BS EN 1709:2019 pdf download.Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to transport persons
1 Scope
This document sets the safety requirements that need to be met in relation to pre-commissioning inspections and the instructions for maintenance and operational inspections and checks of cableway installations designed to transport persons. This document is applicable to the various types of cableway installation and takes into account their environment. It also includes requirements relating to accident prevention and to the protection of workers irrespective of the application of national regulations. National regulations regarding building laws or regulations or which afford protection to specific groups of people, as well as national regulations regarding testing, acceptance testing prior to starting passenger service, maintenance and operational inspection shall remain unaffected. It does not apply to cableway installations for the transportation of goods or to lifts. The provisions of Clause 5 apply to the measures to be taken prior to the commissioning of the installation, and those of Clauses 6 and Z to the measures to be taken during operation. This document does not apply to cableway installations designed to transport persons that were manufactured before the publication of this EN standard.
2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
EN 190Z Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to transport persons一Terminology
EN 1908, Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to transport persons一Tensioning devices
EN 1909, Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to transport persons 一Recovery and evacuation
EN 12397 Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to transport persons一Operation
EN 12408, Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to transport persons一Quality control
EN 12927 Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons一Ropes
EN 12929 (all parts), Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to transport persons一General requirements
EN 12930, Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to transport persons一Calculations
EN 1310Z, Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to transport persons 一Civil engineering works
EN 13223, Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to transport persons一Drive systems and other mechanical equipment
EN 13243, Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to transport persons一Electrical equipment other than for drive systems
EN 13796 (all parts)， Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to transport persons一Carriers
5.4 Operating test
After inspection in accordance with 5.2 and 5.3, the installation shall be operated for periods as defined below, during which all drive and operating modes shall be tested. In the case of ski-tows, this operating test shall be carried out on an unloaded installation.
BS EN 1709:2019 pdf download
