Load capacity

The load-bearing capacity of a movable body is a lifting force of the construction , which can compensate for a permissible total weight , which is made up of dead weight or empty weight plus the load , taking into account a vertical or horizontal change in position, without causing a technical failure .
It differs from the physical statics , which refer to immobile bodies and only attest to their stability in order to ideally exclude a failure of a building structure , but to significantly reduce the risk of collapse.

Examples in which a load capacity is important

Passenger lift and goods lift (For example, for passenger lifts according to DIN 15306, the permitted number of five people corresponds to a load capacity of 400 kg.)