Codes & Standards
Closing the Gap in Safety for Existing Lifts
Benefits of modernization by Carsten Henriksen A wide range of people depend on lifts for a variety of reasons, particularly those who live in densely populated urban areas. The lift...
New EU Strategy on Standardisation
Its potential and positive impact on European (lift) SMEs are explored. At the beginning of February 2022, the European Commission presented its new strategy for European Standardisation, a package of...
Rated Load and Maximum Available Car Area
Proposal to revise EN 81-20:2022, Table 6 by Dr. Gina Barney When we size a lift installation to meet passenger demand at a defined performance level, the lift traffic designer...
Points of View
SMEs review an EU-revised Standardization Submitted by SBS In November 2021, CEN TC10 (European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization Technical Committee [TC]) — lifts, escalators and moving walks — received from...
NEII Provides Code Development Updates
National Elevator Industry, Inc. (NEII) recently provided updates on the A17.1/CSA B44 Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators. The public review period for changes to the 2022 edition has closed,...
Revision of the Indian Standards on Passenger and Goods Lifts, Part 2
by Abhijit Dandekar and Pravin Tipnis Editor’s Note: Part 2 provides Annexures 1-4 of the article’s Part 1, which was published in ELEVATOR WORLD India, 4th Quarter 2021. Annexure 1...
Revision of the Indian Standards on Passenger and Goods Lifts, Part 1
Your authors describe coming changes to codes. by Abhijit Dandekar and Pravin Tipnis Abstract: The Indian Standards on lifts have been in existence for a long time. The current series...
Applying ISO 8100-32:2020 to Rated Load and Available Car Area
Standard solves previous matter by allowing different approaches in traffic analysis when selecting capacity. Abstract: ISO 8100-32 for elevator planning and selection of passenger lifts was published in 2020. The...
ISO 8100-32:2020, Planning and Selection of Passenger Lifts
EFESME discusses the new standard and what its implications are for lift SMEs and future SME-friendly standards. ISO TC 178 Working Group (WG) 6, “Lift Installation,” discussed ISO 8100-32:2020, Planning...
ISO 8100-32:2020 Guidance
An introduction to and aid for users of the new European standard ISO 8100-32:2020, Planning and selection of passenger lifts to be installed in office, hotel and residential buildings,[1] is...
