BS EN 1493:2010

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Vehicle lifts

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EN1493:2010 BRITISH
STANDARD

National foreword
This British Standard is the UK implementation of EN 1493:2010. It
supersedes BS EN 1493:1999+A1:2008 which is withdrawn.
The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical
Committee MHE/12/-/3, Lifting Platforms - Vehicle lifting devices.
A list of organizations represented on this committee can be
obtained on request to its secretary.
This publication does not purport to include all the necessary
provisions of a contract. Users are responsible for its correct
application.
© BSI 2010
ISBN 978 0 580 64223 4
ICS 43.180; 53.020.99
Compliance with a British Standard cannot confer immunity from
legal obligations.
This British Standard was published under the authority of the
Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 31 August 2010.
Amendments issued since publication
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 BS EN 1493:2010

EUROPEAN STANDARD EN 1493

NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM August 2010

ICS 43.180; 53.020.99 Supersedes EN 1493:1998+A1:2008

English Version

Vehicle lifts
Elévateurs de véhicules Fahrzeug-Hebebühnen

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Contents Page

Foreword ..............................................................................................................................................................4
Introduction .........................................................................................................................................................5
1 Scope ......................................................................................................................................................6
2 Normative references ............................................................................................................................6
3 Terms and definitions ...........................................................................................................................7
4 List of hazards ..................................................................................................................................... 10
5 Safety requirements and/or measures ............................................................................................. 14
5.1 General ................................................................................................................................................. 14
5.2 Preventing unauthorised operation .................................................................................................. 14
5.3 Control devices ................................................................................................................................... 14
5.4 Control positions ................................................................................................................................ 15
5.5 Duplicated drive systems .................................................................................................................. 16
5.6 Speeds ................................................................................................................................................. 16
5.7 Structural design of the su pporting structure ................................................................................. 16
5.8 Driving machinery............................................................................................................................... 25
5.9 Load carr ying dev ices ........................................................................................................................ 28
5.10 Additional requirements for lifts with balconies ............................................................................. 30
5.11 Limiting the travel of the load carrying device ................................................................................ 31
5.12 Unintended blocking of the load carrying device ........................................................................... 31

5.13
5.14 Safety against rupture
Safety against leakage of mechanical bearing devices....................................................................
................................................... .................................................................. 31
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5.15 Additional requirements for lifts with several drives or lifting elements ...................................... 32
5.16 Additional requirements for movable and mobile lifts ................................................................... 33
5.17 Protection against pinching and shearing ....................................................................................... 33
5.18 Safety devices ..................................................................................................................................... 35
5.19 Protection against da mage ................................................................................................................ 35
5.20 Manually driven vehicle li fts .............................................................................................................. 36
5.21 Electrical equipment ........................................................................................................................... 36
5.22 Special requirements for vehicle lifts where it is permitted to stand under the load during
lifting and lowering movement .......................................................................................................... 36
6 Verification of the safety requirements and/or measures .............................................................. 37
6.1 General ................................................................................................................................................. 37
7 Information for use ............................................................................................................................. 39
7.1 General ................................................................................................................................................. 39
7.2 Marking ................................................................................................................................................ 39
7.3 Operation instru ctions ....................................................................................................................... 40
7.4 Name plate ........................................................................................................................................... 41
Annex A (informative) Structural calculations .............................................................................................. 42
A.1 Permissible stresses .......................................................................................................................... 42
Annex B (informative) Examples o f solutions ............................................................................................... 46
Annex C (normative) Design of rope drives .................................................................................................. 52
Annex D (informative) Example of information about wind ......................................................................... 54
Annex E (normative) Protection against leakage ......................................................................................... 55
Annex F (normative) Additional requirements for cableless controls and control systems ................... 57
F.1 Introduction ......................................................................................................................................... 57