BS EN 1570:1998+A2:2009 Safety requirements for lifting tables
BS EN 1570 specifies the safety requirements for lifting tables for raising and/or lowering goods and/or persons associated with the movement of goods carried by the lifting table (i.e. not for passenger use), for a vertical travel of up to 3,0 m.
BS EN 1570 deals with all significant hazards pertinent to lifting tables when they are used as intended and under the conditions foreseen by the manufacturer. BS EN 1570 specifies the appropriate technical measures to eliminate or reduce risks arising from the significant hazards.
Both power operated and manually operated lifting tables are included whether stationary or mobile. This document does not apply to the following equipment:
- Permanently installed lifting tables, serving specific levels of a building and fitted with a car
- Permanently installed lifting tables, serving specific levels of a building, not fitted with a car but with a vertical travel of more than 2,0 m
- Power operated lifting platforms for persons with impaired mobility
- Lifting tables for airport ground equipment
- Lifting tables for marine use
- Mobile elevating work platforms
- Vehicle lifts for maintenance
- Mobile lifting tables used for fire fighting
- Mobile lifting tables used as fork lift trucks, pallet trucks and order pickers
- Mobile lifting tables with a travelling speed of more than 1,6 m/s
- Rail dependent storage and retrieval equipment
- Theatre stage lifts.
Contents of BS EN 1570:
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Scope
- Normative references
- Definitions
- List of hazards
- Safety requirements
- Calculations
- Stress
- Stability
- Safeguarding
- Speeds
- Platform
- Operator control position
- Mobile lifting tables
- Mechanical driving system
- Hydraulic system
- Pneumatic system
- Electrical system
- General
- Electrical installations and equipment
- Safety devices
- Marking
- Information for use
- Verification of the safety requirements and/or measures
- General
- Tests
- Design check
- Manufacturing check
- Visual inspection
- Practical tests
- Electrical tests
- Individual final verification before despatch
- Overloading
- Noise
- Test procedures
- Test certificate for lifting tables"
- Relationship between this European Standard and the Essential Requirements of EU Directive 98/37/EC
- Relationship between this European Standard and the Essential Requirements of EU Directive 2006/42/EC