1、BRITISH STANDARD BS EN 81-70:2003 Incorporating Corrigenda Nos. 1 and 2 Safety rules for the construction and installations of lifts Particular applications for passenger and good passengers lifts Part 70: Accessibility to lifts for persons including persons with disability The European Standard EN
2、81-70:2003 has the status of a British Standard ICS 91.140.90 BS EN 81-70:2003 This British Standard was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 3 June 2003 BSI 5 November 2003 ISBN 0 580 41997 5 National foreword This British Standard is the official English
3、language version of EN 81-70:2003. The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee MHE/4, Lifts, hoists and escalators, which has the responsibility to: A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its secretary. Cross-references Th
4、e British Standards which implement international or European publications referred to in this document may be found in the BSI Catalogue under the section entitled “International Standards Correspondence Index”, or by using the “Search” facility of the BSI Electronic Catalogue or of British Standar
5、ds Online. This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application. Compliance with a British Standard does not of itself confer immunity from legal obligations. aid enquirers to understand the text; present to the re
6、sponsible international/European committee any enquiries on the interpretation, or proposals for change, and keep the UK interests informed; monitor related international and European developments and promulgate them in the UK. Summary of pages This document comprises a front cover, an inside front
7、cover, the EN title page, pages 2 to 29 and a back cover. The BSI copyright notice displayed in this document indicates when the document was last issued. Amendments issued since publication Amd. No. Date Comments 14675 Corrigendum No. 1 18 August 2003 Correction to title 14751 Corrigendum No. 2 5 N
8、ovember 2003 Sentence added to EN forewordEUROPEANSTANDARD NORMEEUROPENNE EUROPISCHENORM EN8170 May2003 ICS91.140.90 Englishversion Safetyrulesfortheconstructionandinstallationsoflifts Particularapplicationsforpassengerandgoodpassengerslifts Part70:Accessibilitytoliftsforpersonsincludingpersonswith
9、disability Rglesdescuritpourlaconstructionetlinstallationdes lvateursApplicationsparticulirespourlesascenseurs etascenseursdechargePartie70:Accessibilitaux ascenseurspourtouslesusagersycomprislespersonnes avechandicap SicherheitsregelnfrdieKonstruktionunddenEinbauvon AufzgenBesondereAnwendungenfrPer
10、sonenund LastenaufzgeTeil70:ZugnglichkeitvonAufzgenfr PersoneneinschlielichPersonenmitBehinderungen ThisEuropeanStandardwasapprovedbyCENon21November2002. CENmembersareboundtocomplywiththeCEN/CENELECInternalRegulationswhichstipulatetheconditionsforgivingthisEurope an Standardthestatusofanationalstand
11、ardwithoutanyalteration.Uptodatelistsandbibliographicalreferencesconcernings uchnational standardsmaybeobtainedonapplicationtotheManagementCentreortoanyCENmember. ThisEuropeanStandardexistsinthreeofficialversions(English,French,German).Aversioninanyotherlanguagemadebytra nslation undertheresponsibil
12、ityofaCENmemberintoitsownlanguageandnotifiedtotheManagementCentrehasthesamestatusasthe official versions. CENmembersarethenationalstandardsbodiesofAustria,Belgium,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Finland,France,Germany,Greece, Hungary,Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Luxembourg,Malta,Netherlands,Norway,Portugal,Slovakia,
13、Spain,Sweden,SwitzerlandandUn ited Kingdom. EUROPEANCOMMITTEEFORSTANDARDIZATION COMITEUROPENDENORMALISATION EUROPISCHESKOMITEEFRNORMUNG ManagementCentre:ruedeStassart,36B1050Brussels 2003CEN Allrightsofexploitationinanyformandbyanymeansreserved worldwideforCENnationalMembers. Ref.No.EN8170:2003EEN81
14、70:2003(E) 2 Contents page 0 Introduction . 4 0.1 General . 4 0.2 Principles . 4 0.3 Assumptions 5 0.4 Negotiations. 5 1 Scope 6 2 Normativereferences . 6 3 Termsanddefinitions. 7 4 Significanthazardsandbarrierstoaccessibility . . 7 5 Safetyrequirementsand/orprotectivemeasures . 7 5.1 General . 7 5.
15、2 EntrancesDooropening 8 5.3 Cardimensions,equipmentinthecar,stopping/levellingaccuracy 8 5.4 Controldevicesandsignals . . 10 6 Verificationofsafetyrequirementsand/orprotectivemeasures. 13 7 Informationforuse. . 15 7.1 General . 15 7.2 Informationfortheliftowner . 15 AnnexA (informative) Generalrema
16、rksonaccessibility . 16 AnnexB (normative) Categoriesofdisabilitiesconsidered 18 AnnexC (normative) Riskanalysis . 19 AnnexD (informative) Materialslikelytocauseallergies. 21 AnnexE (informative) Guidelinesregardingfeaturesforvisuallyimpairedpersons . 22 AnnexF (normative) Keypads . 24 AnnexG (infor
17、mative) Otherdevices. . 26 AnnexZA (informative) RelationshipofthisEuropeanDocumentwithECDirectives. 28 Bibliography . 29EN8170:2003(E) 3 Foreword Thisdocument(EN8170:2003)hasbeenpreparedbyTechnicalCommitteeCEN/TC10“Passenger,escalators andmovingwalks”,thesecretariatofwhichisheldbyAFNOR. Thisdocumen
18、thasbeenpreparedunderamandategiventoCENbytheEuropeanCommissionandtheEuropean FreeTradeAssociation,andsupportsessentialrequirementsofEUDirective(s). ThisEuropeanStandardshallbegiventhestatusofanationalstandard,eitherbypublicationofanidenticaltextor byendorsement,atthelatestbyNovember2003,andconflicti
19、ngnationalstandardsshallbewithdrawnatthelatest byNovember2003. ForrelationshipwithEUDirective(s),seeinformativeAnnexZA,whichisanintegralpartofthisdocument. AccordingtotheCEN/CENELECInternalRegulations,thenationalstandardsorganizationsofthefollowing countriesareboundtoimplementthisEuropeanStandard:Au
20、stria,Belgium,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Finland, France,Germany,Greece,Hungary,Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Luxembourg,Malta,Netherlands,Norway,Portugal, Slovakia,Spain,Sweden,SwitzerlandandtheUnitedKingdom. AnnexesA,D,EandGareinformative. AnnexesB,CandFarenormative.EN8170:2003(E) 4 0Introduction 0.1General Th
21、isEuropeanStandardisatypeCstandardasstatedinEN1070. Theextenttowhichhazards,hazardoussituationsandeventsarecoveredareindicatedinthescopeofthis document. WhenprovisionsofthistypeCstandardaredifferentfromthosewhicharestatedintypeAorBstandards,the provisionsofthistypeCstandardtakeprecedenceovertheprovi
22、sionsoftheotherstandards,forliftsthathave beendesignedandbuiltaccordingtotheprovisionsofthistypeCstandard. 0.2Principles Indrawingupthisstandardthefollowinghavebeenused: a) theWorkingGroupbaseditsactivitiesonaresolution(CEN/TC10/1995/7)whichaddedtheissueof accessibilitytotheworkprogrammeofCEN/TC10,n
23、amelythenecessityofformulatingrequirementsforthe accessibilitytoliftsforpersonsincludingpersonswithdisability. ThisresolutionwastheresultofamandategiventoCENasmentionedintheForeword.Itwasdecidedthatit wouldcoverthedesignandconstructionofcarsetc.insuchawaythattheirfeatureswouldnotobstructor impedeacc
24、essandusebydisabledpeople; b)theWorkingGroupwascomposedofrepresentativesoftheEuropeanDisabilityForum,National StandardisationInstitutesandtheLiftIndustry.Datatakenintoaccountwere: demographicdevelopmentsinEurope; thetendencyoflivingindependentlyanditsconsequences; theneedforaccessibilityofbuildings;
25、 therecognitionoftheexistenceofavarietyofdisabilitieswithdifferentsolutionsonspatialand orientationallevels; thecombatofdiscriminationbasedondisabilityandageasmentionedinthenondiscriminationclause (art6a)oftheTreatyofAmsterdamoftheEuropeanUnion. ThepopulationofEuropeisageingandtheprevalenceofdisabil
26、ity,includingdisabilityassociatedwiththeageing process,isincreasing.Olderpeopleandpeoplewithdisabilitiesatpresentareestimatedtonumbersome80 millionpeoplealargeandgrowingproportionoftheEuropeanUnionpopulation.Thechangingdemography presentsbothopportunitiesandchallengesfortheUnion.Theeconomic,socialan
27、dculturalpotentialofolder peopleandpeoplewithdisabilitiesisunderexploitedatpresent.Howeverthereisagrowingrecognitionthatsociety needstoexploitthispotentialfortheeconomicandsocialbenefitofsocietygenerally. Theworkhasledtothisstandardontheaccessibilitytoliftsforpersons,includingpersonswithdisability.
28、GeneralinformationonaccessibilityisgiveninannexA; c) thisstandarddoesnotonlyaddresstheessentialsafetyrequirementsoftheLiftDirective,butadditionally statesminimumrulesfortheaccessibilitytoliftsforpersonsincludingpersonswithdisability.Theremaybein somecountriesregulationsforthelevelofsuitabilityoflift
29、swhichcannotbeignored.Typicalclausesaffected bythisarethosedefiningminimumsizesofcars;EN8170:2003(E) 5 d) thisEuropeanStandarddescribesthreesizesofliftsofferingdifferentlevelsofaccessibilitytow heelchair users.Thedegreeofaccessibilityandusabilityisprovidedbydimensions,spatialandtechnicalcriteria(see
30、 theEuropeanConceptforAccessibilityreferredtoinBibliography). Further,thisEuropeanStandarddefinesthedesignprovisionsfortheliftanditsuserinterfaceforthedifferent stagesofusageundernormaloperation. NOTE EachMemberStatecan,accordingtoitssocialrequirementsandeconomicalsituation,selecttheappropriatesizeo
31、f liftfromTable1astheminimumforagiventypeofbuildinganddefinetheapplicationbylaw. 0.3Assumptions Intensivestudieshavebeenmadeonthedifferentcategoriesofdisabilitiestoestablishrelatedhazardsandtheir risks. TheStandardRulesoftheEqualizationofopportunitiesforpersonswithdisabilitiesadoptedbytheUnitedNatio
32、ns GeneralAssemblyatits48 th sessionon20December1993(resolution48/96)hasalsobeenconsidered.The requirementsinthisstandardhavebeendrawnupaccordingly. 0.4Negotiations Itisassumedthatnegotiationshavebeenmadeforeachcontractbetweenthecustomerandthesupplier/installer about: a) theintendeduseofthelift; b)
33、temporaryactivationoffeaturesofthelift; c)environmental conditions; d)civil engineering problems; e) otheraspectsrelatedtotheplaceofinstallation.EN8170:2003(E) 6 1Scope ThisEuropeanStandardspecifiestheminimumrequirementsforthesafeandindependentaccessanduseoflifts bypersons,includingpersonswiththedis
34、abilitiesmentionedinannexB,TableB.1. ThisEuropeanStandardcoversliftswithminimumcardimensionsaccordingtoTable1andprovidedwithcar doorsandlandingdoorsconstructedasautomaticpoweroperatedhorizontallyslidingdoors. ThisEuropeanStandardconsidersaccessibilitytoliftsforpersonsusingwheelchairswithmaximumovera
35、ll dimensionsdefinedinEN12183:1999andEN12184:1999. ThisEuropeanStandardalsodealswiththeadditionaltechnicalrequirementstominimisethehazardslistedin clause4thatariseduringtheoperationofliftsintendedtobeaccessibletodisabledusers. NOTE Thisstandardcanbeusedasguidanceforupgradingexistingliftsinlinewithth
36、erecommendationoftheEuropean Commissiondated8 th ofJune,1995(95/216/EC)concerningimprovementstosafetyofexistinglifts. 2 Normativereferences ThisEuropeanStandardincorporatesbydatedorundatedreference,provisionsfromotherpublications.These normativereferencesarecitedattheappropriateplacesinthetext,andth
37、epublicationsarelistedhereafter.For datedreferences,subsequentamendmentstoorrevisionsofanyofthesepublicationsapplytothisEuropean Standardonlywhenincorporatedinitbyamendmentorrevision.Forundatedreferencesthelatesteditionofthe publicationreferredtoapplies(includingamendments). EN811:1998, Safetyrulesf
38、ortheconstructionandinstallationofliftsPart1:Electriclifts. EN812:1998, SafetyrulesfortheconstructionandinstallationofliftsPart2:Hydrauliclifts. prEN815:1999, SafetyrulesfortheconstructionandinstallationofliftsandserviceliftsPart5:Screwlifts . prEN816:1999, Safetyrulesfortheconstructionandinstallati
39、onofliftsandserviceliftsPart6:Guidedchainlifts. prEN817:1999, SafetyrulesfortheconstructionandinstallationofliftsandserviceliftsPart7:Rackandpinion lifts. prEN8121:1998, SafetyrulesfortheconstructionandinstallationofliftsPart21:Newpassengerandgoods passengerliftsinexistingbuildings. prEN8128:2000, S
40、afetyrulesfortheconstructionandinstallationofliftsPart28:Remotealarmsonpassenger andgoodspassengerlifts . EN2922:1991, SafetyofmachineryBasicconcepts,generalprinciplesfordesignPart2:Technicalprinciples andspecifications . EN1070:1998, SafetyofmachineryTerminology. EN12183:1999, Manuallypropelledwhee
41、lchairsRequirementsandtestmethods. EN12184:1999, Electricallypoweredwheelchairs,scootersandtheirchargersRequirementsandtestmethods. EN13015:2001, MaintenanceforliftsandescalatorsRulesformaintenanceinstructions. ISO7000:1989, GraphicalsymbolsforuseonequipmentIndexandsynopsis.EN8170:2003(E) 7 3 Termsa
42、nddefinitions ForthepurposesofthisEuropeanStandard,thetermsanddefinitionsgiveninEN811:1998,EN812:1998, prEN 815:1999,prEN 816:1999,prEN 817:1999,prEN 8128:2000,EN13015:2001,EN1070:1998andthe followingapply. Additionaldefinitionsneededforthisstandardareaddedbelow. 3.1 stoppingaccuracy maximumvertical
43、distancebetweencarsillandlandingsillatthemomentwhenacarisstoppedbythecontrol systematitsdestinationfloorandthedoorsreachtheirfullyopenposition 3.2 levellingaccuracy maximumverticaldistancebetweencarsillandlandingsillduringloadingorunloadingofthelift 3.3 pushbuttoncontrolsystem aliftcontrolsystemusedforsingleliftswheretheliftonlyhasonebuttononeachlandingandonlyservesonecar orlandingcallatatime 3.4 collectivecontrolsystem acontrolsystemusedforsingleliftsormultipleliftswherethesystemhastheabilitytoacceptseveralcarcallsand
