This European Standard specifies additional safety requirements for bicable reversible aerial ropeways without carrier truck brakes. This document is applicable to the various types of cableway installations and takes into account their environment.
This Part of the EN 12929 contains:
- additional requirements relating to the integrity of the haul rope loop;
- additional requirements intended to prevent specific operational incidents;
- requirements concerning the attachment of the carriers to the haul rope.
This European Standard does not apply to cableway installations for transportation of goods nor to lifts.