EN 13796-2:2017
(Main)Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons - Carriers - Part 2: Slipping resistance tests for grips
General Information
- Abstract
This European Standard specifies the safety requirements applicable to carriers for cableway installations designed to carry persons. It is applicable to the various types of installations and takes into account their environment.
This European Standard describes the requirements to be met when testing the slipping resistance of grips clamped:
- on the haulage or carrying hauling rope of carriers of monocable or bicable aerial ropeways with fixed or detachable grips, covered in EN 13796 1:2014, 7.5;
- on the towing rope of ski-tows with fixed grips, covered in EN 13796 1:2014, 7.7.2.
It does not apply to installations for the transportation of goods nor to inclined lifts.
- Status
- Withdrawn
- Publication Date
- 28-Feb-2017
- Withdrawal Date
- 22-Sep-2026
- Technical Committee
- CEN/TC 242 - Safety requirements for passenger transportation by rope
- Drafting Committee
- CEN/TC 242/WG 5 - Carriers
- Current Stage
- 9960 - Withdrawal effective - Withdrawal
- Start Date
- 03-Sep-2022
- Completion Date
- 23-Sep-2026
- Directive
- Not Harmonized2000/9/EC - Cableway installations designed to carry persons
Relations
- Effective Date
- 08-Mar-2017
- Effective Date
- 19-Jan-2023
- Effective Date
- 28-Jan-2026
- Effective Date
- 28-Jan-2026
- Effective Date
- 28-Jan-2026
- Effective Date
- 28-Jan-2026
- Effective Date
- 28-Jan-2026
- Effective Date
- 07-Aug-2019
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Frequently Asked Questions
EN 13796-2:2017 is a standard published by the European Committee for Standardization (CEN). Its full title is "Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons - Carriers - Part 2: Slipping resistance tests for grips". This standard covers: This European Standard specifies the safety requirements applicable to carriers for cableway installations designed to carry persons. It is applicable to the various types of installations and takes into account their environment. This European Standard describes the requirements to be met when testing the slipping resistance of grips clamped: - on the haulage or carrying hauling rope of carriers of monocable or bicable aerial ropeways with fixed or detachable grips, covered in EN 13796 1:2014, 7.5; - on the towing rope of ski-tows with fixed grips, covered in EN 13796 1:2014, 7.7.2. It does not apply to installations for the transportation of goods nor to inclined lifts.
This European Standard specifies the safety requirements applicable to carriers for cableway installations designed to carry persons. It is applicable to the various types of installations and takes into account their environment. This European Standard describes the requirements to be met when testing the slipping resistance of grips clamped: - on the haulage or carrying hauling rope of carriers of monocable or bicable aerial ropeways with fixed or detachable grips, covered in EN 13796 1:2014, 7.5; - on the towing rope of ski-tows with fixed grips, covered in EN 13796 1:2014, 7.7.2. It does not apply to installations for the transportation of goods nor to inclined lifts.
EN 13796-2:2017 is classified under the following ICS (International Classification for Standards) categories: 45.100 - Cableway equipment. The ICS classification helps identify the subject area and facilitates finding related standards.
EN 13796-2:2017 has the following relationships with other standards: It is inter standard links to EN 13796-2:2005, EN 13796-2:2017+A1:2022, EN 1907:2017, EN 13796-1:2017, EN ISO/IEC 17025:2017, EN 13223:2015+A1:2022, EN ISO 13628-7:2006, EN 13796-2:2017/FprA1. Understanding these relationships helps ensure you are using the most current and applicable version of the standard.
EN 13796-2:2017 is associated with the following European legislation: EU Directives/Regulations: 2000/9/EC, 2016/424; Standardization Mandates: M/300. When a standard is cited in the Official Journal of the European Union, products manufactured in conformity with it benefit from a presumption of conformity with the essential requirements of the corresponding EU directive or regulation.
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Standards Content (Sample)
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.Sicherheitsanforderungen für Seilbahnen für den Personenverkehr - Fahrzeuge - Teil 2: KlemmenabziehversuchPrescriptions de sécurité pour les installations à câbles transportant des personnes - Véhicules - Partie 2: Essai de résistance au glissement des attachesSafety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons - Carriers - Part 2: Slipping resistance tests for grips45.100Cableway equipmentICS:Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z:EN 13796-2:2017SIST EN 13796-2:2017en,fr,de01-junij-2017SIST EN 13796-2:2017SLOVENSKI
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Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights or similar rights. CEN and/or CENELEC shall not be held responsible for identifying all or some of these patent rights. This document replaces EN 13796-2:2005. This document has been prepared under a mandate given to CEN by the European Commission and the European Free Trade Association, and supports essential requirements of the EU Directive(s) 2000/9/EC. For relationship with the EU Directive 2000/9/EC, see informative Annex ZA, which is an integral part of this document. EN 13796 comprises the following parts under the general title Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons – Carriers: Part 1: Grips, carrier trucks, on-board brakes, cabins, chairs, carriages, maintenance carrier, tow-hangers Part 2: Slipping resistance test for grips Part 3: Fatigue testing There are no fundamental changes in this new edition of EN 13796-2.
This document forms part of the standards programme approved by the CEN Technical Board on safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons. This programme comprises the following standards: — EN 1907, Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons — Terminology — EN 12929 (all parts), Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons — General requirements — EN 12930, Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons — Calculations;
— EN 12927 (all parts), Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons — Ropes; — EN 1908, Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons — Tensioning devices — EN 13223, Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons — Drive systems and other mechanical equipment — EN 13796 (all parts), Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons — Carriers — EN 13243, Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons — Electrical equipment other than for drive systems 3 SIST EN 13796-2:2017
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