National foreword

This British Standard is the UK implementation of EN 13241:2003+A2:2016, incorporating corrigendum July 2003. It supersedes BS EN 13241‑1:2003+A1:2011, which is withdrawn.

The start and finish of text introduced or altered by amendment is indicated in the text by tags. Tags indicating changes to CEN text carry the number of the CEN amendment. For example, text altered by CEN amendment A1 is indicated by .

The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted by Technical Committee B/538, Doors, windows, shutters, hardware and curtain walling, to Subcommittee B/538/5, Industrial and commercial garage doors and gates.

A list of organizations represented on this subcommittee 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.

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 30 July 2003

This European Standard was approved by CEN on 12 June 2003 and includes Amendment 1 approved by CEN on 22 February 2011 and Amendment 2 approved by CEN on 11 July 2016.

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, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and United Kingdom.

European foreword

This document (EN 13241:2003+A2:2016) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 33 "Doors, windows, shutters, building hardware and curtain walling", the secretariat of which is held by AFNOR.

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 March 2017, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by June 2018.

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

This document includes Amendment 1, approved by CEN on 2011-02-22 and Amendment 2, approved by CEN on 2016-07-11.

This document supersedes EN 13241‑1:2003+A1:2011.

The start and finish of text introduced or altered by amendment is indicated in the text by tags and .

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 Annexes ZA, ZB and ZC, which are integral parts of this document.

Annex ZB is revised taking into account the “new” Machinery Directive.

Annexes A and C are informative. Annex B is normative.

This document includes a Bibliography.

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The main changes introduced by the 2^nd Amendment to this new edition of the present text concern the title and the scope according to the EC's request and the CEN/TC 33 decisions D1010 (April 2014), D1074 and D1089 (April 2015).

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, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom.

Introduction

With the aim of clarifying the intentions of this European Standard and avoiding doubts when reading it, the following assumptions were made when producing it:

components without specific requirements are:
- designed in accordance with the usual engineering practice and calculation codes, including all failure modes;
- of sound mechanical and electrical construction;
- made of materials with adequate strength and of suitable quality;
- general electrical hazards are dealt with according to electrical safety standards such as EN 60204‑1.
components are kept in good repair and working order, so that the required characteristics remain during the economical working life despite wear;
with the exception of the items listed below, a mechanical device is built according to good practice and the requirements of this European Standard:
- negotiations occur between the manufacturer and the purchaser concerning particular conditions for the use and places of use for the door related to health and safety;
- the place of use/installation to be adequately lit;
- the place of use/installation to allow safe use of the door.

These assumptions do not restrict the need for adequate information for use in this European Standard.

1 Scope

1.1 General

This European Standard specifies the safety and performance requirements, except resistance to fire and smoke control characteristics, for industrial, commercial, garage doors and gates and barriers, intended for installation in areas in the reach of persons, and for which the main intended uses are giving safe access for goods and vehicles accompanied or driven by persons in industrial, commercial or residential premises.

Fire resisting and/or smoke control characteristics for industrial, commercial, garage doors and gates are covered by EN 16034.

This European Standard also covers commercial doors such as rolling shutters and rolling grilles used in retail premises which are mainly provided for the access of persons rather than vehicles or goods.

These doors can include pass doors incorporated in the door leaf which are also covered by this European Standard.

These devices can be manually or power operated.

This European Standard does not cover operation in environments where the electromagnetic disturbances are outside the range of those specified in EN 61000‑6‑3.

1.2 Exclusions

This European Standard does not apply to the following which are intended for a different use:

lock gates and dock gates;
doors on lifts;
doors on vehicles;
armoured doors;
doors mainly for the retention of animals;
theatre textile curtains;
horizontally moving power operated doors mainly intended for pedestrian use in accordance with EN 16361;
revolving doors of any size;
railway barriers;
barriers used solely for vehicles.

This European Standard does not cover the radio part of doors. If a radio operating device is used, the relevant ETSI standards should be applied in addition.

This European Standard does not contain any specific requirement for doors which are moving because of energy stored by dedicated means from human power such as manually tensioned springs.

This European Standard does not contain any specific requirements for doors on escape routes. The ability to open the door leaf safely and easily cannot normally be achieved by industrial, commercial and garage doors due to size, weight and/or mode of operation.

The noise emission of powered doors and gates is not considered to be a relevant hazard. Therefore this European Standard does not contain any specific requirements on noise in relation to the Machinery Directive.

1.3 Specific applications

This European Standard should also apply to power operated doors which have been created by the addition of power operation to an installed manual door in respect of the relevant requirements. Annex ZA does not apply to this kind of door.

It also identifies requirements and classes of performance for additional characteristics considered to be of importance to the trade.

When a door is part of the load carrying structure of the building the requirements of this European Standard can apply on a voluntary basis in addition to the requirements for the load carrying structure, which are not dealt with in this European Standard. Annex ZA does not apply for this kind of doors.

2 Normative references

3 Terms and definitions

4 Requirements

4.1 General

4.2 Mechanical aspects

4.3 Power operation

4.4 Additional requirements for specific performance characteristics

4.5 Instructions for installation, operation and maintenance

5 Marking and labelling

6 Evaluation of conformity

6.1 General

6.2 Initial type test

6.3 Test on site

6.4 Production control

Bibliography

BS EN 13241:2003+A2:2016

Industrial, commercial, garage doors and gates. Product standard, performance characteristics

Current, Under Review

Published:

30 Jul 2003