BS 5655-1:1979

BS 5655-1:1979

May 1979
Standard Current

Lifts and service lifts - Safety rules for the construction and installation of electric lifts

Safety requirements for passenger and goods electric lifts to safeguard passengers and maintenance personnel against injury. Covers the mechanical and electrical construction of the lift, the relevant structural features of the building in which it is installed and subsequent examination and testing. See also PD 6500.

Main informations

Collections

BSI English standards

Publication date

May 1979

Number of pages

92 p.

Reference

BS 5655-1:1979

ICS Codes

91.140.90   Lifts. Escalators

Print number

1

European kinship

EN 81-1:1977
Sumary
Lifts and service lifts - Safety rules for the construction and installation of electric lifts

Safety requirements for passenger and goods electric lifts to safeguard passengers and maintenance personnel against injury. Covers the mechanical and electrical construction of the lift, the relevant structural features of the building in which it is installed and subsequent examination and testing. See also PD 6500.
Replaced standards (5)
BS 2655-6:1970
February 1970
Standard Current
Specification for lifts, escalators, passenger conveyors and paternosters - Building construction requirements

Structural, fire resistance requirements for equipment covered by Parts 1, 4 and 5.

BS 2655-10:1972
November 1972
Standard Current
Specification for lifts, escalators, passenger conveyors and paternosters - General requirements for guarding

Guarding of moving parts and protection against hazards from electrical equipment, for equipment coverd by Parts 1, 4 and 5.

BS 2655-7:1970
October 1970
Standard Current
Specification for lifts, escalators, passenger conveyors and paternosters - Testing and inspection

New and modified equipment covered by Parts 1, 4 and 5, at time of commissioning and at subsequent periodic examinations. Forms of certificate.

BS 2655-8:1971
March 1971
Standard Current
Specification for lifts, escalators, passenger conveyors and paternosters - Modernization or reconstruction of lifts, escalators and paternosters

Engineering and safety requirements.

BS 2655-1:1970
February 1970
Standard Current
Specification for lifts, escalators, passenger conveyors and paternosters - General requirements for electric, hydraulic and hand-powered lifts

Minimum safety requirements for existing electric passenger, goods and fireman's lifts and also for new and existing hydraulic passenger and service lifts. Makes reference to lift components and control systems.

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