportation by rope. This programme includes the following standards:
1) Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons - Terminology
2) Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons - General requirements
3) Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons - Calculations
4) Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons - Ropes
5) Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons - Tensioning devices
6) Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons - Drive systems and other
mechanical equipment
7) Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons - Carriers
8) Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons - Electrical equipment other
than for drive systems
9) Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons - Civil engineering works
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10) Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons – Pre-commissioning inspection,
maintenance and operational inspection and checks
11) Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons – Recovery and evacuation
12) Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons - Operation
13) Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons - Quality assurance
Together these form a series of standards regarding design, manufacture, production, maintenance and operation
of all installations for passenger transportation by rope. In respect of ski-tows, the drafting of this European
Standard has been guided by the works of the International Organisation for Transportation by rope (OITAF).
According to the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following
countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark,
Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta,
Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom

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1 Scope
This part of EN 1 2927 specifies the safety requirements applicable to long splicing of steel wires 6 strand hauling,
carrying-hauling and towing ropes for installations for passenger transportation by rope. This standard is applicable
to the various types installations systems and their environment.
This part of EN 1 2927 applies to the requirements for the long splicing, repair and shortening of hauling and
carrying hauling ropes that meet the requirements of EN 1 2385-8.
This part of EN 1 2927 does not apply to installations for the transportation of goods, nor to inclined lifts.

2 Normative references
The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated references,
only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any
amendments) applies.
EN 1 709, Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons - Pre-commissioning inspection,
maintenance, operational inspection and checks.
prEN 1 907:2004, Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons - Terminology.
EN 1 908, Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons – Tensioning devices.
EN 1 909, Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons - Recovery and evacuation.
EN 1 2385-2:2002, Steel wire ropes - Safety - Part 2: Definitions, designation and classification.
EN 1 2385-8, Steel wire ropes - Safety - Part 8: Stranded hauling and carrying-hauling rope for cableway
installations designed to carry persons.
EN 1 2397, Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons – Operation.
EN 1 2408, Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons – Quality assurance.
EN 1 2927-1 , Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons – Ropes – Part 1: Selection
criteria for ropes and their end fixings.
EN 1 2927-2, Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons – Ropes – Part 2: Safety
factors.
EN 1 2927-4, Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons – Ropes – Part 4: End
fixings.
EN 1 2927-5, Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons – Ropes – Part 5: Storage,
transportation, installation and tensioning.
EN 1 2927-6, Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons – Ropes – Part 6: Discard
criteria.
EN 1 2927-7, Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons – Ropes –
Part 7: Inspection, repair and maintenance.
EN 1 2927-8, Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons – Ropes – Part 8: Magnetic
rope testing (MRT).
EN 1 2929-1 , Safety requirements for passenger transportation by rope - General requirements - Part 1:
Requirements applicable to all installations.
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EN 1 2929-2, Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons – General requirements –
Part 2: Additional requirements for reversible bicable aerial ropeways without carrier truck brakes.
EN 1 2930, Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons – Calculations.
EN 1 31 07, Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons – Civil engineering works.
EN 1 3223, Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons – Drive systems and other
mechanical equipment.
EN 1 3243, Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons - Electrical equipment other
than for drive systems.
prEN 1 3796-1 , Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons – Carriers – Part 1: Grips,
carrier trucks, on-board brakes, cabins, chairs, carriages, maintenance carriers, tow-hangers.
prEN 1 3796-2, Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons – Carriers –
Part 2: Slipping resistance tests for grips.
prEN 1 3796-3, Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons – Carriers –
Part 3: Fatigue testing.

3 Terms and definitions

For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in prEN 1 907:2004 and in EN 1 2385-2:2002
apply.

4 General requirements
4.1 Application of this standard
The requirements of this document apply to all installations along with those of EN 1 709, EN 1 908, EN 1 909, EN
1 2397, EN 1 2408, EN 1 2927-1 , EN 1 2927-2, EN 1 2927-4, EN 1 2927-5, EN 1 2927-6, EN 1 2927-7, EN 1 2927-8, EN
1 2929-1 , EN 1 2929-2, EN 1 2930, EN 1 31 07, EN 1 3223, EN 1 3243, prEN 1 3796- 1 , prEN 1 3796-2 and prEN
1 3796-3.

4.2 Safety principle

4.2.1 General
If ropes of different productions are required to be spliced together, they shall have the same basic design
characteristics in terms of nominal rope diameter, strand construction, minimum breaking force, direction and type
of lay, wire grades, measured rope diameter and measured lay length.

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4.2.2 Hazard scenarios

Especially the following events may lead to hazardous situations, which may be avoided or limited by the
requirements of this document:
a) slipping apart of the two rope ends connected by a long splice may lead to a failure of the long splice;
b) slipping or malfunction of the grip in the splice area can lead to insufficient attachment of the grip.

4.2.3 Safety measures

a) The risk of slipping apart of the spliced rope ends may be reduced by a correct correlation of geometrical
characteristics of the two ropes connected by the splice, by selecting the splice geometry in accordance with
this standard and by selecting the correct auxiliary (wrapping) material.
b) The risk of an insufficient grip attachment may be reduced by applying the diameters overall to the splice in
accordance with this standard.

5 Long splicing requirements

5.1 General
A spliced connection is admissible only if during operation the rope safety factor does not exceed 20 at any section
of the cableway and is not less than the values set-up in EN 1 2930.
Splicing shall be performed by a competent person, the splicer, following a written technical procedure. The splicer
shall be qualified by knowledge and practical experience and shall be capable of assessing the quality of the splice
in relation to the strength and function of the rope.
To avoid affecting the results from any subsequent magnetic rope testing (MRT), the rope splice shall not contain
any magnetic material other than the rope itself.
If there are two or more splices they shall be durably marked according to their age.

5.2 Splice geometry

The overall splice length and the length of the tails shall be at least:

Length Tails

Safety factor ≤ 1 5 1 200 > 60

Safety factor 1 5 ≤ SF ≤ 20 1 500 > 1 00

The distance between ends of two splices or between a splice and the rope end shall be at least 3 000 times the
nominal rope diameter.

5.3 Splice diameter

5.3.1 Between tucks
Under tension in the cableway, the measured rope diameter on a new splice shall be within 1 ,05/1 ,00 times of the
measured rope diameter in the main body of the rope away from the splice area.
Permissible waviness, based on the maximum recorded value and measured as defined in EN 1 2385-8, shall be no
greater than 6 % of the nominal rope diameter.

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5.3.2 At tucks
Under tension in the cableway, any single measurement shall be within 1 ,1 5/1 ,00 times of the nominal rope
diameter. In case of detachable grips, measurement shall not exceed 1 ,1 0 times of nominal rope diameter.
NOTE In case of old or special grips reduced tolerances can be required.

6 Repair
6.1 Repair at a splice
A maximum of two additional tucks shall be allowed at the area of a splice when strand(s) are required to be
repaired within the splice.
The distance between existing and additional or between two additional tucks shall be at least 200 times the
nominal rope diameter.
The splice geometry shall be in accordance with 5.2.
If the rope diameter at the tail ends is less than 85 % of the nominal diameter, this area shall be repaired.

6.2 Repair outside a splice

The distance between two additional tucks outside a splice shall be at least 200 times the nominal rope diameter.
The length of the tails of a replaced strand shall be at least 1 00 times the nominal rope diameter.

7 Shortening
For shortening of the ropes the requirements above shall also apply.

8 Operational documentation
Operational documentation shall at least contain:

 identification of work: splicing, repair or shortening;

 identification of cableway: location, name, type, manufacturer;

 identification of rope: manufacturer, nominal diameter, construction, type and direction of lay;

 identification of splicer: company, address, name of splicer;

 procedure reference: document reference, description of complete work including any deviations from
documented procedure;

 description of rope condition: number and position of wire fracture and/or tucks on visual inspection of the
splice area during work or repair;

 identification of the person empowered to sign on behalf of the person or organisation carrying out the splice
and date of completed work.

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Annex ZA
(informative)
Relationship between this European Standard and the Essential Requirements of EU
Directive 2000/9/EC relating to cableway installations designed to carry persons

This European Standard has been prepared under a mandate given to CEN by the European Commission and the
European Free Trade Association to provide a means of conforming to Essential Requirements of the New
Approach Directive 2000/9/EC relating to cableway installations designed to carry persons.
Once this standard is cited in the Official Journal of the European Communities under that Directive and has been
implemented as a national standard in at least one Member State, compliance with the clauses of this standard
given in Table ZA confers, within the limits of the scope of this standard, a presumption of conformity with the
corresponding Essential Requirements of that Directive and associated EFTA regulations.

Table ZA — Correspondence between this European Standard and Directive 2000/9/EC relating to cableway
installations designed to carry persons
Clause(s)/sub-clause(s) of this Essential Requirements (ERs) Qualifying remarks/Notes
EN of Directive 2000/9/EC

4.2 2.2, 2.6.1 , 4.1 .1

5 2.4, 2.6.1 , 4.1 .1
6 2.4, 2.6.1 , 4.1 .1
7 2.4, 2.6.1 , 4.1 .1
8 2.8, 7.1 .1

WARNING — Other requirements and other EU Directives may be applicable to the product(s) falling within the
scope of this standard.

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