Convene seminar the committee member of CEN/TC10
New Era Of European Standard In 2010 E/S¡¦EN 115 will be Diminished, EN 115-1 will Replace it Applying Maintenance¡¤Risk Assessment, Compromising Each Countries Opinions
From the beginning of next year, newly revised European standards for lifts will be applied. Accordingly, whole the world pay attention to the new standards. Also, in Korea, KATS(Korea Agency of Technologies and Standards) show much interesting on the correct jurisdiction and interpretation of the standards. On this, the place for studying the new standards EN115-1 which replacing EN115 was prepared. 40 more participants coming from business party, inspection institutes joined the seminar and this seminar is evaluated as helpful chance for elevator business. The seminar was held with the presentation from Mr. Eddycasey who work for working group member of CEN/TC10 on 25th last month, in Education and Culture Center located in Yang-Jae dong, Seoul. The one of main issue dealt by working group 2 is escalator&moving walk part, the new standards is upgraded and revised from EN115. The new standards was revised to include all the escalator standards, maintenance and risk measuring methods. Especially, the new standard is classified as part so that it is easy to find the related sentence. For example, the safety related contents are in the 5 article of EN115-1.
"Continuous maintenance according to life cycle is solution for preventing accident" The new standard focus on the countermeasure of safety related accidents. Meanwhile, in Europe, many accidents have been happened on the guide rail or handrail. So, the newly installed products according to the new standard shall have higher and wider guide to prevent these kinds of accidents. Especially in Korea, skirt brush in escalator have been mandatory for preventing stuck accidents and no-skirt brushed escalators installed before 2004 have it through maintenance. Mr. Eddycasey sad ¡°In British union, the skirt brush have been mandatory for 25 years and the related accident rate is almost Zero¡± and added ¡°These kinds of parts give much affect on preventing accidents but more important thing is maintenance according to life cycle¡±. The new standard require new tests on steps and pallets. Meanwhile only press test is required but in new standard require side force and twisting analysis. Also, require alarm device for broken steps or pallets. On the other hands, 'CEN/TC10' already transmitted new draft dated December 2005. From January next year, new draft which minimizing dispute will be issued. The new standard is already applied in some countries. Mr. Eddycasey sad ¡°After transient period by 2010, Europe will apply new standard¡±. So, old EN115 will be disappeared to history.
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