National foreword

This British Standard is the UK implementation of EN 12927:2019. It supersedes BS EN 12927‑1:2004, BS EN 12927‑2:2004, BS EN 12927‑3:2004, BS EN 12927‑4:2004, BS EN 12927‑5:2004, BS EN 12927‑6:2004, BS EN 12927‑7:2004 and BS EN 12927‑8:2004, which are withdrawn.

The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee MCE/20, Aerial ropeways.

A list of organizations represented on this committee 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 31 May 2019.

This European Standard was approved by CEN on 11 February 2019.

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 12927:2019) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 242 “Safety requirements for passenger transportation by rope”, 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of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by November 2019, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by November 2019.

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 has been prepared under a mandate given to CEN by the European Commission and the European Free Trade Association, and supports essential requirements of Regulation (EU) 2016/424.

For relationship with Regulation (EU) 2016/424, see informative Annex ZA, which is an integral part of this document.

This document replaces:

EN 12927‑1:2004: Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons - Ropes - Part 1: Selection criteria for ropes and their end fixings”
EN 12927‑2:2004: Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons - Ropes – Part 2: Safety factors
EN 12927‑3:2004: Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons - Ropes – Part 3: Long splicing of 6 strand hauling, carrying hauling and towing ropes
EN 12927‑4:2004: Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons - Ropes – Part 4: End fixings
EN 12927‑5:2004: Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons - Ropes – Part 5: Storage, transportation, installation and tensioning
EN 12927‑6:2004: Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons - Ropes – Part 6: Discard criteria
EN 12927‑7:2004: Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons - Ropes – Part 7: Inspection, repair and maintenance
EN 12927‑8:2004: Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons - Ropes – Part 8: Magnetic rope testing (MRT)

During the systematic review regarding the EN 12927 Part 1 to Part 8, it was decided to merge the 8 parts into one single document.

In comparison to EN 12927, parts 1:2004 to 8:2004, the following major changes have been applied:

the former parts 1 to 8 have been merged to a single document in order to simplify orientation in working with the standard. Following this principle, the former paragraph-references had to be changed in total. Therefore, especially general chapters like “normative references”, “terms and definitions”, “safety principles” and so on, now have been compacted for a better overview;
ambiguous or unclear details of the former versions have been generally rewritten and improved;
technical developments since the last versions have been adopted to the actual state of the art, e.g. inclusion of optical inspection devices;
requirements and descriptions in the scope of inspection methods have been improved and extended to details, especially for visual inspection;
requirements and descriptions for storage, handling and transportation have been improved and extended to details.

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, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom.

1 Scope

This document specifies the safety requirements applicable to:

Selection criteria for ropes and their end fixings
Safety factors (excluding brake ropes)
Discard criteria
Storage, handling, transportation and installation (including tensioning, connecting and/or splicing)
Long splicing of 6 strand haulage, carrying-hauling rope and carrying-hauling rope (for ski-tow)
End fixings
Maintenance

and the minimum requirements applicable to:

MRT, visual and radiographic equipment and procedures for the examination of steel wire ropes.

This document is not applicable to cableway installations for the transportation of goods nor to lifts.

This document includes requirements relating to the prevention of accidents and the protection of workers irrespective of the application of national regulations.

National regulations of a building or federal/state nature or which serve to protect particular groups of people remain unaffected.

2 Normative references

3 Terms and definitions

4 Symbols and abbreviated terms

5 Requirements

6 Safety principles

6.1 General

6.2 Hazard scenarios

6.3 Safety measures

7 Selection criteria for ropes and their end fixing

7.1 Ropes

7.2 Fibre ropes

7.3 Rope re-use

7.4 End fixings (excluding long splice)

8 Safety factors

8.1 General

8.2 Tensile safety

8.3 Diameter ratio

8.4 Transverse force ratio

9 Discard criteria

9.1 General

9.2 Main body of the rope and long splice

9.3 Tension ropes

9.4 Local deterioration

9.5 Rope at end fixing

10 Storage, handling, transportation and installation (including tensioning, connecting and/or splicing)

10.1 General

10.2 Storage

10.3 Handling and transportation

10.4 Installation (including tensioning, connecting and/or splicing)

11 Splicing of 6 stranded steel wire ropes

11.1 General

11.2 Splice geometry

12 End fixing

12.1 General

12.2 Design

12.3 Execution and conformity

12.4 Filled socket

12.5 Clamp socket

12.6 Drum (Fixing drum and anchor drum)

12.7 Bolted clamp

12.8 Wedge socket

12.9 Spliced eye

12.10 Gripped eye

12.11 Ferrule secured eye

12.12 Lever winch

13 Maintenance

13.1 General

13.2 Servicing

13.3 Inspection

13.4 Repair

14 Magnetic rope testing (MRT)

14.1 General

14.2 Instrumentation

14.3 Test procedure

15 Fire protection and fire fighting

BS EN 12927:2019

Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons. Ropes

Current, Under Review

Published:

31 May 2019