National foreword

This British Standard is the UK implementation of EN 15629:2008.

The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee MHE/8, Steel shelving, bins and lockers.

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 January 2009

This European Standard was approved by CEN on 5 October 2008.

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 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 Management Centre has the same status as the official versions.

CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom.

Foreword

This document (EN 15629:2008) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 344 “Steel static storage systems”, the secretariat of which is held by UNI.

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of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by May 2009, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by May 2009.

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.

According to the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

0 Introduction

0.1 Racking and Shelving as work equipment

When specifying the design requirements for racking and shelving, there should be an awareness of national legislation regarding work equipment. This legislation is based upon the European Directives:

89/391/EEC: “Concerning measurements to promote the improvement of safety and health for the use of work equipment by workers at work”;
89/655/EEC: “Concerning the minimum safety and health requirements for the use of work equipment by workers at work

This European Standard should be considered in conjunction with the application and maintenance of storage equipment (See EN 15635).

0.2 Structural Eurocodes for load bearing structures and buildings

The determination of the safe load bearing capacity of racking and shelving is a structural engineering task and therefore the Eurocodes are relevant, particularly EN 1993‑1‑1 and EN 1993‑1‑3, for the design. The codes and guidelines worked out by CEN/TC 344 are intended to amplify and clarify the requirements of the Eurocodes, since they particularly apply to design, while specification, installation, application and maintenance are considered as special requirements for racking and shelving products. This European Standard covers specification.

0.3 Additional European standards for racking and shelving

Due to the differences in the shape of structural components, detailing and connection types, additional technical information to the Eurocodes is required in order to provide state of the art guidance. This guidance is for the client or the consultant specifying the requirement, the practising engineer involved in the design, the installer building the structure and the user who maintains the structure in a sound condition suitable for safe use throughout its working life.

This, together with the need to provide harmonized design rules, is the reason why the European Racking Federation (ERF) has taken the initiative with the CEN/TC 344. This Technical Committee is preparing a number of European standards for specific types of racking and shelving used in specific applications as follows:

prEN 15512, Steel static storage systems – Adjustable pallet racking systems – Principles for structural design

EN 15620, Steel static storage systems – Adjustable pallet racking – Tolerances, deformations and clearances

EN 15635, Steel static storage systems – The application and maintenance of storage equipment

In drafting these documents, a liaison with other CEN TC's has been carried out as appropriate.

0.4 Additional information specific to this document

CEN/TC 344 documents may be useful for design cases not covered by the Eurocodes (other structures, other actions, other materials) and to serve as a reference document for other CEN TC's concerning design matters.

This European standard is applicable to:

specifiers of storage equipment;
committees drafting design-related product, testing and execution standards;
clients (e.g. for the formulation of their specific requirements);
designers and constructors;
relevant authorities.

As part of the specification process, reference to prEN 15512, EN 15620 and EN 15635 ensures that both the user and the designer are aware of the constraints in each other’s area and allows an effective design to be produced.

1 Scope

This European Standard supplies guidelines for the technical specification to allow the design of racking and shelving in its various forms such as adjustable pallet racking (APR), crane serviced racking, drive-in racking (DIR), cantilever racking and shelving systems, including their various forms of construction, using manually operated and controlled mechanical handling systems. Some other forms of storage equipments are only partially covered and further consideration, beyond the scope of this document, may be required.

This European Standard gives guidance for the specifier of storage systems to coordinate suppliers of all equipment including individual responsibilities.

This European Standard does not cover storage equipments manufactured from materials other than steel (except for certain accessories) and equipment intended to be used for domestic storage purposes.

2 Normative references

3 Terms and definitions

4 Specification data of relevance to the supplier

4.1 Storage equipment planning

4.2 Storage system structural design

4.3 Storage equipment dimensioning

4.4 Storage equipment installation

5 Specification data of relevance to the user

6 Specific information to enable the project to be designed

6.1 General

6.2 Floor of the building

6.3 Rack-supported floors and mezzanines

6.4 Provision of edge guarding

6.5 Details of goods to be stored

6.6 Storage equipment design loads.

6.7 Unit loads

6.8 Non-uniform loads

6.9 Seismic, wind and snow loads

6.10 Environment

7 Support by, or very close to, another structure

8 Storage system configuration

8.1 Building plans

8.2 Precautions to reduce risk to personnel due to goods falling from racking or floors

8.3 Operational clearances

8.4 Drive-in racking

8.5 Passageways for pedestrians

8.6 Passageways for trucks under or through the racking structure

8.7 Means of escape

8.8 Free-standing upright protectors

9 Safety colours

10 Fire safety

11 Storage equipment inspections

BS EN 15629:2008

Steel static storage systems. Specification of storage equipment

Current, Under Review

Published:

31 Jan 2009