Adopts and modifies EN 1176-4:2017 for Australia, which specifies additional safety requirements for cableways intended for permanent installation for use by children. Applicable to cableways whereby children travel on or along a cable by the use of gravity.KEYWORDS: Playground; Equipment; Safety; Cableways; Flying foxes
Table of contents
Header
About this publication
Preface
European foreword
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Safety requirements
4.1 General
4.2 Framework and fixing points for the cable
4.3 Calculation of forces acting on the cable of a cableway
4.4 Stops
4.5 Traveller
4.6 Suspension assembly
4.7 Cableways arranged in parallel
4.8 Grips
4.9 Seats
4.10 Speed
4.11 Free height of fall
4.12 Ground clearance
4.13 Cable length
4.14 Falling space and impact area
5 Test report
6 Information to be provided by the supplier/manufacturer
