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Major changes
Increased safety requirements for passengers and service
personnel are the core of the new standard. It includes:
Passenger safety and comfort
Brighter car lighting
Improved clearance of light curtain to avoid smaller
objects being trapped
Improved strength and durability of car walls, car roof,
car doors and landing doors
Safety glass for mirrors
Higher requirements for fire resistance of car interiors
Building shrinkage considered in elevator design for
buildings higher than 40 meters to ensure ride quality
(> 40 m travel)
Wider emergency exit in the car roof
Service personnel safety
Larger permanent safety spaces in hoistway
headroom and pit
Brighter shaft illumination
Mandatory elevator control panel with
stop button in the hoistway pit
Improved strength and increased height
of balustrade on car roof
Improved strength of counterweight screen
in hoistway pit
EN 81-20/50 in brief
Issued by the CEN European Committee for
Standardization
Replaces EN 81-1 and EN 81-2
EN 81-20 defines the technical
requirements for elevator construction
EN 81-50 provides the framework for design
and testing of elevator components
The standard is binding as of 1.September
2017 for all new elevators
Balustrade
Improved strength and increased height
of balustrade on car roof
Car Lighting
Min 100 lux at 1m above floor
Car
New requirements on strength of car walls
Doors
Increased requirements on strength of
car and landing doors
Shaft Lighting
Min 50 lux in working areas
NIB-SM.FS81-20.EN.11.15