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EN 1570-1 specifies the safety requirements for lifting tables with the following characteristics:
— serving no more than 2 fixed landings but able to pass a fixed landing and,
— having a vertical travel speed of no more than 0,15 m/s,
— for raising or lowering goods (with or without operators or authorized persons, or,
— for raising or lowering operators or authorized persons with or without goods, to positions where they can carry out work from a fixed or movable lifting table that is guided throughout its vertical travel only.
As lifting tables are used in a wide range of applications, it is equally necessary to perform individual risk assessments in accordance with ISO 12100 for the actual operating conditions. Products sold indirectly to end-users should be built to cover all the risks related to the use and all conditions foreseeable by the manufacturer, as described and detailed in the instruction manual.
EN 1570-1 specifies the appropriate technical measures for eliminating and reducing the risks arising from significant hazards. Where the text gives an example of a safety measure for greater clarity, this should not be considered as the only possible solution. Any other solution leading to the same risk reduction is permissible if an equivalent or increased level of safety is achieved.
Replaced standards
- where the lifting table does not pass a fixed landing;
- serving not more than 2 fixed landings.
1.2 This European Standard deals with all significant hazards pertinent to lifting tables when they are used as intended by the operating instructions and under the conditions foreseen (including foreseeable misuse) with the operating instructions (see Clause 4). This European Standard specifies the appropriate technical measures to eliminate or reduce the risks arising from the significant hazards.
1.3 Both power operated and manually operated lifting tables are included whether stationary or mobile.
1.4 This European Standard does not apply to the following equipment:
- lifting tables, serving more than 2 fixed landings of a building, for lifting goods with a vertical travel speed not exceeding 0,15 m/s (EN 1570-2);
- lifting tables, serving more than 2 fixed landings of a building for lifting operators, with a vertical travel speed not exceeding 0,15 m/s (EN 1570-3);
- lifting tables carrying operators and installed in full enclosures (EN 1570-3);
- permanently and temporarily installed lifting tables, serving specific levels of a building for lifting operators, with a vertical travel speed exceeding 0,15 m/s (EN 81-1 and EN 81-2);
- lifting tables with flat or toothed belts lifting systems for the carrying of operators;
- lifting tables whose vertical travel speed exceeds 0,15 m/s (unless safe by position and non person carrying);
- power operated lifting platforms for persons with impaired mobility (EN 81-41);
- mobile lifting tables for airport ground support equipment (EN 1915-2 and EN 12312 1);
- lifting tables which are designed as part of a lift according to Directive (95/16/EC);
- lifting tables used on ships;
- mobile elevating work platforms (EN 280);
- static elevating work platforms;
- vehicle lifts for maintenance (EN 1493);
- mobile lifting tables used for fire fighting (EN 1777);
- mobile lifting tables used as fork lift trucks and order pickers;
- mobile lifting tables with a horizontal travelling speed of more than 1,6 m/s;
- rail dependent storage and retrieval equipment (EN 528);
- theatre stage lifts intended to move performers;
- scissor lift pallet trucks (EN ISO 3691 5);
- suspended lifting tables;
- lifting tables operated by pushing chains.
1.5 This standard does not establish the additional requirements for:
- electromagnetic compatibility;
- operation in severe conditions (e.g. extreme climates, freezer applications, strong magnetic fields);
- operation subject to special rules (e.g. potentially explosive atmospheres, mines);
- handling of loads, the nature of which could lead to dangerous situations (e.g. molten metal, acids, radiating materials, especially brittle loads);
- hazards occurring during construction, transportation and disposal;
- equipment installed on the load platform or replacing it;
- integration into systems or other machines, control from more than two control stations, etc.;
- cable-less controls;
- lifting tables where the hydraulic pressure is derived directly from gas pressure;
- the power supply to the lifting table by internal combustion engine.
Drafts
- bodies of any type of hooks made of steel forgings or steel castings, including stainless steel;
- machined shanks of hooks with a thread/nut suspension.
Plate hooks, which are those assembled of one or several parallel parts of rolled steel plates, are not covered.
The following is a list of significant hazardous situations and hazardous events that could result in risks to persons during normal use and foreseeable misuse. Clauses 4 to 8 of this document are intended to reduce or eliminate the risks associated with the following hazards:
a) exceeding the limits of yield strength, ultimate strength, fatigue strength, brittle fracture;
b) exceeding temperature limits of material.
This document is not applicable to hooks installed in cranes manufactured before the date of its publication and serves as a reference base for product standards for particular crane types.
This part of EN 13001 deals only with the limit state method in accordance with EN 13001-1:2015.