1.1 This standard specifies the safety rules for the construction and installation of permanently installed new electric service lift with traction or positive drive,or hydraulic service lift defined
as lifting equipment,serving defined landing levels,having a car,the interior of which is regarded as inaccessible to persons on account of its dimensions and means of construction,suspended
by ropes or chains or supported by a ram and moving between rigid vertical guide rails or guide rails whose inclination to the vertical does not exceed 15 °and driven electrically or hydraulically.
This standard covers service lift with rated load not exceeding 300 kilogrammes and not intended to move persons.