BS EN 12408:2004

What is BS EN 12408 - Quality control for cableway installations about?  

BS EN 12408 is a European standard that discusses quality control for cableway installations designed to carry persons.  

BS EN 12408 outlines the safety requirements applicable to quality assurance for cableway installations designed to carry persons and ensures that the minimum performance standards for cableway installations designed to carry persons are achieved. 

BS EN 12408 lays out provisions for the procedures for quality assurance that supplement the requirements of the other standards cited in the foreword.  

BS EN 12408 applies to the different cableway systems. BS EN 12408 also applies to suppliers of cableway installations designed to carry persons or of safety components for cableway installations designed to carry persons, regardless of whether they maintain a quality management system conforming to EN ISO 9001 certified by a certification body accredited with EN 45012. 

Note 1: The requirements in BS EN 12408 are intended to ensure quality and do not replace the technical requirements in standards EN 1709, EN 1908, EN 1909, EN 12927-1, EN 12927-2, EN 12927-3, EN 12927-4, EN 12927-5, EN 12927-6, EN 12927-7, EN 12927-8, EN 12929-1, EN 12929-2, EN 12930, EN 12397, EN 13107, EN 13223, EN 13243, prEN 13796-1, prEN 13796-2 and prEN 13796-3, but supplement them. 

Note 2: BS EN 12408 does not apply either to cableways for goods transport or inclined lifts. 

Who is BS EN 12408 - Quality control for cableway installations for? 

BS EN 12408 on quality control for cableway installations is useful for: 

• Manufacturers of cableway and its components 
• Installers for cableway designed to carry persons 
• Test centres 
• Regulatory authorities 

Why should you use BS EN 12408 - Quality control for cableway installations? 

A cableway installation is a whole on-site system, consisting of infrastructure and subsystems, which is designed, constructed, assembled, and put into service to transport persons, where the traction is provided by cables positioned along the line of travel. 

BS EN 12408 assists you with requirements on product identification, product traceability, control of the production, installation, and customer service processes to improve the quality assurance systems. 

BS EN 12408 also guides you on additional requirements on organizational information, pre-operation inspection, and control of non-conforming products for cableway installations designed to carry persons. 

With obedience and compliance to BS EN 12408, you can properly control and improve the safety measures for cableway installations designed to carry persons.