National foreword

This British Standard is the UK implementation of EN 13001‑3‑1:2025, incorporating corrigendum September 2026. It supersedes BS EN 13001‑3‑1:2012+A2:2018, which is withdrawn.

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This British Standard was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 31 March 2025.

This European Standard was approved by CEN on 22 December 2024.

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European foreword

This document (EN 13001‑3‑1:2025+AC:2026) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 147 “Cranes - Safety”, the secretariat of which is held by SFS.

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of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by September 2025, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by September 2025.

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 includes the Corrigendum issued by CEN on 23 September 2026, which corrects Formula (45) and a formula in Table 12, line 3.

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This document supersedes EN 13001‑3‑1:2012+A2:2018.

This document has been prepared under a standardization request addressed to CEN by the European Commission. The Standing Committee of the EFTA States subsequently approves these requests for its Member States.

For the relationship with EU Legislation, see informative Annex ZA, which is an integral part of this document.

CEN/TC 147 WG 2 has reviewed EN 13001‑3‑1:2012+A2:2018 to adapt the document to technical progress. The main changes are:

design values for standardized steels (4.2.1) were moved to a new Annex M (normative);
design values for bolt materials were changed (Table 4);
limit design values for welded connection were changed (5.2.5);
static proof of welded connections was changed (5.3.4 and Annex C (normative));
proof of fatigue strength was revised to include additional modern methods (6.1);
fatigue strength specific resistance factors were modified (Table 8);
the geometric stress (Hot Spot) method was added (6.2.4 and Annex I (normative));
the effective notch method was added (6.2.5 and Annex I (normative));
lateral-torsional stability of beams was added (8.4 and 8.5.3 and Annex J (informative));
recommended tightening torques for preloaded bolts were modified (Annex B (informative));
characteristic fatigue strengths for plates in shear were modified (Table D.1);
Annex L (informative) with a list of hazards was inserted;
Annex ZA (informative) was significantly revised.

This document is one part of the EN 13001 series of standards. The other parts are:

Part 1: General principles and requirements;
Part 2: Load actions;
Part 3-2: Limit states and proof of competence of wire ropes in reeving systems;
Part 3-3: Limit states and proof of competence of wheel/rail contacts;
Part 3-4: Limit states and proof of competence of machinery;
Part 3-5: Limit states and proof of competence of forged hooks and cast hooks;
Part 3-6: Limit states and proof of competence of hydraulic cylinders.

An overview of European Standards for cranes is provided in Annex K (informative).

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Introduction

This document has been prepared to be a harmonized standard to provide one means for the mechanical design and theoretical verification of cranes to conform to the essential health and safety requirements of the Machinery Directive, as amended.

This document is a type-C standard as stated in EN ISO 12100:2010.

This document is of relevance, in particular, for the following stakeholder groups representing the market players with regard to machinery safety:

machine manufacturers (small, medium and large enterprises);
health and safety bodies (regulators, accident prevention organizations, market surveillance, etc.).

Others can be affected by the level of machinery safety achieved with the means of the document by the above-mentioned stakeholder groups:

machine users/employers (small, medium and large enterprises);
machine users/employees (e.g. trade unions, organizations for people with special needs);
service providers, e.g. for maintenance (small, medium and large enterprises);
consumers (in case of machinery intended for use by consumers).

The above-mentioned stakeholder groups have been given the possibility to participate in the drafting process of this document.

The machinery concerned and the extent to which hazards, hazardous situations or hazardous events are covered are indicated in the scope of this document.

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 machines that have been designed and built according to the provisions of this type-C standard.

1 Scope

This document specifies limit states, requirements and methods to prevent mechanical hazards in steel structures of cranes by design and theoretical proof of competence.

The significant hazardous situations and hazardous events that could result in risks to persons during intended use are identified in an informative Annex L (informative). Clauses 4 to 8 of this document provide requirements and methods to reduce or eliminate these risks:

exceeding the limits of strength (yield, ultimate, fatigue);
exceeding temperature limits of material or components;
elastic instability of the crane or its parts (buckling, bulging).

This document does not apply to cranes which are designed before the date of its publication as EN.

NOTE This document deals only with the limit state method in accordance with reference [44].

2 Normative references

3 Terms, definitions, symbols and abbreviations

3.1 Terms and definitions

3.2 Symbols and abbreviations

4 General

4.1 Documentation

4.2 Materials for structural members

4.3 Bolted connections

4.4 Pinned connections

4.5 Welded connections

4.6 Proof of competence for structural members and connections

5 Proof of static strength

5.1 General

5.2 Limit design stresses and forces

5.3 Execution of the proof

6 Proof of fatigue strength

6.1 General

6.2 Assessment methods

6.3 Stress histories

6.4 Execution of the proof

6.5 Determination of the limit design stress range

7 Proof of static strength of hollow section girder joints

8 Proof of elastic stability

8.1 General

8.2 Lateral buckling of members loaded in compression

8.3 Buckling of plate fields subjected to compressive and shear stresses

8.4 Lateral-torsional stability of beams

8.5 Execution of the proof

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