Classification of equipment used for lifting loads with lifting machinery: example
Directive 2006/42/EC Classification of equipment used for lifting loads with lifting machinery
This classification was approved by the Machinery Working Group as a basis for a consistent application of the term ‘lifting accessory’ as defined in
Article 2(d)* of the Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC.
The document gives examples of equipment that are considered as lifting accessories and other examples of equipment used for lifting loads that are not considered as lifting accessories.
Update: June 2012
European Commission
(*)Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC Article 2(d) ‘"lifting accessory"
means a component or equipment not attached to the lifting machinery, allowing the load to be held, which is placed between the machinery and the load or on the load itself, or which is intended to constitute an integral part of the load and which is independently placed on the market; slings and their components are also regarded as lifting accessories.
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