What is BS EN 13796-3- Fatigue testing for carriers designed to carry persons about?
BS EN 13796 discusses safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons. BS EN 13796-3 is an international standard that provides fatigue testing for carriers designed to carry persons for transportation.
BS EN 13796-3 is the third part of a multi-part series that outlines the safety requirements applicable to carriers for cableway installations for passenger transportation. BS EN 13796-3 applies to the various types of installations and considers their environment.
BS EN 13796-3 sets out the requirements to be met for fatigue tests for carriers of unidirectional mono cable aerial ropeways of capacity not greater than 16 persons according to EN 13796-1.
Note: BS EN 13796-3 does not apply to installations for the transportation of goods nor to lifts.
Who is BS EN 13796-3- Fatigue testing for carriers designed to carry persons for?
BS EN 13796-3 on fatigue testing for carriers designed to carry persons is useful for:
- Manufacturers and installers of cableways designed to carry persons
- Operators, Engineers, and developers of cableway designed to carry persons
- Test centers
- Regulatory bodies
Why should you use BS EN 13796-3- Fatigue testing for carriers designed to carry persons?
The cableway is a system for hoisting and hauling bulk materials, consisting of a cable or pair of cables suspended between two towers, on which travels a carriage from which a bucket is suspended: used in carrying persons heavy construction work, in storage plants, etc.
Fatigue testing is a method for determining the behavior of materials under fluctuating loads. A specified mean load (which may be zero) and alternating loads are applied to the specimen and the number of cycles required to produce failure (fatigue life) is recorded.
BS EN 13796-3 guidelines assist you with general requirements, parts to be tested, information to be supplied by the manufacturer, examination before the test, test requirements, test parameters, an inspection of test pieces after the test, evaluation of the test results, conclusion for fatigue testing for carriers designed to carry persons.
This supports in conducting fatigue testing for carriers effectively to provide reliable results that are comparable to other test centers.
What’s changed since the last update?
BS EN 13796-3:2017 supersedes EN 13796-3:2005, which is withdrawn. BS EN 13796-3:2017 has made some technical changes compared to the previous edition EN 13796-3:2005. These includes:
- In Clause 7, 6th indent, the manufacturing tests pursuant to EN 13796-1 and the results thereof are added to the documents requested to the testing laboratory manufacturer by replacing the testing procedure stipulated in Subclause 11.1
- In Subclause 11.1, the methods for inspecting test specimens following the test are amended