Standards

Wire rope discard criteria. The intent is to introduce the possibility of supporting the visual examination of the ropes with a non-destructive test

Guidance in the use of ISO 8100-32:2020, “Planning and selection of passenger lifts to be installed in office, hotel and residential buildings”

By Giovanni Varisco (Article appeared for the first time on Elevatori magazine n. 1  2018) The EN 81-21 harmonised standard was born over 20 years ago together with the drafting of the first EN [...]

By Giovanni Varisco I enjoy very much speaking about standards... They completely permeate our everyday life following constantly its evolution...

One of the major problems reported by lift operators, and especially arising during the periodic and extraordinary checks pursuant to articles 13-14 of the Italian Presidential Decree 162/99, was [...]

UNI (the Italian Standards Authority) has made available, now free of charge from its website, the technical standards that previously could only be obtained for a fee, stating the safety and [...]

We are continuing with this article to deal with two harmonised European standards which are of fundamental importance for lifts in buildings with fire risks.

In the present article, we remain focused on the two harmonised European standards that are of fundamental importance for lifts in buildings with a fire risk

With this article, we will bring to the fore the discussion of two harmonised European standards that are of fundamental importance for lifts in buildings with a fire risk

We will continue by examining the characteristics of the standard EN 81-22, entering more specifically and in more depth into the requirements laid down by it