Order of Engineers and Architects New Lebanese Standards Related to LIFTS NL EN 81standards Habib Srour

Purpose 9 new Lebanese standards related to lifts were released during the year 2015 This presentation is intended to provide awareness and gives brief on the scope and contents of those standards

NL EN 81 Family of Standards NL EN81-2X Lifts for transport of persons , goods 1: 2011 - Electric Lifts 2: 2011 - Hydraulic Litfs 20: 2015 Passenger and goods passenger lifts 21: 2015 Passenger lifts in existing buildings 22: 2015 Passenger lifts, inclined NL EN81-3X Lifts for transport of goods only 3(0): 2011 Service Lifts 31: 2015 Accessible Goods Only Lifts NL EN81-4X Special lift for transport of person and goods 40: 2015 Stairlift & Inclined lifting platform 41: 2015 Vertical Lifting Platforms NL EN81-5X Evaluations 50: 2015 Examinations, Calculations & Tests of Lift Components NL EN81-7X Particular applications persons and goods 70: 2015 Accessibility of Persons with Impaired Mobility NL EN81-8X Existing Lifts 80: 2011 Improvement of Safety of Existing Lifts 82: 2015 Accessibility Improvement of Existing Lifts

New Standard Structure 0- Introduction 1- Scope 2- Normative references 3- Terms and definitions 4- List of significant hazards 5- Safety Requirements 6- Verification 7- Information for use Annexes: Informative, Normative

Amendments related to NL EC Type Examination Certificate for the lift as a set Reference to Other Standards Languages of the information

NL EN 81-20 & 50 Goods & Passenger Lifts

NL EN 81-20 / 50 in brief Replaces EN 81-1 and EN 81-2 EN 81-20 defines the technical requirements for elevator construction EN 81-50 provides the framework for design and testing of elevator components

Requirements related to Building 5.2- Well, machinery spaces and pulley rooms * 5.3- Landing doors and car doors 5.4- Car, counterweight and balancing weight

Mechanical (1) 5.5- Suspension means, compensation means and related protection means 5.6- Precautions against free fall, excessive speed, unintended car movement and creeping of the car

Mechanical (2) 5.7- Guide rails 5.8- Buffers 5.9- Lift machinery and associated equipment

Electrical 5.10- Electric installations and appliances 5.11- Protection against electric faults; failure analysis; electric safety devices 5.12- Controls - Final limit switches - Priorities

Headroom and pit requirements EN81-1 and EN81-2 0.035 * V2

Safety related to top clearance 0.035 * V2 Needed Headroom Clearances Signs on car top for Refuge: (one or more)

Safety related to pit Signs in pit for Refuge (one or more) Needed pit clearances Signs in pit for Refuge (one or more)

Car Roof Balustrade Screen between two lifts is measured from handrail

Ladder Requirements Example: Fixed Example movable

Scope of NL EN 81-50 This standard specifies the design rules, calculations, examinations and tests of Lift Components.

NL EN81-50: Tests of equipment 5.2- Door locking 5.3- Safety gear 5.4- Overspeed governors 5.5- Buffers

NL EN81-50: Tests of equipment 5.6- Safety circuits containing electronic components 5.7- Car ascending overspeed protection means 5.8- Unintended car movement protection means 5.9- Rupture valve/one- way restrictor

NL EN 81-21 New Lifts in Existing Building

Scope of NL EN 81-21 This Standard covers: installation of complete new lift(s) in an existing building; or The replacement of existing lift(s) by new ones. This Standard does not cover: Replacement or modifications of some parts to a lift already installed.

Well 5.1- Perforate wall of the lift well 5.2- Clearances between car, counterweight or balancing weight 5.3- Counterweight or balancing weight in a separate well 5.4- Pulleys in the well

Well 5.5- Reduced top clearances 5.6- Car roof balustrade 5.7- Reduced bottom clearances 5.8- Apron 5.14- Height of landing doors

Machinery 5.9- Height of machine room 5.10- Height of machine room doors 5.11- Dimensions of trap doors for machine room 5.12- Height of pulley rooms 5.13- Dimensions of trap doors for pulley room

Reduced Top Clearance Requirements Sign

Reduced Bottom Clearance Requirements Sign

Mechanisms for reduced headroom and pit

NL EN 81-70 Accessibility for persons with impaired mobility

NL EN81-70 Accessibility to lifts for persons including persons with disability 11-Nov-18

Main Requirements Entrance clear opening to be at least 800 mm The door time is to be adjustable (normally between 2 s and 20 s). Door close button in the car. 11-Nov-18

Main Requirements Minimum car dimensions Accessibility level 450 kg Car width: 1 000 mm Car Depth: 1 250 mm This car accommodates one wheelchair user. 630 kg Car width : 1 100 mm Car depth : 1 400 mm wheelchair user and an accompanying person. 1 275 kg Car width : 2 000 mm wheelchair user and several other users. It also allows a wheelchair to be rotated in the car. 11-Nov-18

Main Requirements On one side wall of the car a handrail shall be installed on a height of 900mm In case a user of a wheelchair cannot turn it around, a mirror shall be provided. 11-Nov-18

Main Requirements The car control panel location on the wall: with centre opening doors, on the right hand side when entering the car; with side opening doors, on the closing jamb side Distance between centreline of buttons and corner: 400mm for car; and 500 mm for landing. 11-Nov-18

Main Requirements Control devices – Requirements (2) Subject Landing controls Car controls Registration feedback Visible and audible, adjustable between 35 dB(A) and 65 dB(A)b. The audible signal shall be given on every individual operation of button even if the call is already registered. Button for building exit floor Not applicable 5mm beyond the other buttons preferably green Position of symbol on active part or 10 mm to 15 mm left of it Height of relief Minimum 0,8 mm 11-Nov-18

Control Device Subject Landing controls Car controls Distance between active parts of buttons. Minimum 10 mm Distance between group of call buttons and other group of buttons Not applicable Twice the distance Minimum height between the floor level and the centreline of any button 900 mm Max height of centreline of the highest button 1 100 mm 1200 mm preferably 1100 11-Nov-18

NL EN 81-40 Stairlifts & Inclined Lifting Platform

European Norm: EN81-40 Stairlifts and inclined lifting platforms intended for persons with impaired mobility 11-Nov-18

NL EN 81-40 Scope Safety requirements for construction, manufacturing, installation, maintenance and dismantling of: electrically operated stairlifts: e.g. Chair; Standing platform; and wheelchair platform affixed to a building structure, moving in an inclined plane; and intended for use by persons with impaired mobility

Main Requirements Rated speed: 0.15m/s max Rated load: Minimum 115kg for person users and Minimum 250kg/m2 for wheel chair users

Minimum Clearance Dimensions Standing Passenger Seated Passenger

Minimum Clearance on Wheelchair

European Norm: EN81-41 Vertical lifting platforms intended for use by persons with impaired mobility 11-Nov-18

NL EN 81-41 Safety requirements for construction, manufacturing, installation, maintenance and dismantling of: electrically powered vertical lifting platforms affixed to a building structure intended for use by persons with impaired mobility

Scope of NL EN 81-41 travelling vertically between predefined levels along a guided path whose inclination to the vertical does not exceed 15°; intended for use by persons with or without a wheelchair; with enclosed liftways; with a speed not greater than 0,15 m/s; with platforms where the carrier is not completely enclosed.

General Characteristics Rated speed: 0.15 m/s max Rated load: 250kg/m2 Maximum rated load: 500kg Overload required Dimension: clear loading area of 2m2 max

Specific requirements for lifting platform enclosures If travel is 3m or less Min door height 1100 mm If travel is more than 3m Min door height 2000 mm

NL EN 81-82 Accessibility Improvement of Existing Lift

Scope of NL EN 81-82 This European Standard provides rules on how to apply EN 81-70 to existing lifts to improve their accessibility for persons including persons with disability.

NL EN81-31 Accessible Only Goods Lifts

Scope of NL EN 81-31 This European Standard covers: accessible goods only lifts; With rated speed not exceeding 1m/s With rated load exceeding 300 kg; and Not intended to move persons.

Types of Accessible Goods only Lifts Type A, where the intended use is bound to the following two simultaneous conditions: Maximum rated speed: 0,30 m/s; Maximum travelling height: 12 m; Type B, where one of the conditions mentioned above is not fulfilled.

Some important information Automatic power operated doors shall not be used. Type A could be platform and not necessary enclosed cabin

NL EN81-22 Inclined Lifts

NL EN81-22 Safety rules for the construction and installation of permanently installed new electric lifts, with traction or positive drive, serving defined landings levels, having a vehicle designed to convey passengers or passengers and loads, suspended by ropes or chains and travelling in a vertical plan along guide rails that are inclined at an angle of between 15° and 75° in relation to the horizontal.

NL EN 81-22 Limitation Due to State of Art Inclination: a variation in inclination is permitted for the travel path; travel path: confined within the vertical plane; Maximum capacity of the car: 7500 kg (100 passengers); maximum rated speed (v): 4 m/s.

EN81-22: Requirement Same principle of part 20 with the differences due to inclination, such as: Formula, for the clear distance needed in the headroom: 0.035V2 Sin∝

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