A home lift quality certificate is a document confirming that the product meets quality standards and is approved for sale on the market. This is a document you should ask the manufacturer to provide and review before choosing a product. Today’s market carries countless home lift quality standards, so look at the three most widely recognised and reputable certification groups below when assessing the product you are interested in.
The three most important home lift quality certificates homeowners should look at before buying a home lift
1. Home Lift Safety Standard Certification
Home lift safety certification is one of the most important types of assessment, as it directly affects the performance and durability of the product. Lifts with different structures and applications should be systematically tested by a specialist body before they reach the market.
Once a company has registered its home lift safety inspection against the required standards, it puts working procedures in place to verify and review compliance. A safety standard certificate helps a business attract potential customers and build future commercial value. Homeowners can read about the latest home lift safety standard certifications below.
A home lift must meet safety standards to guarantee homeowners a reliable ride every time
EN Standards
EN standards are European standards developed and published by CEN – Comité Européen de Normalization (the European Committee for Standardization) for products, processes and services across most sectors. They are among the strictest and most respected standards in the world, setting out requirements and guidance that harmonise the way measurement and inspection are carried out.
EN standards are extremely important, both as a condition for products to circulate freely on the common market and as a way of building high-quality domestic markets for goods and services, removing trade barriers and strengthening Europe’s position in the global economy.
This European standard covers the safety requirements for the construction, manufacture, installation, maintenance and dismantling of electrically powered vertical lifting platforms attached to a building structure and intended for use by people with impaired mobility. The standard addresses all significant hazards associated with lifting platforms when they are used as intended and under the conditions foreseen by the manufacturer.
EN 81-41: Safety rules for the construction and installation of home lifts – home lifts for transporting people and goods. The document sets out the safety rules for passenger or goods home lifts installed in buildings. It proposes solutions to specific constraints and offers alternative options with conditions of use, so that construction and installation can be carried out for projects with particular characteristics.
Cibes Lift is certified to EN 81-41: 2022
2. The Most Comprehensive Directive Certification for Machinery
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Machinery Directive (2006/42/EC)
This directive aims to enable free-market trade in machinery while protecting the workers and consumers who use it. It sets out the essential health and safety requirements for general use, supplemented by additional specific requirements for certain categories of machinery.
Where the hazards covered for machinery under this directive are wholly or partly addressed more specifically by other Community directives, this directive does not apply — or ceases to apply — to that machinery in respect of those hazards from the date those other directives take effect.
Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC requires companies producing machinery and equipment for the European Union market to apply the CE mark.
The main purpose of the Machinery Directive is to safeguard health and safety, particularly in relation to the risks arising from the use of machinery. Many of the harmful consequences of accidents caused directly by machinery can be avoided through safe design, manufacture, installation and maintenance.
A fundamental requirement of the Machinery Directive is that one or more emergency stop devices are fitted to every machine, so that an actual or impending hazard can be averted for safety reasons. It is also necessary to identify hazards, assess the risks and take measures to improve the stability of the system.
Cibes Lift is certified to MD 2006/42/EC
3. Safe Home Lift Speed Certification
A home lift runs at a speed defined by safety standards, so that it performs reliably at all times and keeps users safe. In general, the recommended safe speed for a home lift, platform lift or moving floor is 0.15 m/s. This speed suits people of every age and physical condition and lets users stand comfortably without needing to hold a handrail.
Certified by SIL3 BY Liftinstituut
The Safety Integrity Level (SIL) of a Safety Instrumented Function (SIF) within a Safety Instrumented System (SIS) is not chosen at random or on a best-effort basis. The appropriate SIL level is determined using established methods such as the Safety Layer Matrix (SLM), Layer of Protection Analysis (LOPA) or Fault Tree Analysis (FTA).
These methods take into account the type of accident that could occur, its probability, the mechanisms involved and the consequences in terms of cost. The SIL level they recommend is therefore the level that matches the risk your organisation actually faces.
In other words, a specified safety integrity level (SIL 3 included) is not simply a benchmark to aim for — it is a direct reflection of the risk your organisation faces. Under the IEC 61508 framework, risk is defined as cost per unit of time.
If SIL 3 is determined to be the appropriate SIL, it means SIL 3 is the minimum integrity level capable of reducing the risk (that is, the cost per unit of time) associated with a given hazard to an acceptable level.
Cibes Lift is certified to SIL3 by Liftinstituut
Cibes Lift Group of Sweden is a world-leading manufacturer of high-quality, luxury home lift solutions. Cibes’ research and development facilities in Sweden and China are certified to the ISO 9001:2015 quality management standard, and Cibes home lift products have passed the strictest European CE safety certification in force today.
Home lift quality certification is one of the key foundations for verifying a brand and the qualities of its home lifts. We hope this article gives you enough information to make it easy to check and review the documents that come with the home lift products you are considering.
