National foreword

This British Standard is the UK implementation of EN 1493:2022. It supersedes BS EN 1493:2010, which is withdrawn.

The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee MHE/12/3, Lifting Platforms - Vehicle lifting devices.

A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its committee manager.

Contractual and legal considerations

This publication has been prepared in good faith, however no representation, warranty, assurance or undertaking (express or implied) is or will be made, and no responsibility or liability is or will be accepted by BSI in relation to the adequacy, accuracy, completeness or reasonableness of this publication. All and any such responsibility and liability is expressly disclaimed to the full extent permitted by the law.

This publication is provided as is, and is to be used at the recipient’s own risk.

The recipient is advised to consider seeking professional guidance with respect to its use of this publication.

This publication is not intended to constitute 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 30 November 2022.

This European Standard was approved by CEN on 12 September 2022.

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, Türkiye and United Kingdom.

European foreword

This document ( EN 1493:2022 ) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 98 “Lifting platforms”, the secretariat of which, is held by DIN.

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 2023, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by May 2023.

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 supersedes EN 1493:2010 .

This document has been prepared under a Standardization Request given to CEN by the European Commission and the European Free Trade Association.

Any feedback and questions on this document should be directed to the users’ national standards body. A complete listing of these bodies can be found on the CEN website.

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, 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, Türkiye and the United Kingdom.

Introduction

This document is a type C standard as stated in EN ISO 12100:2010 .

The machinery concerned and the extent to which hazards, hazardous situations and hazardous events are covered, are both indicated in the scope of this document. In addition, machinery should comply as appropriate with EN ISO 12100:2010 for hazards which are not covered by this document.

When provisions of this type C standard are different from those which are stated in type A or B standards, the provisions of this type C standard take precedence over the provisions of the other standards, for machines that have been designed and built according to the provisions of this type C standard.

The object of this document is to define rules for safeguarding persons against the risk of accidents associated with the operation of vehicle lifts.

While devising this document it was assumed that only authorized persons operate or use the vehicle lifts and that the working area is sufficiently lit.

The requirement concerning loading control is not deemed pertinent to this document in so far as:

experience and the state of the art suggests that failing to observe this requirement has not historically given rise to unsafe situations;
such devices which would give protection against overall and local overloading are not currently available in forms which cover all eventualities;
the weight and weight distribution is freely available for the type of vehicles to be lifted and as such it is the responsibility of the user to prevent an unsafe situation arising;
vehicle lifts are generally designed to suit the maximum weight of vehicle to which it would reasonably be subjected, hence the normal duty of a lift is substantially lower than the maximum.

1 Scope

This document is applicable to stationary and mobile vehicle lifts, which are not intended to lift persons but which are designed to raise vehicles totally, for the purpose of examining and working on or under the vehicles whilst in a raised position. The vehicle lift may consist of one or more lifting units.

Power supply to the vehicle lift by internal combustion engines is not considered.

The floor or ground supporting the vehicle lift in use is assumed to be horizontal.

This document does not exclude a person from entering a lifted vehicle on wheel supporting lifts, e.g. for special works or for periodical technical inspection, and vehicle lifts for rail-bound vehicles.

This document does not contain requirements for hazards which may arise on vehicle lifts where the carrying device can be tilted.

NOTE Noise does not play a role in vehicle lifts in the majority of cases and is therefore not considered in this document.

This document does not apply to:

vehicle lifts movable when loaded;
equipment for power driven parking of motor vehicles (see EN 14010:2003+A1:2009 ).

This document is applicable to vehicle lifts which are manufactured six months after the date of its publication as a European Standard.

2 Normative references

3 Terms and definitions

3.1 General

3.2 Lift parts

3.3 Lift type

3.4 Safety related parts

4 Safety requirements and/or measures

4.1 General

4.2 Preventing unauthorised operation

4.3 Control devices

4.4 Controls

4.5 Duplicated drive systems

4.6 Speeds

4.7 Structural design of the supporting structure

4.8 Drive system

4.9 Load carrying devices

4.10 Additional requirements for lifts with balconies

4.11 Limiting the travel of the load carrying device

4.12 Unintended blocking of the load carrying device

4.13 Safety against rupture of mechanical lifting elements

4.14 Safety against leakage

4.15 Additional requirements for lifts with more than one lifting units

4.16 Additional requirements for mobile lifts

4.17 Protection against pinching and shearing

4.18 Safety devices

4.19 Protection against damage

4.20 Manually driven vehicle lifts

4.21 Electrical equipment

4.22 Special requirements for vehicle lifts where it is permitted to stand under the load during lifting and lowering movement

4.23 Additional requirements for vehicle lifts for motorcycles

5 Verification of the safety requirements and/or measures

5.1 General

5.2 Introduction

5.3 Design check

5.4 Manufacturing check

5.5 Visual verification

5.6 Practical tests

6 Information for use

6.1 General

6.2 Marking

6.3 Operation instructions

6.4 Name plate

Bibliography

BS EN 1493:2022

Vehicle lifts

Current, Under Review

Published:

30 Nov 2022