oSIST prEN 12453:2005

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-maj-2005
Vrata v industrijske in javne prostore ter garažna vrata - Varnost pri uporabi
pogonskega mehanizma - Zahteve
Industrial, commercial and garage doors and gates - Safety in use of power operated
doors - Requirements
Tore - Nutzungssicherheit kraftbetätigter Tore - Anforderungen
Portes et portails industriels, commerciaux et de garage - Sécurité a l'utilisation des
portes motorisées - Exigences
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: prEN 12453
ICS:
91.060.50 Vrata in okna Doors and windows
91.090 Konstrukcije zunaj stavb External structures
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD
DRAFT
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
March 2005
ICS Will supersede EN 12453:2000
English version
Industrial, commercial and garage doors and gates - Safety in
use of power operated doors - Requirements
Portes et portails industriels, commerciaux et de garage - Tore - Nutzungssicherheit kraftbetätigter Tore -
Sécurité à l'utilisation des portes motorisées - Exigences Anforderungen
This draft European Standard is submitted to CEN members for enquiry. It has been drawn up by the Technical Committee CEN/TC 33.

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stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration.

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Warning : This document is not a European Standard. It is distributed for review and comments. It is subject to change without notice and
shall not be referred to as a European Standard.

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Contents Page
Foreword.3
Introduction .4
1 Scope .5
2 Normative references .6
3 Terms and definitions .7
4 List of significant hazards .7
5 Safety requirements and/or protective measures.10
6 Marking .20
7 Instructions for use .20
8 Verification of the safety requirements .22
Annex A (normative) Limitation of forces .23
A.1 Specifications.23
A.2 Admissible dynamic forces .24
A.2.1 Admissible dynamic force .24
A.2.2 Admissible static force .24
Annex B (informative) Examples of hazardous locations .25
Annex C (normative) List of hazards, hazardous situations and hazardous events.26
Annex D (informative) Examples of mechanical protection and safety distances .28
D.1 Examples of guards.28
D.2 Examples of appropriate safety clearances and safety distances.29
Annex E (informative) Relationship between requirements for safety in use and relevant test
methods .32
Annex ZA (informative) Relationship between this European Document and the Essential
Requirements of EU Directive 98/37/EC .33
Bibliography .34

Foreword
This document (prEN 12453:2005) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 33 “Doors, windows,
shutters, building hardware and curtain walling”, the secretariat of which is held by AFNOR.
This document is currently submitted to the CEN Enquiry.
This document will supersede EN 12453:2000.
Introduction
This document is a type C document as stated in EN 1070.
The machinery concerned and the extent to which hazards, hazardous situations and events are covered are
indicated in the scope of this document.
When provisions of this type C document are different from those which are stated in type A or B documents,
the provisions of this type C document take precedence over the provisions of the other documents, for
machines that have been designed and built according to the provisions of this type C document.
This document has been prepared to meet the needs of manufacturers, users and safety enforcement
authorities, with the primary purpose of providing design and performance for safety in use of power operated
industrial, commercial and garage doors and gates used by vehicular and pedestrian traffic.
With the aim of clarifying the intention of this document and avoiding doubts when reading it, it was assumed
when producing it that negotiation occurred between the manufacturer and the professional installer
concerning:
 components to be kept in good repair or working order
 negotiation between the manufacturer and the user concerning the specificity of the use, the intended
users and place of use of the door
 all parts of door installations, whether fixed or moving, including the fixing and assembling means, to be in
all respects of good construction, suitable material, adequate strength and free from obvious defects for
their intended working life
 the design to be in accordance with European technical rules taking into account the most unfavourable
static and dynamic forces occurring during the operation and all failure modes.
For the purpose of this document it is assumed that manually operated balanced doors with an out of balance
of not more than 150 N are fully manual doors (and out of the scope of the Machinery Directive).
1 Scope
1.1 General
This document specifies the safety requirements in regard of the safety in use for any type of power operated
doors, gates and barriers or their components intended for installation in areas in the reach of people and for
which the main intended uses are giving safe access for goods and vehicles accompanied or driven by
persons in industrial, commercial and residential premises.
This document also covers commercial doors such as rolling shutters and rolling grilles used in retail premises
which are mainly provided for the access of persons rather than vehicles or goods.
This document deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events relevant to the power
operation of doors, gates and barriers, as identified in Annex C.
1.2 Exclusions
It does not apply to
 lock gates and dock gates;
 doors on lifts;
 doors on vehicles;
 armoured doors;
 doors mainly for the retention of animals;
 theatre textile curtains;
 horizontally moving doors less than 2,5 m wide and 6,25 m area, designed principally for pedestrian use;
 revolving doors of any size;
 doors outside the reach of people (such as crane gantry fences);
 railway barriers;
 barriers used solely for vehicles.
Also this document does not apply to power operated doors, gates and barriers which are manufactured
before the date of publication of this document by CEN.
1.3 Specific applications
Doors, gates and barriers can be of sliding, sidefolding, tilting, pivoting, rolling, vertical lifting and other types
with many variances for each type. If not specified otherwise, the word “door” refers to any of these types and
variances of doors, gates and barriers.
In the following, a power-operated door is considered as a whole. Nevertheless such a door can be the result
of the implementation of a drive unit onto a manual door. In that case, this document is applicable for the
completed final installation.
Requirements for specific characteristics (such as fire resistance, blast-resistance, acoustic, escape route
function, burglar resistance or thermal insulation, etc.) which certain doors are required to comply with, are not
specified in this document. If the specifications of a standard on the special characteristics of such doors are
in conflict with the requirements of this document, that standard has preference.
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 294, Safety of machinery — Safety distances to prevent danger zones being reached by the upper limbs.
EN 349, Safety of machinery — Minimum gaps to avoid crushing of parts of the human body.
EN 418, Safety of machinery — Emergency stop equipment, functional aspects — Principles for design.
EN 954-1, Safety of Machinery — Safety related parts of control systems — Part 1: General principle for
design.
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 1070, Safety of machinery — Terminology.
EN 12433-1, Industrial, commercial and garage doors and gates — Terminology — Part 1: Types of doors.
EN 12433-2, Industrial, commercial and garage doors and gates — Terminology — Part 2: Parts of doors.
prEN 12445:2005, Industrial, commercial and garage doors and gates — Safety in use of power operated
doors — Test methods.
prEN 12604:2005, Industrial, commercial and garage doors and gates — Mechanical aspects —
Requirements.
EN 12978:2003, Industrial, commercial and garage doors and gates — Safety devices — Requirements and
test methods.
EN 13241-1, Industrial, commercial and garage doors and gates — Product document –Part 1: products
without fire resistance or smoke control characteristics.
EN 60335-2-95:2001, Safety of household and similar electrical appliances — Part 2-95: Particular
requirements for drives for vertically moving garage doors for residential use (IEC 60335-2-95:1998, modified).
EN 60335-2-103:2003, Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 2-103: Particular
requirements for drives for gates, doors and windows (IEC 60335-2-103:2002);
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this European Standard, the terms and definitions given in EN 1070, EN 12433-1,
EN 12433-2 and EN 12978:2003 and the following apply.
NOTE Whenever the term “door” is used in this document, it shall be deemed to cover the full scope of types and
variances of doors, gates and barriers defined in EN 12433-1.
3.1
inherent protective equipment
protective equipment integrated into the drive system which is actuated by the variations of the input and/or
the output characteristics of the drive itself, in order to provide protection against hazards
3.2
domestic garage door
door used on a domestic garage which is provided for one single household only and where the door does not
protrude into a public area
4 List of significant hazards
4.1 General
This clause contains all the significant hazards, hazardous situations and events, as far as they are dealt with
in this document, identified by risk assessment as significant for this type of machinery and which require
action to eliminate or reduce the risk.
As the main function of a door is to open up or close off an opening, the actual movement of the door can
produce hazardous situations for persons, goods and vehicles in the vicinity which by nature cannot all be
avoided by design.
The p
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