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BS EN 17639:2025 Safety of machinery. Cableway installations designed for the transport of material and specially designated persons. General safety requirements, 2025
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- European foreword
- Introduction
- 1 Scope
- 2 Normative references
- 3 Terms and definitions
- 4 List of significant hazards [Go to Page]
- 4.1 General
- 4.2 Mechanical hazards [Go to Page]
- 4.2.1 Crushing and shearing
- 4.2.2 Getting caught, dragged in and trapped
- 4.2.3 Structural stability
- 4.2.4 Hazards caused by individual components malfunctioning
- 4.2.5 Hazards caused by slips, trips and falls
- 4.2.6 Cableway-specific hazards
- 4.3 Hazards caused by electrical equipment
- 4.4 Thermal hazards
- 4.5 Hazards caused by transported goods
- 4.6 Hazards caused by not observing ergonomic principles
- 4.7 Hazards caused by failure of the power supply
- 4.8 Combination of hazards
- 5 Safety requirements and/or protective measures [Go to Page]
- 5.1 General
- 5.2 General requirements [Go to Page]
- 5.2.1 Health and safety
- 5.2.2 Measures to prevent the track rope from derailing
- Figure 1 — Gimballed suspension system [Go to Page]
- 5.2.3 Rope position monitoring
- 5.2.4 Presence of the haul rope and counter rope
- 5.2.5 Avoiding collisions
- 5.2.6 Crushing and shearing [Go to Page]
- 5.2.6.1 Travelling, lifting, swing and other movement mechanisms
- 5.2.6.2 Clamping devices
- 5.2.7 Getting caught, dragged in and trapped
- 5.2.8 Structural stability
- 5.2.9 Measures to prevent operational hazards in the event of breakage
- 5.2.10 Transport routes and workstations [Go to Page]
- 5.2.10.1 Access
- 5.2.10.2 Walkways, platforms, steps
- 5.3 Requirements for electrical equipment [Go to Page]
- 5.3.1 General
- 5.3.2 Open-loop and closed-loop control systems [Go to Page]
- 5.3.2.1 General
- 5.3.2.2 Start-up
- 5.3.2.3 Stopping, restarting
- 5.3.2.4 Emergency stop
- 5.3.2.5 Unexpected or unintended start-up
- 5.3.2.6 Removal of safety functions
- 5.3.2.7 Controlling speed on the track and on entry into the station
- 5.3.2.8 Command station and other control stations
- 5.3.2.9 Position monitor [Go to Page]
- 5.3.2.9.1 General
- 5.3.2.9.2 Monitoring equipment
- 5.3.2.9.3 Additional requirements for electronic position switches
- 5.3.3 Safety functions and devices for the drives [Go to Page]
- 5.3.3.1 Setpoint/actual value monitoring
- 5.3.3.2 Overspeed trip
- 5.3.3.3 Standstill monitoring
- 5.3.3.4 Deceleration monitoring
- 5.3.3.5 Entry monitoring
- 5.3.4 Lightning protection and earthing
- 5.4 Carriers [Go to Page]
- 5.4.1 General
- 5.4.2 Carrier design
- 5.4.3 Carrier trucks
- 5.4.4 Haul rope truck connections
- 5.4.5 Maintenance and rescue [Go to Page]
- 5.4.5.1 Rescue
- 5.4.5.2 Maintenance work
- 5.4.6 Carrier labels and markings
- 5.5 Ropes [Go to Page]
- 5.5.1 General
- 5.5.2 Track ropes
- 5.5.3 Haul ropes and carrying-hauling ropes
- 5.5.4 Tension ropes
- 5.6 Special requirements for structures [Go to Page]
- 5.6.1 General
- 5.6.2 Station structures
- 5.6.3 Track structures
- 5.7 Limit profile, track width and safety areas [Go to Page]
- 5.7.1 General
- 5.7.2 Lateral and vertical displacement of the ropes
- 5.7.3 Transverse sway of the carriers
- 5.7.4 Longitudinal sway of the carriers
- 5.8 Mechanical equipment and drives [Go to Page]
- 5.8.1 Stations
- 5.8.2 Rope pulleys, rope sheaves and rope reels
- Table 1 — Minimum values for diameters of rope pulleys, rope sheaves and rope reels [Go to Page]
- 5.8.3 Track rope saddles
- 5.8.4 Rope position securing and damage protection
- 5.9 Fire prevention
- 5.10 Measures for observing ergonomic principles
- 5.11 Measures in the event of a power failure
- 5.12 Measures where there is a combination of hazards
- 5.13 Other
- 6 Determining compliance with safety requirements and/or measures prior to putting the cableway on the market [Go to Page]
- 6.1 Scope of technical documentation
- 6.2 Load assumptions and securities
- Table 2 — Tensile safety
- Table 3 — Assumptions for the design of the entire plant [Go to Page]
- 6.3 User agreement between the customer and manufacturer
- 6.4 Final testing at the installation location prior to putting the cableway on the market
- Table 4 — Verification procedures [Go to Page]
- 6.5 Test equipment
- 7 User information [Go to Page]
- 7.1 General
- 7.2 Signals and warning devices
- 7.3 Accompanying documentation (operating instructions) [Go to Page]
- 7.3.1 General
- 7.3.2 Information about the cableway
- 7.3.3 Instructions for using the cableway
- 7.3.4 Information about operating personnel
- 7.3.5 Instructions for maintenance
- Table 5 — Maximum permissible metallic cross-section loss [Go to Page]
- 7.3.6 Instructions for rescue
- 7.4 Labelling
- Annex A (informative)
List of hazards according to EN ISO 12100:2010 and assignment of the corresponding safety requirements for cableways
- Table A.1 — List of hazards according to EN ISO 12100:2010 and assignment of the corresponding safety requirements for cableways
- Annex B (normative)
Effect of safety devices and functions
- Table B.1 — Safety devices and functions
- Annex C (informative)
Deviation to the EN 13223:2015 defined requirements
- Annex D (informative)
User agreements
- Annex ZA (informative)
Relationship between this European Standard and the fundamental requirements of the regulation to be covered, Directive 2006/42/EC
- Table ZA.1 — Relationship between this European Standard and Annex I to Directive 2006/42/EC
- References [Go to Page]
