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BS EN 12453:2017 Industrial, commercial and garage doors and gates. Safety in use of power operated doors. Requirements and test methods, 2018
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- 1 Scope
- 2 Normative references
- 3 Terms and definitions
- 4 List of significant hazards [Go to Page]
- 4.1 General
- 4.2 Hazards caused by crushing, shearing and drawing-in [Go to Page]
- 4.2.1 General
- 4.2.2 Hazards caused when person can travel with the door
- 4.2.3 Hazards caused by impact
- 4.3 Hazards caused by source of energy and power controls
- 4.4 Manual operation
- 4.5 Other hazards [Go to Page]
- 4.5.1 General
- 4.5.2 Hazards caused by pass doors
- 4.5.3 Hazards caused by imprisonment
- 4.5.4 Hazards caused by trapping
- 4.5.5 Hazards caused by falling or ejected parts or uncontrolled movement
- 4.5.6 Hazards caused by the locking devices
- 4.5.7 Hazards caused due to a loss of stability
- 4.5.8 Hazards caused by glazing material
- 4.5.9 Hazards caused by modification of settings
- 5 Safety requirements and/or protective measures [Go to Page]
- 5.1 General [Go to Page]
- 5.1.1 General requirements
- 5.1.2 Safety Function performed by control system
- 5.1.3 Minimum level of safeguarding at the main closing edge
- 5.2 Crushing, shearing and drawing-in [Go to Page]
- 5.2.1 General [Go to Page]
- 5.2.1.1 General
- 5.2.1.2 Gaps to avoid crushing, shearing and drawing in
- 5.2.1.3 Guards
- 5.2.1.4 Leaf surfaces and protruding parts
- 5.2.1.5 Hold-to-run-control mode of operation
- 5.2.1.6 Limitation of forces
- 5.2.1.7 Electro-Sensitive Protective Equipment (ESPE)
- 5.2.1.8 Supplementary device to reduce the probability of contact
- 5.2.2 Safeguarding against hazards caused when persons can travel with the door
- 5.2.3 Safeguarding against impact hazard
- 5.3 Source of energy and power controls [Go to Page]
- 5.3.1 General
- 5.3.2 Electrical drive units
- 5.3.3 Hydraulic drive units
- 5.3.4 Pneumatic drive units
- 5.3.5 Restart after unintended interruption
- 5.3.6 Supply disconnection
- 5.4 Manual operation [Go to Page]
- 5.4.1 General
- 5.4.2 Manual operation by direct movement of the door leaf
- 5.4.3 Manual operation directly applied to the drive unit
- 5.4.4 Balancing failure at manual operation
- 5.4.5 Human physical strength for manual operation of the door leaf
- 5.5 Other hazards [Go to Page]
- 5.5.1 Pass doors
- 5.5.2 Imprisonment
- 5.5.3 Trapping
- 5.5.4 Falling or ejected parts or uncontrolled movement
- 5.5.5 Locking devices
- 5.5.6 Loss of stability
- 5.5.7 Glazing material
- 5.5.8 Modification of setting
- 6 Verification of the safety requirements and/or protective measures [Go to Page]
- 6.1 General
- 6.2 Crushing, shearing and drawing-in points [Go to Page]
- 6.2.1 General [Go to Page]
- 6.2.1.1 General requirements
- 6.2.1.2 Safety distances
- 6.2.1.3 Guards
- 6.2.1.4 Leaf surfaces and protruding parts
- 6.2.1.5 Hold-to-run-control mode of operation
- 6.2.1.6 Limitation of forces
- 6.2.1.7 Electro-Sensitive protective equipment
- 6.2.1.8 Supplementary device to reduce the probability of contact
- 6.2.2 Crushing and shearing hazards, caused when persons can travel with the door
- 6.2.3 Impact hazard
- 6.3 Source of energy [Go to Page]
- 6.3.1 Electrical drive units
- 6.3.2 Hydraulic drive units
- 6.3.3 Pneumatic drive units
- 6.3.4 Restart after unintended interruption
- 6.3.5 Supply disconnection
- 6.4 Manual operation [Go to Page]
- 6.4.1 Manual operation by direct movement of the door leaf
- 6.4.2 Manual operation directly applied to the drive unit
- 6.4.3 Balancing failure at manual operation
- 6.4.4 Human physical strength for manual operation of the door leaf
- 6.5 Other hazards [Go to Page]
- 6.5.1 Pass doors
- 6.5.2 Imprisonment
- 6.5.3 Trapping
- 6.5.4 Falling or ejected parts or uncontrolled movement
- 6.5.5 Locking devices
- 6.5.6 Loss of stability
- 6.5.7 Glazing material
- 6.5.8 Modification of settings
- 7 Information for use [Go to Page]
- 7.1 General
- 7.2 Marking
- Annex A (normative)Limitation of forces [Go to Page]
- A.1 Specifications
- A.2 Admissible forces [Go to Page]
- A.2.1 Admissible impact forces
- A.2.2 Admissible force
- Annex B (informative)Examples of mechanical protection and safety distances [Go to Page]
- B.1 Examples of mechanical protection
- B.2 Examples of appropriate safety clearances and safety distances
- Annex C (normative)Force measuring method [Go to Page]
- C.1 General
- C.2 Measuring equipment [Go to Page]
- C.2.1 General
- C.2.2 Reference measuring equipment
- C.3 Points of measuring [Go to Page]
- C.3.1 General
- C.3.2 Sliding door [Go to Page]
- C.3.2.1 General
- C.3.2.2 Measuring between the main closing edge and the opposing edge, or between two main closing edges
- C.3.2.3 Measuring between the secondary edge of the leaf and neighbouring hard parts of the surroundings
- C.3.3 Hinged door [Go to Page]
- C.3.3.1 General
- C.3.3.2 Measuring between the main closing edge and the opposing closing edge, or between two main closing edges
- C.3.3.3 Measuring between the door leaf and neighbouring stiff parts of the surrounding
- C.3.4 Folding door [Go to Page]
- C.3.4.1 General
- C.3.4.2 Measuring between the main closing edge and the opposing closing edge or between the main closing edges
- C.3.4.3 Measuring between the folding leaf and neighbouring stiff parts of the surroundings
- C.3.5 Vertically moving doors [Go to Page]
- C.3.5.1 Measuring forces at the main closing edge
- C.3.5.2 Measuring forces between secondary closing edge and opposing edge
- C.3.6 Barriers
- Annex D (normative)Testing method for presence detection [Go to Page]
- D.1 General
- D.2 Test pieces
- D.3 Testing of supplementary device to be used with force limitation [Go to Page]
- D.3.1 General
- D.3.2 Testing of horizontal sliding and folding doors, and any type of vertically moving doors including barriers [Go to Page]
- D.3.2.1 Device active on one side or in line with the door
- D.3.2.2 Device active on both sides
- D.3.3 Testing of hinged doors [Go to Page]
- D.3.3.1 Device active to sense intrusion in the door leaf travel area
- D.4 Testing of presence detection system to be used without force limitation [Go to Page]
- D.4.1 Testing of horizontal sliding and folding doors, and any type of vertically moving doors including barriers [Go to Page]
- D.4.1.1 Device active only in the plane of the door leaf
- D.4.1.2 Device active in the hazardous area of the movement of the door leaf
- D.4.2 —Testing of hinged doors
- Annex E (informative)Safeguarding against dropping by other design features incorporated in the suspension system of vertically moving power operated door leaves
- Annex F (informative)Relationship between Hazards, Requirements and Test clauses
- Annex ZA (informative)Relationship between this European standard and the Essential Requirements of Directive 2006/42/EC aimed to be covered [Go to Page]
