1、July 2009DEUTSCHE NORM English price group 16No part of this standard may be reproduced without prior permission ofDIN Deutsches Institut fr Normung e. V., Berlin. Beuth Verlag GmbH, 10772 Berlin, Germany,has the exclusive right of sale for German Standards (DIN-Normen).ICS 53.080!$XTg“1534968www.di
2、n.deDDIN EN 1398Dock levellers Safety requirementsEnglish version of DIN EN 1398:2009-07Ladebrcken SicherheitsanforderungenEnglische Fassung DIN EN 1398:2009-07SupersedesDIN EN 1398:1997-11See start of validitywww.beuth.deDocument comprises pages37DIN EN 1398:2009-07 Start of validity This standard
3、takes effect on 1 July 2009. DIN EN 1398:1997-11 remains valid until 28 December 2009. National foreword This standard includes safety requirements. This standard has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 98 “Lifting platforms“ (Secretariat: DIN, Germany). The responsible German body involved
4、in its preparation was the Normenausschuss Maschinenbau (Mechanical Engineering Standards Committee), Section Frdertechnik, Technical Committee NA 060-22-25 Ladebrcken. Representatives of manufacturers and users of dock levellers, and of the employers liability insurance associations contributed to
5、this standard. This standard contains specifications meeting the essential requirements set out in Annex I of the “Machinery Directive”, Directive 98/37/EC (valid until 28 December 2009), and the “revised Machinery Directive”, Directive 2006/42/EC, which takes effect on 29 December 2009, and which a
6、pply to dock levellers that are either first placed on the market or commissioned within the EEA. This standard serves to facilitate proof of compliance with the essential requirements of the directives. Once this standard is cited in the Official Journal of the European Union, it is deemed a “harmo
7、nized“ standard and thus, a manufacturer applying this standard may assume compliance with the requirements of the Machinery Directive (“presumption of conformity”). The European Standards referred to in clause 2 and in the bibliography of the EN have been published as the corresponding DIN EN or DI
8、N EN ISO Standards with the same number. The International Standards and other publications referred to in this document have been published as the corresponding DIN ISO Standards, except for that below, which corresponds as follows: HD 60364-4-41:2007 DIN VDE 0100-410:2007-06 Amendments This standa
9、rd differs from DIN EN 1398:1997-11 as follows: a) The specifications regarding applicable forces and loads, in particular those relevant for different load combinations, have been completely revised. b) The contact area used in design calculations to account for the wheel load of fork lift trucks h
10、as been redefined. c) The specifications regarding maximum permanent deformation of deck plate sheets have been amended. d) The required torsional flexibility has been specified. e) Specifications for marking dock levellers have been included. f) The standard has been editorially revised. Previous e
11、ditions DIN 15126: 1989-09 DIN EN 1398: 1997-11 2 DIN EN 1398:2009-07 National Annex NA (informative) Bibliography DIN VDE 0100-410:2007-06, Low-voltage electrical installations Part 4-41: Protection for safety Protection against electric shock (IEC 60364-4-41:2005, modified) 3 DIN EN 1398:2009-07 4
12、 This page is intentionally blank EUROPEAN STANDARD NORME EUROPENNE EUROPISCHE NORM EN 1398 March 2009 ICS 53.080 Supersedes EN 1398:1997 English Version Dock levellers Safety requirements Rampes ajustables Prescriptions de scurit Ladebrcken Sicherheitsanforderungen This European Standard was approv
13、ed by CEN on 14 February 2009. 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 national
14、standards may be obtained on application to the CEN Management Centre 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 notifi
15、ed to the CEN Management Centre has the same status as theofficial versions. CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France,Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta,
16、 Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania,Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom. EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR STANDARDIZATION COMIT EUROPEN DE NORMALISATION EUROPISCHES KOMITEE FR NORMUNG Management Centre: Avenue Marnix 17, B-1000 Brussels 2009 CEN All rights of exploita
17、tion in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CEN national Members. Ref. No. EN 1398:2009: EEN 1398:2009 (E) 2 Contents Page Foreword 4 Introduction .5 1 Scope 6 2 Normative references 7 3 Terms and definitions .8 4 List of significant hazards . 10 5 Safety requirements and/or protective
18、measures . 12 5.1 Calculations and dimensions 12 5.2 General safety requirements and protective measures 16 5.3 Additional requirements for manually operated dock levellers . 19 5.4 Additional requirements for power-operated dock levellers . 20 6 Verification of the safety requirements and/or the pr
19、otective measures . 24 7 Information for use . 25 7.1 General . 25 7.2 Marking 25 7.3 Instructions for use 25 7.4 Instructions for maintenance and inspection 26 Annex A (informative) Examples of suitable tests 28 A.1 General . 28 A.2 Stability test . 28 A.3 Function test of the automatic safety devi
20、ce . 30 Annex ZA (informative) Relationship between this European Standard and the Essential Requirements of EU Directive 98/37/EC . 31 Annex ZB (informative) Relationship between this European Standard and the Essential Requirements of EU Directive 2006/42/EC . 32 Bibliography . 33 Figures Figure 1
21、 Types of dock levellers 6 Figure 2 Main parts of a dock leveller . 9 Figure 3 Position of contact areas 14 Figure 4 Max. permanent deformation of bridge deck sheets 15 Figure 5 Safeguarding of crushing and shearing hazards . 18 Figure A.1 Stability test for load case 1 29 Figure A.2 Stability test
22、for load case 2 29 Figure A.3 Max. deformation of bridge deck sheets 29 DIN EN 1398:2009-07 EN 1398:2009 (E) 3 Tables Table 1 Significant hazards and safety requirements 11 Table 2 Applicable factors and loads at different load combinations 13 Table 3 Means of verification of the safety requirements
23、 and measures 24 DIN EN 1398:2009-07 EN 1398:2009 (E) 4 Foreword This document (EN 1398:2009) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 98 “Lifting platforms”, the secretariat of which is held by DIN. This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publicatio
24、n of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by September 2009, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by September 2009. Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. CEN and/or CENELEC s
25、hall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. This document supersedes EN 1398:1997. 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 EC Directive(s).
26、For relationship with EC Directive(s), see informative Annexes ZA and ZB, which are integral parts of this document. According to the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bul
27、garia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. DIN EN 1398:2009-07 EN 139
28、8:2009 (E) 5 Introduction This European Standard is a type C-standard as defined in EN ISO 12100. The machinery concerned and the extent to which hazards, hazardous situations and hazardous events are covered are indicated in the scope of this European Standard. In addition, machinery shall comply a
29、s appropriate with EN ISO 12100 for hazards which are not covered by this European Standard. Where provisions of this type C standard are different from those which are stated in type A or B standards, the provisions of this type C standard take precedence over the provisions of the other standards,
30、 for machines that have been designed and built according to the provisions of this type C standard. DIN EN 1398:2009-07 EN 1398:2009 (E) 6 1 Scope 1.1 This European Standard specifies the safety requirements for design, construction, installation, maintenance and testing of dock levellers and for s
31、afety components on dock levellers. With the exception of: a) dock levellers for marine and aircraft applications; b) lifting tables; c) vehicle mounted tail lifts. NOTE 1 Requirements for lifting tables are laid down in EN 1570. NOTE 2 Requirements for vehicle mounted tail lifts are laid down in EN
32、 1756-1. 1.2 This European Standard is applicable to dock levellers which are used by persons and/or manual or power driven transport equipment (e. g. forklift trucks) as traffic paths between goods vehicles, both road vehicles and rail wagons, and parts of buildings such as loading docks. This stan
33、dard does not deal with other bridging devices not shown in Figure 1. a) Bridge plate (dock plate) manually operated, mobile b) Manually or power operated dockleveller, fixed at the dock edge c) Manually operated dock leveller, installed in a pit, hinged lip d) Power operated dock leveller, installe
34、d in a pit, telescopic or hinged lip Figure 1 Types of dock levellers NOTE Only dock levellers fitted with a drive system other than directly applied human effort are machines in the sense of the Machinery Directive. 1.3 This European Standard specifies requirements in order to protect persons and o
35、bjects against accidents and health problems and damage during use and operation of dock levellers. DIN EN 1398:2009-07 EN 1398:2009 (E) 7 Persons to protect are: a) operators and users; b) maintaining and inspecting personnel; c) persons near the dock leveller. Objects to be protected are: d) goods
36、 on dock levellers; e) transport equipment on dock levellers. 1.4 The significant hazards of dock levellers are listed in Clause 4. These hazards have been identified by risk assessment according to EN ISO 12100-2 and require actions to avoid the hazard, or to reduce the risk, which are covered in C
37、lause 5. 1.5 The safety requirements are based on the assumption that the dock levellers are regularly maintained by competent persons to the instructions of the manufacturer and that the operating person has been instructed in the use of the dock leveller. 1.6 This European Standard is not applicab
38、le to dock levellers which are manufactured before the date of its publication as EN. 1.7 This European Standard deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events relevant to dock Levellers, when they are used as intended and under the conditions foreseen by the manufacturer (see C
39、lause 4). 2 Normative references The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies. EN 349, Safety o
40、f machinery Minimum gaps to avoid crushing of parts of the human body EN 982, Safety of machinery Safety requirements for fluid power systems and their components Hydraulics EN 983, Safety of machinery Safety requirements for fluid power systems and their components Pneumatics EN 60204-1:2006, Safet
41、y of machinery Electrical equipment of machines Part 1: General requirements (IEC 60204-1:2005, modified) EN 60529:1991, Degrees of protection provided by enclosures (IP code) (IEC 60529:1989) EN 60947-4-1, Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear Part 4-1: Contactors and motor-starters; Electromechan
42、ical contactors and motor-starters (IEC 60947-4-1:2000) EN 60947-4-2, Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear Part 4-2: Contactors and motor-starters AC semiconductor motor controllers and starters (IEC 60947-4-2:1999) EN ISO 12100-1:2003, Safety of machinery Basic concepts, general principles for de
43、sign Part 1: Basic terminology, methodology (ISO 12100-1:2003) DIN EN 1398:2009-07 EN 1398:2009 (E) 8 EN ISO 12100-2:2003, Safety of machinery Basic concepts, general principles for design Part 2: Technical principles (ISO 12100-2:2003) EN ISO 13849-1:2008, Safety of machinery Safety related parts o
44、f control systems Part 1: General principles for design (ISO 13849-1:2006) EN ISO 13850, Safety of machinery Emergency stop Principles for design (ISO 13850:2006) ISO 11228-1, Ergonomics Manual handling Part 1: Lifting and carrying ISO 11228-2, Ergonomics Manual handling Part 2: Pushing and pulling
45、CENELEC HD 60364-4-41, Low-voltage electrical installations Part 4-41: Protection for safety Protection against electric shock (IEC 60364-4-41:2005, modified) 3 Terms and definitions For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in EN ISO 12100-1:2003 and the following apply. 3.
46、1 dock leveller static or mobile device to bridge the space between a loading dock or similar loading areas and the loading surface of a vehicle which may be at different levels NOTE 1 Dock levellers may be built as: a) manually operated, mobile dock leveller, called bridge plate or dock board, see
47、Figure 1a); b) power operated dock leveller built into a loading dock or fixed at the edge of a dock, see Figure 1b) and d); c) manually operated dock leveller built in to a loading dock or fixed to the edge of a dock, see Figure 1b) and c). NOTE 2 Dock levellers are provided for loading and unloadi
48、ng operations and are not designed to lift or lower loads. NOTE 3 The lifting or lowering mechanism is only provided to make alterations in the position of the unloaded dock leveller. 3.2 dock board/bridge plate dock leveller, consisting of a manually operated plate, suspended or loose 3.3 latched d
49、ock leveller dock leveller which is held in a certain position by a positively engaged locking device 3.4 bridge deck part of the dock leveller in the form of a plate which is used as traffic path for persons and/or transport equipment, but excluding the lip (see Figure 2) DIN EN 1398:2009-07 EN 1398:2009 (E) 9 Key 1 Bridge deck 2 Bearer 3 Hinged lip Figure 2 Main parts of a dock leveller 3.5 bearer supporting part of a dock leveller in the form of a beam, fixed at the under side of th
