CEN PREN 12927 PDF

This European Standard specifies the safety requirements applicable to:

- selection criteria for ropes and their end fixings,

- safety factors (excluding brake ropes and ropes for installations used for the transportation of goods, nor to inclined lifts),

- discard criteria,

- storage, handling, transportation and installation (including tensioning, connecting and/or splicing),

- long splicing of 6 strand hauling, carrying hauling and towing ropes,

- end fixings,

- inspection, repair and maintenance,

and the minimum requirements applicable to:

- MRT and radiographic equipments and procedures for the examination of steel wire ropes.

This standard is not applicable to installations for the transportation of goods nor to inclined lifts.