This European Standard deals with the safety requirements for the following types of power-operated storage equipment:
- storage carousels;
- storage lifts;
- mobile shelving, pallet racking and cantilever racking
with the objective of eliminating or minimising the hazards described in Clause 4. These hazards can arise during installation, starting up, operation, maintenance, testing and dismantling of the equipment.
1.2 It is essential that the safety requirements and/or measures taken in this standard be applied to storage equipment which operates indoors. Under difficult conditions, it is essential that additional hazard analysis and safety measures be taken into account, e. g. outdoor conditions, freezer applications, high temperatures, corrosive environment, strong magnetic fields, risk of explosive atmosphere, radioactive conditions, storage goods which due to their nature could generate hazardous situations (e. g. molten metal, acids/alkalis, fragile goods or explosives), effects of earthquakes and also contact with food. 1.3 Examples of power-operated storage equipment to which this standard applies are shown in Annex A. 1.4 With regard to buildings and parts of buildings, this standard applies only insofar that an assessment regarding hazards and risks in connection with interfaces to the storage equipment is carried out. 1.5 Storage equipment whose only power source is directly used human labour or gravity are excluded from the scope of application of this standard. 1.6 Power-operated storage equipment or parts of them do not fall under the regulations for passenger lifts. They are intended to handle and store goods. They are not intended to transport passengers under normal use (except for maintenance) and therefore not considered to be lifts (elevators). 1.7 This standard does not take hazards into account, which arise from noisy environments or environments subject to electromagnetic interference outside the range quoted in EN 61000-6-2.