Press Release
PI.6.38.EN
Mauerstetten, 17.12.2015
Prepared for the new elevator standards
Safety brakes by mayr® power transmission
already fulfill all prerequisites
The new elevator standards EN 81-20 and EN 81-50 are
intended to make European elevators even safer. mayr®
power transmission is the first brake manufacturer to
already implement the new standards. The company has
already received the prototype inspection certificate by
TÜV Süd for all affected elevator brakes according to the
Directive 2014/33/EU, which will become binding for all
manufacturers on 20 April 2016. This provides planning
security for customers.
With the EN 81-20 and EN 81-50, the European Committee
for Standardisation (CEN) has adopted two new standards
for the design of elevators and the inspection of elevator
components. These bindingly replace the familiar standards
EN 81-1 and EN 81-2 as of 01 September 2017, and are
intended to further increase the high safety standards which
already exist for elevators – for both passengers and service
personnel. The new EN 81-20 standard refers to the
specifications for the design of elevators and technical
characteristics. EN 81-50 regulates how the inspection of
elevators and individual components must be implemented.
Therefore, amongst other things, the EN 81-50 places further
requirements on the prototype inspection of the braking
equipment as part of the ascending car overspeed protection
means (ACOP) and against unintended car movement
(UCM). At the Interlift 2015, mayr® power transmission was
the only brake manufacturer to already present type
examination certification by the TÜV Süd (Technical
Inspectorate) according to the 2014/33/EU Directive and the
test basis EN 81-50 or EN 81-20 for all affected elevator
brakes. The new 2014/33/EU Directive, which replaces the
former 95/16/EC Directive, is to become binding for all
manufacturers as of 20 April 2016.
A pioneering role on the market
As a result, mayr® power transmission is the first
manufacturer on the market to provide safety brakes on the
basis of this new standard. “As global market leader, we
always have to be a step ahead of current developments”,
emphasises Alexander Hutler, Branch Manager for Elevators
at mayr® power transmission in Mauerstetten. “Our
customers don’t have to worry about a thing, because today
our elevator brakes already fulfil the increased safety
specifications contained in these latest standards. This
provides planning reliability”.
100% quality controls
In order to always ensure as high a level of operating safety
as possible in the elevators, all mayr® safety brakes are
subject to careful quality controls. Therefore, prior to delivery,
all brakes are extensively tested on calibrated test stands
and function-relevant values are documented. An electronic
database in which the measurement values together with the
associated serial numbers of a product are stored ensures
100 per cent traceability in the process.
“The long-term experience and innumerable trials conducted
by our Development and Testing Department at our
Headquarters in Mauerstetten provide the basis of a
conscientious service lifetime design under consideration of
realistic and verified braking torque tolerances”, explains
Alexander Hutler. “All brake components are safely
dimensioned and manufactured only from high quality,
known and proven materials. Our brakes are designed so
that they reliably achieve the required nominal torque under
all occurring operating conditions, irrespective of ambient
temperature or humidity, for example”. Furthermore, mayr®
elevator brakes are equipped with a patented noise damping
system. On noise-optimised designs, switching noises are
practically non-existent and lie below 50 dB(A) (acoustic
pressure level measurement) in new condition.
Chr. Mayr GmbH + Co. KG
Eichenstraße 1, 87665 Mauerstetten
Tel. 08341/804-0, Fax 08341/804-421
www.mayr.com, Email: info@mayr.com
About Mayr power transmission
The family-run company Mayr power transmission, founded in 1897, is a
leading manufacturer of safety brakes, torque limiters and shaft
couplings. Essentially, these products are designed for use in electrically
driven machines and systems. They are to be found, amongst other
things, in filling systems, tool, packaging and printing machines, and in
elevators, wind power plants and stage technology. Currently, around
600 employees work at the Allgäu-based Headquarters in Mauerstetten.
Worldwide, Mayr power transmission has more than 1000 employees,
and is globally well placed with sites in Poland and China, sales
subsidiaries in the USA, in France, Great Britain, Italy, Singapore and
Switzerland, and 36 further national representatives.
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Today, safety brakes by mayr® power transmission
already fulfil all safety requirements according to the
new elevator standards EN 81-20 and EN 81-50 – as
safety does not allow for compromises!
Fig. source: mayr® power transmission
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Since the Interlift 2015, mayr® power transmission can,
as first provider, already present type examination
certification by the TÜV Süd according to the
2014/33/EU Directive and the test basis EN 81-50 or
EN 81-20 for all elevator brakes affected. This provides
customers with planning reliability.
Fig. source: mayr® power transmission
Press contact:
Simone Dauer
Communications
Tel. 08341/804-2332
Fax 08341/804-492332
Email: simone.dauer@mayr.de