National foreword

This British Standard is the UK implementation of EN 13155:2020. It supersedes BS EN 13155:2003+A2:2009, which is withdrawn.

The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee MHE/3/-/12, Crane attachments.

A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its committee manager.

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 cannot confer immunity from legal obligations.

This British Standard was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 31 December 2020.

This European Standard was approved by CEN on 17 January 2020.

CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre or to any CEN member.

This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has the same status as the official versions.

CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and United Kingdom.

European foreword

This document (EN 13155:2020) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 147 “Cranes - Safety”, the secretariat of which is held by BSI.

This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by June 2021, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by June 2021.

Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. CEN shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.

This document will supersede EN 13155:2003+A2:2009.

This document has been prepared under a mandate given to CEN by the European Commission and the European Free Trade Association, and supports essential requirements of EU Directive(s).

For relationship with EU Directive(s), see informative Annex ZA, which is an integral part of this document.

The main modifications between EN 13155:2003+A2:2009 and EN 13155:2020 concern:

general requirement to introduce the reference to EN 13001‑1 and −2 for the calculation;
vacuum lifters;
lifting magnet;
the addition to the scope of lifting insert systems for lifting prefabricated concrete products;
reduction of load changes from 20 000 to 16 000 in all clauses.

According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organisations of the following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom.

Introduction

This document has been prepared to be a harmonized standard to provide one means for non-fixed load lifting attachments used on cranes to conform with the essential health and safety requirements of the Machinery Directive, as amended.

This document is a type C standard as stated in EN ISO 12100.

The machinery concerned and the extent to which hazards are covered are indicated in the scope of this standard.

When provisions of this type C standard are different from those which are stated in type A or B standards, the provisions of this type C standard take precedence over the provisions of the other standards, for non-fixed load lifting attachments which have been designed and built according to the provisions of this type C standard.

1 Scope

This document specifies safety requirements for the following non-fixed load lifting attachments for cranes, hoists and manually controlled load manipulating devices:

plate clamps;
vacuum lifters:
1. self-priming;
2. non-self-priming (pump, venturi, turbine);
lifting magnets:
1. electric lifting magnets (battery fed and mains-fed);
2. permanent lifting magnets;
3. electro-permanent lifting magnets;
lifting beams;
C-hooks;
lifting forks;
clamps;
lifting insert systems for use in normal weight concrete,

as defined in Clause 3.

This document does not give requirements for:

non-fixed load lifting attachments in direct contact with foodstuffs or pharmaceuticals requiring a high level of cleanliness for hygiene reasons;
hazards resulting from handling specific hazardous materials (e.g. explosives, hot molten masses, radiating materials);
hazards caused by operation in an explosive atmosphere;
hazards caused by noise;
hazards relating to the lifting of persons;
electrical hazards;
hazards due to hydraulic and pneumatic components.

For high risk applications not covered by this standard, EN 13001‑2:2014, 4.3.2 gives guidance to deal with them.

This document covers the proof of static strength, the elastic stability and the proof of fatigue strength.

This document does not generally applies to attachments intended to lift above people. Some attachments are suitable for that purpose if equipped with additional safety features. In such cases the additional safety features are specified in the specific requirements.

This document does not cover slings, ladles, expanding mandrels, buckets, grabs, or grab buckets. This document does not cover power operated container handling spreaders, which are in the scope of EN 15056.

This document is not applicable to non-fixed load attachments manufactured before the date of its publication.

2 Normative references

3 Terms and definitions

4 List of significant hazards

5 Safety requirements and/or protective measures

5.1 General requirements

5.2 Specific requirements for each category of attachment

6 Verification of the safety requirements and/or protective measures

7 Information for use

7.1 Instruction handbook

7.2 Marking

Bibliography

BS EN 13155:2020

Crane. Safety. Non-fixed load lifting attachments

Current, Under Review

Published:

31 Dec 2020