DIN EN 1570-1:2024-07

This standard includes safety requirements. This standard gives detail to the essential requirements set out in Annex I of the "Machinery Directive", Directive 2006/42/EC, which apply to machines that are first placed on the market within the EEA. This standard serves to facilitate proof of compliance with the essential requirements of this directive. This document specifies the safety requirements for lifting tables with the following characteristics: - serving no more than 2 fixed landings but able to pass a fixed landing and, - having a vertical travel speed of no more than 0,15 m/s, unless safe by position and, - for raising or lowering goods (with or without operator(s) and/or authorized person(s)), or; - for raising or lowering operator(s) and/or authorized person(s) with or without goods, to positions where they can carry out work from a fixed or movable lifting table that is guided throughout its vertical travel only. This document specifies the appropriate technical measures for eliminating and reducing the risks arising from the significant hazards listed in Annex B. This document does not apply to the following equipment: - lifting tables with a vertical travel speed exceeding 0,15 m/s, unless safe by position; - lifting tables, serving more than 2 fixed landings of a construction, for lifting goods, with a vertical travel speed not exceeding 0,15 m/s (EN 1570-2); - lifting tables, serving more than 2 fixed landings of a construction, for lifting operators, with a vertical travel speed not exceeding 0,15 m/s; - lifting tables carrying operators and installed in full enclosures with a vertical travel speed not exceeding 0,15 m/s; - lifting tables used on ships; - lifting tables designed for artists and stage set features during artistic performances (EN 17206:2020); - power operated lifting platforms for persons with impaired mobility (EN 81-41); - mobile lifting tables for airport ground support equipment (EN 1915-2 and EN 12312-1); - mobile elevating work platforms (EN 280); - static Group B elevating work platforms (EN 280); - vehicle servicing lifts (EN 1493:2010); - mobile lifting tables used for firefighting (EN 1777); - mobile lifting tables with a horizontal travelling speed of more than 1,6 m/s; - rail dependent storage and retrieval equipment (EN 528); - scissor lift pallet trucks (EN ISO 3691-5); - lifting tables suspended from a ceiling. This document does not consider the additional requirements for: - electromagnetic compatibility; - operation in severe conditions (for example, extreme climates, freezer applications, strong magnetic fields); - operation subject to special rules (for example, potentially explosive atmospheres, mines); - handling of loads, the nature of which could lead to dangerous situations (for example, molten metal, acids, radiating materials, particularly brittle loads, loose loads (gravel, tubes)); - hazards occurring during construction, transportation, and disposal; - equipment installed on the load platform or the replacing or maintaining of it; - integration into broader systems or other machines, etcetera; - cable-less controls, wireless; - lifting tables where the hydraulic pressure is derived directly from gas pressure; - lifting tables powered by internal combustion engines. This document (FprEN 1570-1:2022) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 98 "Lifting platforms", the secretariat of which is held by DIN. This standard differs from DIN EN 1570-1:2015-01 as follows: a) the document has been thoroughly restructured; b) lifting tables in non-industrial applications, static elevating work platforms and lifting tables used in skillet-lines or autonomous ground vehicles have been included; c) the ability to pass a fixed landing and to carry authorized persons when under operator control has been added; d) rated and structural loads have been introduced; e) EN 1570-1:2011+A1:2014, Table 3 - Lift installation safeguard requirement - has been replaced with new flow charts in Annex I - Guide to travel zone risks; f) where appropriate, the risk of falling is now associated with the height of fall rather than the travel height of the machine; g) greater emphasis has been put on the protection of the public when the lifting tables are used in public areas; h) boom barriers have been reintroduced, and interlocking and locking requirements for removable guardrails have been clarified; i) a requirement has been added for locking the lift table when positioned at an upper fixed landing; j) overload monitoring limits have been relaxed due to the lack of appropriate state-of-the-art equipment; k) the use of pipe rupture protection devices in hydraulic systems has been restricted; l) rigid/pushing chains have been introduced, and pneumatic drives have been removed. The national interests during preparation are represented by Working Committee NA 060-22-22 AA "Hubtische" ("Lifting tables") at Technical Section "Fördertechnik" ("Conveying technology") of DIN Standards Committee Mechanical Engineering (NAM). Representatives of the manufacturers and users of lifting tables and of the employers' liability insurance associations are involved in the preparation of this standard.