Is the fully automatic lifting platform vehicle a special equipment?

Fully automatic lifting platform vehicles can also be called electric lifting work platforms. Before 2014, the lifting operation platform belonged to special equipment. In November 2014, the Quality Supervision Bureau and other relevant departments issued related policies on lifting equipment. Lifting work platforms are no longer special equipment.

So what are the classifications of lifting work platforms? There are about 170 kinds of subdivisions, mainly including mobile scissor lift platform, fixed scissor lift platform, aluminum alloy lift, cylinder lift, vehicle lift, guide rail chain lift, guide rail lift platform, Loading and unloading platform, lifting stage, rotating stage, lifting rotating stage, articulated arm lifting platform, self-propelled lifting platform, aerial work lifting platform, boarding bridge, etc.

So what is special equipment? The latest catalog of special equipment is defined as: hoisting machinery, which refers to electromechanical equipment used for vertical lifting or vertical lifting and horizontal moving of heavy objects, and its scope is defined as lifts with a rated lifting capacity greater than or equal to 0.5; 3t (or rated lifting moment greater than or equal to 40t·m tower cranes, or loading and unloading bridges with a productivity greater than or equal to 300t/h), and cranes with a lifting height greater than or equal to 2m; mechanical parking equipment with floors greater than or equal to 2.

See:

Announcement of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine on Amending the 'Special Equipment Catalogue' No. 114 of 2014

According to the 'Special Equipment Safety Law of the People's Republic of China' and 'Special Equipment Safety Supervision Regulations', the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine has revised the 'Special Equipment Catalog', which is now promulgated for implementation with the approval of the State Council. At the same time, 'About the announcement<Special Equipment Catalog>'Notice of National Quality Inspection Pot [2004] No. 31) and 'Notice on Supplementing the Catalog of Special Equipment' (Guo Quality Inspection Special [2010] No. 22) shall be abolished. The 'Special Equipment Catalog' is interpreted by the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine.

Special announcement.

Attachment: Special Equipment Catalog

Administration of Quality Supervision

October 30, 2014