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Georges SCHEMM: Advisor to Syndicat des industries de matériels de manutention (SIMMA)
INTRODUCTION
Passenger elevators fall into two main categories: elevators connected to a building, which are covered by article and the mobile elevators discussed in this article.
These are machines used to move people through space to a working position at heights ranging from a few meters to several dozen meters.
The work cab is referred to either as a work platform or a work basket, the latter term being most often used for workstations designed for a single operator.
Platform lifts first appeared in 1970, and expanded from 1980 onwards thanks to the growth of the rental system.
They are used either for maintenance work inside or outside buildings, or outdoors for power line installation, pruning, building construction or unloading aircraft, for example.
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Devices for lifting persons
Definition and classification
Trade magazines
Manumag lifting (F)
Access international (GB)
Logistiques magazine (F)
Logistics strategy (F)
Safety brochures
Lifting people safely - INRS (1999)
Practical guide to personnel lifting - OPPBTP
Safety data sheet C 306 - Platform elevators with elevating operator's platform - OPPBTP
CNAM R 332 - Machinery working near bare electrical conductors
CNAM R 257 - The use of personnel elevators on carriers
Regulations - Standardization
Machinery" Directive n 89/392 modified by n 91/368 included in French regulations by decrees n 92/765, 92/766 and 92/767
Directive n 89/655 modified by 95/63 transposed into French law by decree n 93/40 and 93/41
Standard EN 280 - Mobile elevating work platforms - Design calculations - Stability criteria - Construction - Safety - Examination and testing. December...
Organizations
Syndicat des industries de matériels de manutention - SIMMA http://www.simma.com/
Union des industries d'équipement pour la construction, les infrastructures, la métallurgie - MTPS http://www.mtps.org/
Syndicat des entreprises internationales...
Manufacturers
Readers are also referred to the Syndicat des industriels de manutention (SIMMA): http://www.simma.com
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