BRITISH STANDARD BS EN

12927-5:2004

Safety requirements for

cableway installations
designed to carry
persons — Ropes —
Part 5: Storage, transportation,
installation and tensioning

The European Standard EN 12927-5:2004 has the status of a

British Standard

ICS 45.100

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EUROPEAN STANDARD EN 1 2927-5
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM October 2004

ICS 45.1 00

English version

Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry

persons - Ropes - Part 5: Storage, transportation, installation
and tensioning
Prescriptions de sécurité pour les installations à câbles
transportant des personnes - Câbles - Partie 5 : Stockage,
transport, mise en place et mise en tension
Sicherheitsanforderungen für Seilbahnen und
Schleppaufzüge des Personenverkehrs - Seile - Teil 5:
Lagerung, Transport, Einbau, und Spannen

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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Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom.

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Contents
Page
Foreword...................................................................................................................................................................... 3
1 Scope .............................................................................................................................................................. 5
2 Normative references .................................................................................................................................... 5
3 Terms and definitions ................................................................................................................................... 6
4 General requirements.................................................................................................................................... 7
4.1 Application of this standard ......................................................................................................................... 7
4.2 Safety principle .............................................................................................................................................. 7
5 Safety requirements and measures ............................................................................................................. 7
5.1 Packaging, storage, handling and transportation ...................................................................................... 7
5.2 Installation, tensioning, connecting and/or splicing.................................................................................. 8
5.3 Measurements, adjustments, tests and records ........................................................................................ 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 2927-5:2004) 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
1 3) 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 for the storage, transportation, installation and tensioning
of ropes for installations for the transportation of passenger by rope.
It also includes the requirements for adjusting, measuring and recording the condition of the rope during and on
completion of the installation.
It provides the safety requirements and measures to reduce the effect of hazards to the rope and possible hazards
from the rope to persons and equipment during these operations.
It 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 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 2927-3, Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons – Ropes – Part 3: Long
splicing of 6 strand hauling, carrying-hauling and towing ropes.
EN 1 2927-4, Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons – Ropes – Part 4: End
fixings.
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, in EN 1 2385-2: 2002 and the
following apply.

3.1
installer
person or organisation responsible for the whole rope installation, the splicing and the end connecting, the
tensioning and the adjustment, or a part of it

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4 General requirements
4.1 Application of this standard
The requirements of this European Standard 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 2927-3, EN 1 2927-4, 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
The safety principles set out in EN 1 2929-1 apply.

4.2.2 Hazard scenarios

In addition the following events may lead to hazardous situations, which may be avoided or limited by the
requirements of this document:
a) inefficient rope protection during storage may lead to corrosion which may lead to rope failure within an
inspection period;
b) the package on reels may lead to hazardous situations if by a failure of the support the reel can start rolling;
c) the failure of the rope connection with an auxiliary rope or with the brake controlled reel as well as the turn out
from the installation support may lead to the release of the elastic potential energy of the pulled rope during the
installation process.

5 Safety requirements and measures

5.1 Packaging, storage, handling and transportation
5.1 .1 General
Any special requirements for packaging, marking, lifting devices, storage conditions and transportation shall be
agreed by all involved parties.
NOTE Due notice should be taken of any recognised lifting standards where they exist.

5.1 .2 Storage
Adequate protection and support shall be provided to the rope taking into account storage location and duration.
Rope and package shall be subject to periodic inspection during storage.
NOTE Under prolonged periods of storage it may be necessary, depending on storage conditions or state of rope, to
provide additional protection, e.g. in the form of a suitable rope dressing, or improvements to storage conditions.

5.1 .3 Handling
The package shall be lifted or handled by means of suitably fitted and designed accessories and equipment.

5.1 .4 Transportation
The package shall be firmly secured during transportation such that no damage shall occur to the rope and its
package.
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5.2 Installation, tensioning, connecting and/or splicing

5.2.1 General
The installer shall provide the purchaser with details of the procedure he intends to adopt.
NOTE The intended procedure should be submitted by the purchaser to the rope manufacturer and the cableway designer
for comments.
Suitable arrangements shall be made by the installer to ensure safe access and safe working places and safe
working conditions for the purposes of rope installation, connecting and/or splicing and tensioning.
Appropriate means shall be provided for safe access to zones (such as line support towers, elevated machinery
and tension pits) where the risk of fall exists.
Installation and tensioning shall be done according to assembly instructions see EN 1 2929-1 .
5.2.2 Installation
The installation procedure shall include all necessary manpower, equipment and communication system
requirements to eliminate the hazards and minimise the risks in any normal and adverse condition. It shall also
state all necessary measurements to be made during installation or specified in EN 1 2930.
When components or equipments of the cableway, e.g. rope supports or anchor points for rope tensioning are to
be used, the cableway designer shall verify that it is capable of withstanding the load to which it will be subjected
during the whole or a part of the installation.
Appropriate precautions shall be taken to prevent the rope from rotating, forming loops or being damaged when
hauling the rope during installation.
In the case of an unexpected interruption before completion, adequate equipment shall be made available to
secure the rope to withstand any adverse weather conditions e.g. wind, ice, snow.
Rope installation shall be carried out by competent persons and under the direction of one nominated person.
During installation phases at site, communication between the crews and the manager shall be efficient and
reliable; in case of loss of communication and control the operation shall be suspended at the next safe step until
communication is again operational.
5.2.3 Splicing and connecting
Long splicing shall be carried out in accordance with EN 1 2927-3.
End fixing shall be in accordance with EN 1 2927-4.

5.3 Measurements, adjustments, tests and records

During installation, note shall be taken of:
 meteorological conditions (temperature, lightnings, wind, ice, snow, etc.) at the site;
 external loads applied to the rope;
 any controlled or accidental rotation of the rope;
 the geometry of supported parts of the rope and the sag of the spans;
 any damage, such as broken wires, to the rope.
The installed ropes shall be adjusted in accordance with the instructions of the cableway designer.
On completion of the installation a record shall be made of rope diameter, lay length, both in the main body of the
rope and in the splice and additionally for ropes over 36 mm diameter, waviness, in order to facilitate monitoring in
service.
Where applicable, a record shall also be made of temperature, tension applied and position of the tension device.
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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 2.5.1 , 2.8, 4.1 .1 , 7.1

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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