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>BSI Standards >91 CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS AND BUILDING>91.140 Installations in buildings>91.140.90 Lifts. Escalators>BS 5655-14:1995 Lifts and service lifts Specification for hand-powered service lifts and platform hoists
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BS 5655-14:1995 Lifts and service lifts Specification for hand-powered service lifts and platform hoists

BS 5655-14:1995

Lifts and service lifts Specification for hand-powered service lifts and platform hoists

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Standard number:BS 5655-14:1995
Pages:16
Released:1995-12-15
ISBN:0 580 24732 5
Status:Standard
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BS 5655-14:1995


This standard BS 5655-14:1995 Lifts and service lifts is classified in these ICS categories:
  • 91.140.90 Lifts. Escalators

This Part of BS 5655 specifies requirements for the design, construction and installation of hand-powered service lifts and platform hoists which are designed for a maximum rated load of 250 kg. Such lifts are not suitable for carrying passengers.

This standard also specifies the minimum safety provisions relating to the operation and maintenance of these lifts and hoists.

This standard is applicable to lifts and hoists which are loaded either at floor level or above floor level and that are suspended by either steel-wire ropes or chains.

This standard does not apply to builders’ hoists or similar apparatus.