Improved safety and comfort with the new European standard EN 14439

Linden Comansa, with other European manufacturers of tower cranes and CECE (Committee for European Construction Equipment), has developed a document to explain the new standard EN 14439, more demanding than before, and thus, much safer.

The 14439 is a "harmonized standard" already applicable, essential to accomplish the requirements of the European Union’s Machinery Directive. It applies to all tower and self-erecting cranes sold in the European Union and affiliated countries, and refers to two points:

- Accessories and Components:
Are physical changes needed to meet requirements on driver comfort, safe access, acceptance of anti-collision systems, Etc.

- Out-of-service Wind Conditions:
The new standard requires the use of more demanding calculation methods than before, to take the wind into account in a more realistic way. Thus, the crane configuration has to be adapted in many cases to the higher out-of-service wind. Concerning the conditions of the wind in service, the standard doesn’t change.

The most important European crane manufacturers, including Linden Comansa, have decided to apply the EN 14439 standard on all cranes manufactured and sold from January 1st 2010.

All the details and benefits of the new European standard, in PDF