BS 6440:2011

This British Standard specifies requirements for the design, manufacture, installation, commissioning, testing, maintenance and dismantling of new permanently installed electrically powered vertical lifting platforms with the following characteristics:

• travelling vertically between predefined levels along a guided path where the inclination to the vertical does not exceed 15°;

• supported or sustained by wire ropes, chains, rack and pinion, hydraulic cylinder (direct or indirect), screw and nut or scissors mechanisms;

• having non-enclosed or partially enclosed liftways;

• having non-enclosed or partially enclosed carriers;

• having a rated speed that is not greater than 0.15 m/s;

• having a travel distance that is not greater than 3.0 m;

• sized for use with type A or type B wheelchairs conforming to BS EN 12183 and/or BS EN 12184.

It is applicable to lifting platforms that are intended primarily for the transport of persons with impaired mobility, with or without a wheelchair.

NOTE 1 The lifting platforms specified in this standard can be used in domestic or non-domestic premises, and can be installed indoors or outdoors. Their installation in some premises might not be practicable.

NOTE 2 Although this British Standard is applicable to new lifting platforms, it can also be used as guidance for the refurbishment and re-installation of existing lifting platforms.