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Effects On Lift Products by EN 81-1/2 Re-Drafting
Effects On Lift Products by EN 81-1/2 Re-Drafting
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Contents
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Warning !
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Assumptions
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Assumptions
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EN414 Requirements
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The well
Where there are accessible spaces under the pit and a suitable
pier is used as a means of protecting against a falling
counterweight, the kinetic energy forces must be communicated
to the builder.
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The well (continued)
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The well (continued)
CHAIN OR
ROPE FOR
PREVENTING
1,10 m
REMOVAL
FROM THE PIT
1 2 1 2
1,10 m
“Movable” ladder fastened (1) in the pit
and can be placed in climbing position (2).
Ladder fixed in the pit (1) and always
placed in the climbing position (2).
Fixation of ladder feet for 2
preventing tripping over
Examples 14
The well (continued)
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Machinery Spaces
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Machinery Spaces
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Landing / Car Doors
The clauses for landing and car doors have been combined
All fire test certification of lift landing doors shall be to
EN 81-58.
All doors in future, including their frame, will be subject to
soft and hard pendulum impact testing at their weakest
points.
• The details of the tests will be found in EN 81-50.
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Landing / Car Doors
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Lift Car
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Lift Car
Car Loading:
Load will continue to be calculated at 75 kg per person.
Car area to be calculated as from wall to wall body inner
dimensions. Finishes are excluded.
Areas which cannot accommodate a person due to their
size need not be included in the floor area calculation.
Door entrance recesses of less than 100 mm depth need
not be included in the floor area calculation.
A new sample calculation, including loading devices is
given.
New requirement for combustibility of car materials to
EN 13501-1.
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Lift Car
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Lift Car
1100
700
> 300 > 300
300
≤ 150 ≤ 150
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Means of suspension
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Uncontrolled Movement
Distances between
wall and car sill, when
car is below the floor,
have been changed to
a diagonal to ensure
the gap is properly
covered where doors
are mounted on large
sill angles, etc.
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Guide Rails
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Guide Rails
Annex G
This annex giving example calculations will now
become part of EN 81-50.
It will continue to give examples based on the
Omega method but will also state that other
methods of calculation are permissible
Eurocode 3
Finite Element Analysis
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Buffers
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Electrical Installation
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Controls
Brake
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Hydraulic Drives
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