What is BS EN 16005:2023 - Power operated doorsets about?
This revised European standard gives practical advice on safety and best practice to help ensure that powered pedestrian doors are installed with acceptable levels of user safety. BS EN 16005 also helps companies meet regulatory requirements in relation to powered pedestrian doors.
Who is BS EN 16005:2023 - Power operated pedestrian doorsets for?
Those who use BS EN 16005:2023 might include:
• automatic door suppliers
• industrial door companies
• UKAS accredited product and service certification bodies
• joinery sub contractors
• door and window manufacturers
• architects
• building contractors
• maintenance companies
• inspection companies
• certification bodies
• local authorities
• glass manufacturing companies
• construction materials and building manufacturers
• suppliers of door assembly components
• police and crime commissioners
• security companies
• operative builders
What does BS EN 16005:2023 - Power operated pedestrian doorsets cover?
BS EN 16005:2023 specifies requirements for designing and testing external and internal power operated pedestrian doorsets; these can be operated electro-mechanically, electro-hydraulically or pneumatically.
BS EN 16005:2023 covers safety in use for normal access as well as in escape routes and as fire resistance and /or smoke control doorsets.
It covers power operated pedestrian sliding, swing and revolving doorsets, including balanced doorsets and folding doorsets with a horizontally moving leaf. It also covers power operated pass doorsets incorporated in other doorsets for which the main intended use is giving safe access for persons.
BS EN 16005:2023 deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events relevant to power operated doorsets, when in use as intended or under reasonably foreseeable conditions of misuse.
BS EN 16005:2023 also deals with all lifetime phases of doorsets, including scrapping, disabling, dismantling, assembly and transportation.