The Port Equipment Manufacturing Association (PEMA) has issued an information paper providing standards in crane operation with a particular focus on electrical standards.
The Global Machine Safety Regulations and Standards for Port Equipment (2022) gives general and crane specific approaches to standards in various regions of the world, namely Europe, United States, China, Canada, and Australia and New Zealand.
The genesis of the paper originated at the 2014 PEMA Autumn meeting. The initial idea was to work on structural, mechanical and electrical standards for cranes such that overall crane safety could be quantified by applying ISO13849 or IEC62061.
This paper is a first step towards this ambitious goal and provides an overview of the most important electrical safety standards worldwide. The scope and relevance of each standard is briefly explored with the aim of assessing its relevance for the most up-to-date technical specifications for manually operated and automatic cranes.
Specific requirements related to electrical crane design in various regions are presented. Examples of the differences in regional requirements for specific parts of crane safety design are also presented for reference.
The paper can be found here.
