SS 550:2020 + A1: 2022
Code of practice for installation, operation and maintenance of electric passenger and goods lifts
OVERVIEW
Specifies the safety rules for permanently installed new passenger or goods lifts, with traction or hydraulic drive, serving defined landing levels, having a car designed for the transportation of persons or goods or persons and goods, suspended by ropes or jacks and moving between guide rails inclined not more than 15° to the vertical.
Does not cover:
a) lifts with:
1) drive systems other than those stated in 1.1;
2) rated speed = 0,15 m/s;
b) hydraulic lifts:
1) with a rated speed exceeding 1 m/s;
2) where the setting of the pressure relief valve (5.9.3.5.3) exceeds 50 MPa;
c) (reserved for future use);
d) lifting appliances, such as paternosters, mine lifts, theatrical lifts, appliances with automatic caging,
skips, lifts and hoists for building and public works sites, ships' hoists, platforms for exploration or
drilling at sea, construction and maintenance appliances or lifts in wind turbines;
e) important modifications (see 6.3.15.2.2) to a lift installed before this standard is brought into
application;
f) safety during operations of transport, erection, repairs, and dismantling of lifts.
COMMENTS
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PRODUCT DETAILS
Status | Current |
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Edition | 2020 + A1: 2022 |
No. of Pages | 225 |
ICS Classification | 91.140.90 Lifts. Escalators |
Committee | Electrical and Electronic Standards Committee |
Available for Purchase | For sale in Singapore only |
Adoption | EN 81-20 : 2014 MOD |