【正文】 ............................................................. 25 General................................................................................................................................................. 25 Marking ................................................................................................................................................ 25 Instructions for use ............................................................................................................................ 25 Instructions for maintenance and inspection .................................................................................. 26 Annex A (informative) Examples of suitable tests ........................................................................................ 28 General................................................................................................................................................. 28 Stability test......................................................................................................................................... 28 Function test of the automatic safety device................................................................................... 30 Annex ZA (informative) Relationship between this European Standard and the Essential Requirements of EU Directive 98/37/EC ........................................................................................... 31 Annex ZB (informative) Relationship between this European Standard and the Essential Requirements of EU Directive 2022/42/EC ....................................................................................... 32 Bibliography ..................................................................................................................................................... 33 Figures Figure 1 — Types of dock levellers.................................................................................................................. 6 Figure 2 — Main parts of a dock leveller ......................................................................................................... 9 Figure 3 — Position of contact areas ............................................................................................................ 14 Figure 4 ― Max. permanent deformation of bridge deck sheets................................................................ 15 Figure 5 — Safeguarding of crushing and shearing hazards ..................................................................... 18 Figure — Stability test for load case 1 .................................................................................................... 29 Figure — Stability test for load case 2 .................................................................................................... 29 Figure ― Max. deformation of bridge deck sheets................................................................................ 29 3 BS EN 1398:2022 EN 1398:2022 (E) Tables Table 1 — Significant hazards and safety requirements..............................................................................11 Table 2 — Applicable factors and loads at different load binations....................................................13 Table 3 — Means of verification of the safety requirements and measures ..............................................24 4 BS EN 1398:2022 EN 1398:2022 (E) Foreword This document (EN 1398:2022) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 98 “Lifting platforms”, the secretariat of which is held by DIN. This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by September 2022, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by September 2022. Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. CEN [and/or CENELEC] shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. This document supersedes EN 1398:1997. This document has been prepared under a mandate given to CEN by the European Commission and the European Free Trade Association, and supports essential requirements of EC Directive(s). For relationship with EC Directive(s), see informative Annexes ZA and ZB, which are integral parts of this document. According to the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards anizations of the following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. 5 BS EN 1398:2022 EN 1398:2022 (E) Introduction This European Standard is a type Cstandard as defined in EN ISO 12100. The machinery concerned and the extent to which hazards, hazardous situations and hazardous events are covered are indicated in the scope of this European Standard. In addition, machinery shall ply as appropriate with EN ISO 12100 for hazards which are not covered by this European Standard. Where provisions of this type C standard are different from those which are stated in type A or B standards, the provisions of this type C standard take precedence over the provisions of the other standards, for machines that have been designed and built according to the provisions of this type C standard. 6 BS EN 1398:2022 EN 1398:2022 (E) 1 Scope This European