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BS EN 17206:2020 Entertainment technology. Machinery for stages and other production areas. Safety requirements and inspections, 2021
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- 1 Scope
- 2 Normative references
- 3 Terms and definitions [Go to Page]
- 3.1 General terms
- 3.2 Loads, forces and pressures
- 3.3 Electrical equipment and control systems
- 3.4 Tolerances relating to movement
- 4 Hazards [Go to Page]
- 4.1 General
- 4.2 List of Significant Hazards
- 5 Design requirements [Go to Page]
- 5.1 General
- 5.2 Examples of machine installations showing the groups
- 5.3 Load assumptions for stage elevators
- 5.4 Load bearing equipment [Go to Page]
- 5.4.1 General
- 5.4.2 Load bearing lines [Go to Page]
- 5.4.2.1 Wire ropes
- 5.4.2.2 Chains
- 5.4.3 Load bearing lines terminations [Go to Page]
- 5.4.3.1 Wire rope terminations
- 5.4.3.2 Detachable wire rope terminations
- 5.4.3.3 Fixed or Non-detachable wire rope terminations
- 5.4.3.4 Load Hooks
- 5.4.3.5 End connections for steel chains
- 5.5 Winding devices and diverter pulleys [Go to Page]
- 5.5.1 Winding devices for wire ropes
- 5.5.2 Diverter pulleys for round wire ropes
- 5.5.3 Drive and idler sprockets for steel chains
- 5.6 Drive systems [Go to Page]
- 5.6.1 General
- 5.6.2 Screw jack systems (spindle drives)
- 5.6.3 Hydraulic systems
- 5.6.4 Auxiliary drive systems
- 5.6.5 Manual systems
- 5.7 Load carrying devices
- 6 Safeguarding hazardous areas [Go to Page]
- 6.1 Protective spaces for inspection and maintenance
- 6.2 Accessibility of maintenance areas
- 6.3 Safeguarding at crushing, shearing and trapping points, and fall protection
- 6.4 Elevator shaft walls, openings and landing doors [Go to Page]
- 6.4.1 General
- 6.4.2 Interlocking of doors
- 6.5 Counterweights
- 7 Electrical equipment and control systems [Go to Page]
- 7.1 General requirements [Go to Page]
- 7.1.1 General
- 7.1.2 Selection of equipment
- 7.1.3 Physical environment and operation conditions [Go to Page]
- 7.1.3.1 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC)
- 7.1.3.2 Ambient air temperature and humidity
- 7.2 Incoming supply conductor terminations and devices for disconnecting and switching off [Go to Page]
- 7.2.1 Electric motors and associated equipment
- 7.2.2 Protection against electric shock
- 7.2.3 Protection of equipment [Go to Page]
- 7.2.3.1 General
- 7.2.3.2 Protection under fault conditions
- 7.2.3.3 Cutting off power
- 7.2.4 Control circuits and control functions [Go to Page]
- 7.2.4.1 General
- 7.2.4.2 Control devices
- 7.2.4.3 Enabling devices
- 7.2.4.4 Cable-less control devices
- 7.2.5 Travel of groups of machines [Go to Page]
- 7.2.5.1 General
- 7.2.5.2 Travel of several groups
- 7.3 Safety functions and control functions in the event of failure [Go to Page]
- 7.3.1 General
- 7.3.2 Providing redundancy
- 7.3.3 Hazardous operating conditions
- 7.3.4 Safety devices and safety functions [Go to Page]
- 7.3.4.1 General
- 7.3.4.2 Limitation of travel
- 7.3.4.3 Providing protection when characteristic loads are exceeded (Overload Protection)
- 7.3.4.4 Providing protection in underload or slack conditions
- 7.3.4.5 Providing protection against improper winding
- 7.3.4.6 Providing protection when wear limits of screw jacks are reached
- 7.3.4.7 Providing protection when speed regulators fail
- 7.3.4.8 Providing protection against over-speed conditions
- 7.3.4.9 Providing protection against brake failure
- 7.3.4.10 Protection against power source failure
- 7.3.4.11 Protection against structural overload
- 7.3.4.12 Providing protection against drive transmission failure
- 7.3.4.13 Providing protection against crushing and shearing
- 7.3.4.14 Prevention of hazardous collision with other machines
- 7.3.4.15 Protection against incorrect positions of machines
- 7.3.4.16 Protection against moving into open pit areas
- 7.3.4.17 Protection against creating a hazardous zone
- 7.3.4.18 Protection against dangerous door access
- 7.3.4.19 Protection against loss of group synchronisation
- 7.3.5 Means for testing safety devices and safety functions [Go to Page]
- 7.3.5.1 General
- 7.3.5.2 Muting (override) of safety functions
- 7.4 Emergency stop functions [Go to Page]
- 7.4.1 Emergency stop
- 7.4.2 Actuators for and design of emergency stop functions
- 7.5 Complementary Protective Measures [Go to Page]
- 7.5.1 General
- 7.5.2 Limitation of number of simultaneous moving machines
- 7.5.3 Protection against unplanned load deviations (load profile monitoring)
- 7.6 Electronic and programmable electronic systems (E/PES) [Go to Page]
- 7.6.1 General
- 7.6.2 Programmable controllers
- 7.6.3 Use of programmable electronic systems (E/E/PES) to implement safety functions
- 7.7 Use of electronic and programmable electronic systems (E/PES) without safety functions
- 7.8 Operator interfaces, control devices and contactors [Go to Page]
- 7.8.1 General
- 7.8.2 Requirements for contactors
- 7.9 Marking, warning signs and reference designations
- 7.10 Testing and validation of electrical systems [Go to Page]
- 7.10.1 General
- 7.10.2 Scope of routine testing
- 7.11 Validation and verification of functional safety systems
- 8 Documentation [Go to Page]
- 8.1 General
- 8.2 Technical data to be included [Go to Page]
- 8.2.1 General
- 8.2.2 User information for safety functions
- 8.3 Marking [Go to Page]
- 8.3.1 General
- 8.3.2 Entertainment load limit
- 8.3.3 Supplementary loading information
- 8.3.4 Machinery
- 8.3.5 Remote operation
- 8.4 Documentation and information [Go to Page]
- 8.4.1 General
- 8.4.2 Operating manual [Go to Page]
- 8.4.2.1 General
- 8.4.2.2 Description
- 8.4.2.3 Instruction book reference
- 8.4.2.4 Use
- 8.4.2.5 Operator qualification
- 8.4.2.6 Control
- 8.4.2.7 Vigilance
- 8.4.2.8 Special requirements
- 8.4.3 Installation Instructions [Go to Page]
- 8.4.3.1 General
- 8.4.3.2 Handling
- 8.4.3.3 Mounting details
- 8.4.3.4 Installation
- 8.4.3.5 Commissioning
- 8.4.3.6 Installation load testing
- 8.4.4 Repair and maintenance instructions [Go to Page]
- 8.4.4.1 General
- 8.4.4.2 Repairs, adjustment, lubrication and replacements
- 8.4.4.3 Repairs, adjustments and replacement of safety related components
- 8.4.5 Inspection and examination
- 8.4.6 Dismantling instructions [Go to Page]
- 8.4.6.1 General
- 8.4.6.2 Access
- 8.4.6.3 Sequence of operations
- 8.4.6.4 Protection
- 8.4.7 Appendix to instructions (for additional necessary documents) [Go to Page]
- 8.4.7.1 General
- 8.4.7.2 Wiring diagrams
- 8.4.7.3 Drawings and diagrams
- 8.4.7.4 Optional items
- 8.4.7.5 Test certificates
- 9 Testing prior to first use and after substantial changes [Go to Page]
- 9.1 General
- 9.2 Test log
- 9.3 Testing prior to first use [Go to Page]
- 9.3.1 Type, extent and performance of tests [Go to Page]
- 9.3.1.1 General
- 9.3.1.2 Preliminary test
- 9.3.1.3 Structural (construction) test
- 9.3.2 Acceptance test [Go to Page]
- 9.3.2.1 General comments
- 9.3.2.2 Acceptance test for safety equipment
- 9.3.2.3 Load test of lifting equipment
- 9.3.2.4 Load test of travelling and turning equipment (particularly stage wagons and revolving stages)
- 9.3.2.5 Testing of electrical protection measures
- 9.3.2.6 Acceptance report and test log
- 9.3.2.7 Verification following rectification of defects
- 9.4 Test after changes and modifications [Go to Page]
- 9.4.1 Substantial Changes
- 9.4.2 Any other changes
- Annex A (normative)Examples of hazards and risk origin
- Annex B (normative)Use case definitions [Go to Page]
- B.1 General
- B.2 Upper machinery
- B.3 Lower stage machinery – lifting
- B.4 Lower stage machinery – horizontal movement
- Annex C (informative)Recommended safety functions and measures [Go to Page]
- C.1 General
- C.2 Upper machinery
- C.3 Lower machinery – lifting
- C.4 Lower machinery – horizontal movement
- Annex D (normative)End user information table to be supplied by the manufacturer
- Annex E (informative)Designing safeguards on the basis of risk assessment [Go to Page]
- E.1 General
- E.2 Risk assessment as in EN 62061 [Go to Page]
- E.2.1 General
- E.2.2 Guidance for selecting parameters Se, Fr and Pr for the risk estimation [Go to Page]
- E.2.2.1 Severity of injury (Se)
- E.2.2.2 Probability of occurrence of harm
- E.2.2.3 Frequency and duration of exposure (Fr)
- E.2.2.4 Probability of occurrence of a hazardous event
- E.2.2.5 Probability of avoiding or limiting harm (Av)
- E.2.2.6 SIL assignment
- E.3 Risk assessment as in EN ISO 138491 [Go to Page]
- E.3.1 General
- E.3.2 Guidance for selecting parameters S, F and P for the risk estimation [Go to Page]
- E.3.2.1 Severity of injury S1 and S2
- E.3.2.2 Frequency and/or exposure times to hazard, F1 and F2
- E.3.2.3 Possibility of avoiding the hazard P1 and P2
- Annex F (informative)Examples of using the risk graphs [Go to Page]
- F.1 Guidance for risk evaluation values for control system functions
- F.2 Severity
- F.3 Possibility of avoiding the hazardous event
- F.4 Possibility frequency and duration of exposure
- F.5 Probability of occurrence of a hazardous event
- Annex G (informative)Application examples [Go to Page]
- G.1 General
- G.2 Chain hoist for a speaker cluster – Stop on “deadman release” [Go to Page]
- G.2.2 Use Case identification – Annex B
- G.2.3 Hazard definition – Annex A
- G.2.4 Safety function allocation – Annex C
- G.2.5 Initial risk estimation – Annex F
- G.2.6 Safety function estimation – Annex E
- G.3 Broadcast studio lighting hoist – Protection against overload [Go to Page]
- G.3.2 Use Case identification – Annex B
- G.3.3 Hazard definition – Annex A
- G.3.4 Safety function allocation – Annex C
- G.3.5 Initial risk estimation – Annex F
- G.3.6 Safety function estimation – Annex E
- G.4 Group of winches lifting a common load – protection against loss of group synchronisation [Go to Page]
- G.4.2 Use Case identification – Annex B
- G.4.3 Hazard definition – Annex A
- G.4.4 Safety function allocation – Annex C
- G.4.5 Initial risk estimation – Annex F
- G.4.6 Safety function estimation – Annex E
- G.5 Chain hoist to fly a performer – protection against over-speed [Go to Page]
- G.5.2 Use Case identification – Annex B
- G.5.3 Hazard definition – Annex A
- G.5.4 Safety function allocation – Annex C
- G.5.5 Initial risk estimation – Annex F
- G.5.6 Safety function estimation – Annex E
- G.6 Two winches to fly a performer – Protection against position deviation [Go to Page]
- G.6.2 Use Case identification – Annex B
- G.6.3 Hazard definition – Annex A
- G.6.4 Safety function allocation – Annex C
- G.6.5 Initial risk estimation – Annex F
- G.6.6 Safety function estimation – Annex E
- G.7 Orchestra pit elevator – Protection against crushing/shearing [Go to Page]
- G.7.2 Use Case identification – Annex B
- G.7.3 Hazard definition – Annex A
- G.7.4 Safety function allocation – Annex C
- G.7.5 Initial risk estimation – Annex F
- G.7.6 Safety function estimation – Annex E
- G.8 Stage elevator platform – Protection against overload [Go to Page]
- G.8.2 Use Case identification – Annex B
- G.8.3 Hazard definition – Annex A
- G.8.4 Safety function allocation – Annex C
- G.8.5 Initial risk estimation – Annex F
- G.8.6 Safety function estimation – Annex E [Go to Page]
