EN 12927-2:2004
(Main)Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons - Ropes - Part 2: Safety factors
General Information
- Abstract
This part of EN 12927 specifies the safety requirements applicable for safety factors for steel wire ropes (tensile safety factor, bending ratio and transverse force factors) for installations for passenger transportation by rope. This standard is applicable to the various types of installations and takes into account their environment.
This part of EN 12927 does not apply to brake ropes.
Some requirements concern synthetic ropes.
The requirements relating to the protection of workers are not included in this standard.
It does not apply to ropes for installations used for the transportation of goods, nor to inclined lifts.
- Status
- Withdrawn
- Publication Date
- 19-Oct-2004
- Withdrawal Date
- 22-Sep-2026
- Technical Committee
- CEN/TC 242 - Safety requirements for passenger transportation by rope
- Drafting Committee
- CEN/TC 242/WG 3 - Ropes
- Current Stage
- 9960 - Withdrawal effective - Withdrawal
- Start Date
- 15-May-2019
- Completion Date
- 23-Sep-2026
- Directive
- Not Harmonized00/9/EC - Cableway installations designed to carry personsOJ Ref: C, C 100, C 230 OJ Date: 20-Sep-2005
Not Harmonized2000/9/EC - Cableway installations designed to carry personsOJ Ref: C, C 100, C 230 OJ Date: 26-Apr-2005
Relations
- 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
- 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
- 28-Jan-2026
- Effective Date
- 28-Jan-2026
- Refers
EN 12397:2017 - Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons - Operation - Effective Date
- 28-Jan-2026
- Refers
EN 12385-2:2002 - Steel wire ropes - Safety - Part 2: Definitions, designation and classification - Effective Date
- 28-Jan-2026
- Effective Date
- 28-Jan-2026
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Frequently Asked Questions
EN 12927-2:2004 is a standard published by the European Committee for Standardization (CEN). Its full title is "Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons - Ropes - Part 2: Safety factors". This standard covers: This part of EN 12927 specifies the safety requirements applicable for safety factors for steel wire ropes (tensile safety factor, bending ratio and transverse force factors) for installations for passenger transportation by rope. This standard is applicable to the various types of installations and takes into account their environment. This part of EN 12927 does not apply to brake ropes. Some requirements concern synthetic ropes. The requirements relating to the protection of workers are not included in this standard. It does not apply to ropes for installations used for the transportation of goods, nor to inclined lifts.
This part of EN 12927 specifies the safety requirements applicable for safety factors for steel wire ropes (tensile safety factor, bending ratio and transverse force factors) for installations for passenger transportation by rope. This standard is applicable to the various types of installations and takes into account their environment. This part of EN 12927 does not apply to brake ropes. Some requirements concern synthetic ropes. The requirements relating to the protection of workers are not included in this standard. It does not apply to ropes for installations used for the transportation of goods, nor to inclined lifts.
EN 12927-2:2004 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 12927-2:2004 has the following relationships with other standards: It is inter standard links to EN 12929-1:2015+A1:2022, EN 1709:2019, EN 13107:2015, EN 12930:2015, EN 13796-3:2017+A1:2022, EN 1907:2005, EN 13796-1:2017, EN 13243:2015, EN 13223:2015+A1:2022, EN 12408:2004, EN 12929-2:2015+A1:2022, EN 1909:2017, EN 12397:2017, EN 12385-2:2002, EN 13796-2:2017+A1:2022. Understanding these relationships helps ensure you are using the most current and applicable version of the standard.
EN 12927-2:2004 is associated with the following European legislation: EU Directives/Regulations: 00/9/EC, 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.Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons - Ropes - Part 2: Safety factorsIDNWRUMLPrescriptions de sécurité des installations a câbles transportant des personnes - Câbles - Partie 2 : Coefficients de sécuritéSicherheitsanforderungen für Seilbahnen für den Personenverkehr - Seile - Teil 2: SicherheitsfaktorenTa slovenski standard je istoveten z:EN 12927-2:2004SIST EN 12927-2:2005en45.100Cableway equipmentICS:SLOVENSKI
STANDARDSIST EN 12927-2:200501-januar-2005
EUROPEAN STANDARDNORME EUROPÉENNEEUROPÄISCHE NORMEN 12927-2October 2004ICS 45.100English versionSafety requirements for cableway installations designed to carrypersons - Ropes - Part 2: Safety factorsPrescriptions de sécurité des installations à câblestransportant des personnes - Câbles - Partie 2 :Coefficients de sécuritéSicherheitsanforderungen für Seilbahnen undSchleppaufzüge im Personenverkehr - Seile - Teil 2:SicherheitsfaktorenThis European Standard was approved by CEN on 23 August 2004.CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this EuropeanStandard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such nationalstandards may be obtained on application to the Central Secretariat or to any CEN member.This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translationunder the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the Central Secretariat has the same status as the officialversions.CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France,Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia,Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom.EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR STANDARDIZATIONCOMITÉ EUROPÉEN DE NORMALISATIONEUROPÄISCHES KOMITEE FÜR NORMUNGManagement Centre: rue de Stassart, 36
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A–deviations.11 Annex ZA (informative)
Relationship between this European Standard and the Essential Requirements of EU Directive 2000/9/EC relating to cableway installations designed to carry persons.12
– Ropes" : Part 1: Selection criteria for ropes and their end fixings Part 2: Safety factors Part 3: Long splicing of 6 strand hauling, carrying-hauling and towing ropes Part 4: End fixings Part 5: Storage, transportation, handling and tensioning Part 6: Discard criteria Part 7: Inspection, repair and maintenance Part 8: Magnetic rope testing (MRT). This European Standard forms part of the standards programme adopted by the CEN Technical Board in relation of safety requirements for passenger transportation by rope. This programme includes the following standards: 1) Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons
- Terminology 2) Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons
- General requirements
3) Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons
– Calculations 4) Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons
- Ropes
5) Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons
- Tensioning devices
6) Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons
- Drive systems and other mechanical equipment 7) Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons
– Carriers
8) Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons
- Electrical equipment other than for drive systems 9) Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons
- Civil engineering works
– Pre-commissioning inspection, maintenance and operational inspection and checks 11) Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons
– Recovery and evacuation
12) Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons - Operation
13) Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons
- Quality assurance
Together these form a series of standards regarding design, manufacture, production, maintenance and operation of all installations for passenger transportation by rope. In respect of ski-tows, the drafting of this European Standard has been guided by the works of the International Organisation for Transportation by rope (OITAF). According to the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom
EN 1709, Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons
- Pre-commissioning inspection, maintenance, operational inspection and checks. prEN 1907:2004, Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons – Terminology. EN 1908, Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons
– Tensioning devices. EN 1909, Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons
- Recovery and evacuation. EN 12385-2:2002, Steel wire ropes – Safety – Part 2: Definitions, designation and classification. EN 12397, Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons
– Operation. EN 12408, Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons
- Quality assurance. EN 12927-1, Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons
– Ropes – Part 1: Selection criteria for ropes and their end fixings. EN 12927-3, Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons
– Ropes – Part 3: Long splicing of 6 strand hauling, carrying-hauling and towing ropes. EN 12927-4, Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons
– Ropes – Part 4: End fixings. EN 12927-5, Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons
– Ropes – Part 5: Storage, transportation, installation and tensioning. EN 12927-6, Safety requirements for cab
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