DD ISO/TS 25740-1:2011

This standard DD ISO/TS 25740-1:2011 Safety requirements for escalators and moving walks is classified in these ICS categories:

• 91.140.90 Lifts. Escalators

This part of ISO/TS 25740:

• specifies global essential safety requirements (GESRs) for escalators and moving walks, their components and functions, and

• establishes a system and provides methods for minimizing safety risks that might arise in the course of the operation and use of, or work on, escalators and moving walks.

NOTE See Clause 5 regarding the use and application of this part of ISO/TS 25740.

This part of ISO/TS 25740 is applicable to escalators and moving walks that are intended to carry persons. The escalators and moving walks to which this part of ISO/TS 25740 applies can:

1. be located in any permanent and fixed structure or building;

2. have any

   1. rated load, size of load carrying unit (LCU) and speed, and

   2. travel height;

3. be affected by fire in the environment of the LCU and weather conditions;

4. be misused.

This part of ISO/TS 25740 does not specifically cover:

• all needs of users with disabilities¹⁾;

• risks arising from work on escalators and moving walks under construction or during alterations and dismantling; vandalism; fire in the environment outside the LCU.