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ASME A17.1 2013 w ERRATA 0121

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ASME A17.1 / CSA B44 – 2013 Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators with February 2021 ERRATA

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The ASME A17.1 / CSA B44 Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators has become the accepted guide throughout North America for the design, construction, installation, operation, inspection, testing, maintenance, alteration, and repair of elevators, escalators and related conveyances.

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2 Errata to ASME A17.1-2013/CSA B44-13 and ASME A17.1-2016/CSA B44-16 Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators
5 CONTENTS
10 ASME FOREWORD
15 COMMITTEE ROSTER
21 CSA B44 COMMITTEE ON THE ELEVATOR SAFETY CODE
23 ASME PREFACE
26 CSA PREFACE
27 SUMMARY OF CHANGES
43 Part 1 General
SECTION 1.1 SCOPE
44 SECTION 1.2 PURPOSE AND EXCEPTIONS
SECTION 1.3 DEFINITIONS
61 Part 2 Electric Elevators
SECTION 2.1 CONSTRUCTION OF HOISTWAYS AND HOISTWAY ENCLOSURES
63 SECTION 2.2 PITS
65 SECTION 2.3 LOCATION AND GUARDING OF COUNTERWElGHTS
66 SECTION 2.4 VERTICAL CLEARANCES AND RUNBYS FOR CARS AND COUNTERWEIGHTS
67 Tables
Table 2.4.2.2 Minimum Bottom Runby for Counterweight Elevators With Spring Buffers or Solid Bumpers and Rheostatic Control or Single- Speed AC Control
68 SECTION 2.5 HORIZONTAL CAR AND COUNTERWEIGHT CLEARANCES
69 SECTION 2.6 PROTECTION OF SPACE BELOW HOlSTWAYS
SECTION 2.7 MACHINERY SPACES, MACHINE ROOMS, CONTROL SPACES, AND CONTROL ROOMS
77 SECTION 2.8 EQUIPMENT IN HOISTWAYS, MACHINERY SPACES, MACHINE ROOMS, CONTROL SPACES, AND CONTROL ROOMS
79 SECTION 2.9 MACHINERY AND SHEAVE BEAMS, SUPPORTS, AND FOUNDATIONS
81 SECTION 2.10 GUARDING OF EQUIPMENT AND STANDARD RAILING
SECTION 2.11 PROTECTION OF HOISTWAY OPENINGS
89 SECTION 2.12 HOISTWAY DOOR LOCKING DEVICES AND ELECTRIC CONTACTS, AND HOISTWAY ACCESS SWITCHES
94 SECTION 2.13 POWER OPERATION OF HOISTWAY DOORS AND CAR DOORS
99 SECTION 2.14 CAR ENCLOSURES, CAR DOORS AND GATES, AND CAR ILLUMINATION
108 SECTION 2.15 CAR FRAMES AND PLATFORMS
111 Table 2.15.10.1 Maximum Allowable Stresses in Car Frame and Platform Members and Connections, for Steels Specified in 2.15.6.2.1 and 2.15.6.2.2
112 SECTION 2.16 CAPACITY AND LOADING
116 SECTION 2.17 CAR AND COUNTERWEIGHT SAFETIES
117 Table 2.17.3 Maximum and Minimum Stopping Distances for Type B Car Safeties With Rated Load and Type B Counterweight Safeties
120 SECTION 2.18 SPEED GOVERNORS
121 Table 2.18.2.1 Maximum Car Speeds at Which Speed Governor Trips and Governor Overspeed Switch Operates
123 SECTION 2.19 ASCENDING CAR OVERSPEED AND UNINTENDED CAR MOVEMENT PROTECTION
Table 2.18.7.4 Multiplier for Determining Governor Sheave Pitch Diameter
125 SECTION 2.20 SUSPENSION MEANS AND THEIR CONNECTIONS
126 Table 2.20.3 Minimum Factors of Safety for Suspension Members
133 SECTION 2.21 COUNTERWEIGHTS
135 SECTION 2.22 BUFFERS AND BUMPERS
Table 2.22.3.1 Minimum Spring Buffer Stroke
136 Table 2.22.4.1 Minimum Oil Buffer Strokes
137 SECTION 2.23 CAR AND COUNTERWEIGHT GUIDE RAILS, GUIDE- RAIL SUPPORTS, AND FASTENINGS
140 Fig. 2.23.4.1-1 Maximum Weight of a Car With Rated Load or of Counterweight With Safety Device for a Pair of Guide Rails as Specified in 2.23.4.1
144 Table 2.23.4.2 Load Multiplying Factor for Duplex Safeties
145 Table 2.23.4.3.1 Guide Rails for Counterweight Without Safeties
Table 2.23.4.3.3 Intermediate Tie Brackets
146 SECTION 2.24 DRIVING MACHINES AND SHEAVES
Table 2.23.7.2.1 Minimum Thickness of Fishplates and Minimum Diameter of Fastening Bolts
Table 2.23.10.2 Minimum Size of Rail- Fastening Bolts
149 SECTION 2.25 TERMINAL STOPPING DEVICES
153 SECTION 2.26 OPERATING DEVICES AND CONTROL EQUIPMENT
160 Table 2.26.4.3.2 SIL for Electrical Protective Devices and Other Electrical Safety Functions
161 Table 2.26.4.3.2 SIL for Electrical Protective Devices and Other Electrical Safety Functions ( Cont’d)
164 SECTION 2.27 EMERGENCY OPERATION AND SIGNALING DEVICES
170 Fig. 2.27.3.1.6(h) Visual Signal
173 Fig. 2.27.3.3.7 Panel Layout
177 Fig. 2.27.8 FEO-K1 Key
178 Fig. 2.27.9 Elevator Corridor Call Station Pictograph
181 SECTION 2.28 LAYOUT DRAWINGS
SECTION 2.29 IDENTIFICATION
182 SECTION 2.30 SWAY CONTROL GUIDES
183 Part 3 Hydraulic Elevators
SECTION 3.1 CONSTRUCTION OF HOISTWAYS AND HOISTWAY ENCLOSURES
SECTION 3.2 PITS
SECTION 3.3 LOCATION AND GUARDING OF COUNTERWEIGHTS
SECTION 3.4 BOTTOM AND TOP CLEARANCES AND RUNBYS FOR CARS AND COUNTERWEIGHTS
184 SECTION 3.5 HORIZONTAL CAR AND COUNTERWEIGHT CLEARANCES
SECTION 3.6 PROTECTION OF SPACES BELOW HOISTWAY
185 SECTION 3.7 MACHINERY SPACES, MACHINE ROOMS, CONTROL SPACES, AND CONTROL ROOMS
SECTION 3.8 ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT, WIRING, PIPES, AND DUCTS IN HOISTWAY, MACHINERY SPACES, MACHINE ROOMS, CONTROL SPACES, AND CONTROL ROOMS
SECTION 3.9 MACHINERY AND SHEAVE BEAMS, SUPPORTS, AND FOUNDATIONS
SECTION 3.10 GUARDING OF EXPOSED AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT
186 SECTION 3.11 PROTECTION OF HOISTWAY LANDING OPENINGS
SECTION 3.12 HOISTWAY DOOR LOCKING DEVICES, ELECTRIC CONTACTS, AND HOISTWAY ACCESS SWITCHES
SECTION 3.13 POWER OPERATION, POWER OPENING, AND POWER CLOSING OF HOISTWAY DOORS AND CAR DOORS OR GATES
SECTION 3.14 CAR ENCLOSURES, CAR DOORS AND GATES, AND CAR ILLUMINATION
SECTION 3.15 CAR FRAMES AND PLATFORMS
187 SECTION 3.16 CAPACITY AND LOADING
SECTION 3.17 CAR SAFETIES, COUNTERWEIGHT SAFETIES, PLUNGER GRIPPER, AND GOVERNORS
189 SECTION 3.18 HYDRAULIC JACKS
191 SECTION 3.19 VALVES, PRESSURE PIPING, AND FITTINGS
194 SECTION 3.20 ROPES AND ROPE CONNECTIONS
SECTION 3.21 COUNTERWEIGHTS
SECTION 3.22 BUFFERS AND BUMPERS
195 SECTION 3.23 GUIDE RAILS, GUIDE- RAIL SUPPORTS, AND FASTENINGS
SECTION 3.24 HYDRAULIC MACHINES AND TANKS
SECTION 3.25 TERMINAL STOPPING DEVICES
197 SECTION 3.26 OPERATING DEVICES AND CONTROL EQUIPMENT
199 SECTION 3.27 EMERGENCY OPERATION AND SIGNALING DEVICES
200 SECTION 3.28 LAYOUT DATA
SECTION 3.29 IDENTIFICATION
201 Part 4 Elevators With Other Types of Driving Machines
SECTION 4.1 RACK- AND- PINION ELEVATORS
203 SECTION 4.2 SCREW- COLUMN ELEVATORS
Table 4.1.9.1 Maximum and Minimum Stopping Distances for Rack- and- Pinion Safeties With Rated Load
207 SECTION 4.3 HAND ELEVATORS
211 Part 5 Special Application Elevators
SECTION 5.1 INCLINED ELEVATORS
215 Table 5.1.14.2 Minimum and Maximum Stopping Distances at Given Angles From Horizontal
Table 5.1.17.2 Spring Buffer Stroke
217 SECTION 5.2 LIMITED- USE/ LIMITED- APPLICATION ELEVATORS
222 SECTION 5.3 PRIVATE RESIDENCE ELEVATORS
230 SECTION 5.4 PRIVATE RESIDENCE INCLINED ELEVATORS
233 SECTION 5.5 POWER SIDEWALK ELEVATORS
237 SECTION 5.6 ROOFTOP ELEVATORS
241 SECTION 5.7 SPECIAL PURPOSE PERSONNEL ELEVATORS
246 SECTION 5.8 MARINE ELEVATORS
247 SECTION 5.9 MINE ELEVATORS
250 SECTION 5.10 ELEVATORS USED FOR CONSTRUCTION
255 SECTION 5.11 WIND TURBINE TOWER ELEVATORS
271 SECTION 5.12 OUTSIDE EMERGENCY ELEVATORS
272 Part 6 Escalators and Moving Walks
SECTION 6.1 ESCALATORS
274 Fig. 6.1.3.3.10 Dimensions
283 Fig. 6.1.6.9.1 Caution Sign
285 SECTION 6.2 MOVING WALKS
287 Table 6.2.3.7 Treadway Width
289 Table 6.2.4 Treadway Speed
296 Part 7 Dumbwaiters and Material Lifts
SECTION 7.1 POWER AND HAND DUMBWAITERS WITHOUT AUTOMATIC TRANSFER DEVICES
300 SECTION 7.2 ELECTRIC AND HAND DUMBWAITERS WITHOUT AUTOMATIC TRANSFER DEVICES
303 Table 7.2.6.4 Factors of Safety for Wire Rope and Chains
304 Table 7.2.8.1 Minimum Spring Buffer Strokes
Table 7.2.8.2 Minimum Oil Buffer Strokes
306 SECTION 7.3 HYDRAULIC DUMBWAITERS WITHOUT AUTOMATIC TRANSFER DEVICES
308 SECTION 7.4 MATERIAL LIFTS WITHOUT AUTOMATIC TRANSFER DEVICES
309 Table 7.4.3 Type B Material Lifts
312 SECTION 7.5 ELECTRIC MATERIAL LIFTS WITHOUT AUTOMATIC TRANSFER DEVICES
317 SECTION 7.6 HYDRAULIC MATERIAL LIFTS WITHOUT AUTOMATIC TRANSFER DEVICES
319 SECTION 7.7 AUTOMATIC TRANSFER DEVICES
SECTION 7.8 POWER DUMBWAITERS WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSFER DEVICES
320 SECTION 7.9 ELECTRIC MATERIAL LIFTS WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSFER DEVICES
321 SECTION 7.10 HYDRAULIC MATERIAL LIFTS WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSFER DEVICES
SECTION 7.11 MATERIAL LIFTS WITH OBSCURED TRANSFER DEVICES
Table 7.9.2.13 Minimum Spring Buffer Strokes
Table 7.9.2.14 Minimum Oil Buffer Strokes
322 Part 8 General Requirements
SECTION 8.1 SECURITY
323 SECTION 8.2 DESIGN DATA AND FORMULAS
330 Fig. 8.2.5 Maximum Governor Tripping Speeds
332 Fig. 8.2.6 Stopping Distances for Type B Car and Counterweight Safeties
335 Fig. 8.2.7 Minimum Factors of Safety of Suspension Members of Power Passenger and Freight Elevators
337 Fig. 8.2.8.1.1 Allowable Gross Loads
342 SECTION 8.3 ENGINEERING TESTS, TYPE TESTS, AND CERTIFICATION
350 SECTION 8.4 ELEVATOR SEISMIC REQUIREMENTS
354 Fig. 8.4.8.2-1 12 kg/m (8 lb/ft) Guide-Rail Bracket Spacing
355 Fig. 8.4.8.2-2 16.5 kg/m (11 lb/ft) Guide-Rail Bracket Spacing
356 Fig. 8.4.8.2-3 18 kg/m (12 lb/ft) Guide-Rail Bracket Spacing
357 Fig. 8.4.8.2-4 22.5 kg/m (15 lb/ft) Guide-Rail Bracket Spacing
358 Fig. 8.4.8.2-5 27.5 kg/m (18.5 lb/ft) Guide-Rail Bracket Spacing
359 Fig. 8.4.8.2-6 33.5 kg/m (22.5 lb/ft) Guide-Rail Bracket Spacing
360 Fig. 8.4.8.2-7 44.5 kg/m (30 lb/ft) Guide-Rail Bracket Spacing
364 Table 8.4.8.7 Stresses and Deflections of Guide- Rail Brackets and Supports
365 Table 8.4.8.7 Stresses and Deflections of Guide- Rail Brackets and Supports ( Cont’d)
367 Fig. 8.4.10.1.1 Earthquake Elevator Equipment Requirements Diagrammatic Representation
370 Table 8.4.11.13 Pipe Support Spacing
373 Table 8.4.12.2.2 Maximum Allowable Deflection
375 SECTION 8.5 ESCALATOR AND MOVING WALK SAFETY REQUIREMENT FOR SEISMIC RISK ZONE 2 OR GREATER
376 SECTION 8.6 MAINTENANCE, REPAIR, REPLACEMENT, AND TESTING
387 Table 8.6.4.20.4 Brake Test Loads
395 Fig. 8.6.8.15.19(e)
399 SECTION 8.7 ALTERATIONS
417 SECTION 8.8 WELDING
SECTION 8.9 CODE DATA PLATE
418 SECTION 8.10 ACCEPTANCE INSPECTIONS AND TESTS
435 SECTION 8.11 PERIODIC INSPECTIONS AND WITNESSING OF TESTS
441 SECTION 8.12 FLOOD RESISTANCES
442 Part 9 Reference Codes, Standards, and Specifications
443 Section 9.1 Reference Documents
450 Section 9.2 Procurement Information
453 NONMANDATORY APPENDIX A CONTROL SYSTEM
456 NONMANDATORY APPENDIX C LOCATION OF TOP EMERGENCY EXIT
457 N0NMANDATORY APPENDIX D RATED LOAD AND CAPACITY PLATES FOR PASSENGER ELEVATORS
458 NONMANDATORY APPENDIX E ELEVATOR REQUIREMENTS FOR PERSONS WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITIES IN JURISDICTIONS ENFORCING NBCC
459 Table E- 1 Minimum Dimensions of Elevator Cars
464 Table E- 20.4 Measurement Range for Standard Sign Braille
466 NONMANDATORY APPENDIX F ASCENDING CAR OVERSPEED AND UNINTENDED CAR MOVEMENT PROTECTION
467 Table F- 1 Traction Elevator Brake Type, Function, and Performance
470 NONMANDATORY APPENDIX G TOP OF CAR CLEARANCE
483 NONMANDATORY APPENDIX J RELATIONSHIP OF PIT LADDER TO HOISTWAY DOOR UNLOCKING MEANS
484 NONMANDATORY APPENDIX K BEVELING AND CLEARANCE REQUIREMENTS ( 7.4.7.4)
485 NONMANDATORY APPENDIX L INDEX OF ALTERATION REQUIREMENTS FOR ELECTRIC ELEVATORS, HYDRAULIC ELEVATORS, ESCALATORS, AND MOVING WALKS
490 NONMANDATORY APPENDIX M INERTIA APPLICATION FOR TYPE A SAFETY DEVICE LOCATION OF TEST WEIGHT [ 8.10.2.2.2( ii)( 2)]
491 NONMANDATORY APPENDIX N RECOMMENDED INSPECTION AND TEST INTERVALS IN ” MONTHS”
492 Table N- 1 Recommended Inspection and Test Intervals in ” Months”
493 Table N- 2 Guidelines on Use of Monitoring to Provide Inspection Data
494 Table N- 2 Guidelines on Use of Monitoring to Provide Inspection Data ( Cont’d)
495 Table N- 2 Guidelines on Use of Monitoring to Provide Inspection Data ( Cont’d)
496 Table N- 2 Guidelines on Use of Monitoring to Provide Inspection Data ( Cont’d)
497 Table N- 2 Guidelines on Use of Monitoring to Provide Inspection Data ( Cont’d)
498 Table N- 2 Guidelines on Use of Monitoring to Provide Inspection Data ( Cont’d)
499 NONMANDATORY APPENDIX P PLUNGER GRIPPER STOPPING DISTANCES
Table P- 1 Plunger Gripper Stopping Distances
500 NONMANDATORY APPENDIX Q EXPLANATORY FIGURES FOR THE DEFINITIONS OF ELEVATOR MACHINERY SPACE, MACHINE ROOM, CONTROL SPACE, CONTROL ROOM, REMOTE MACHINE ROOM, OR REMOTE CONTROL ROOM
Table Q- 1
503 NONMANDATORY APPENDIX R INSPECTION OPERATION AND HOISTWAY ACCESS SWITCH OPERATION HIERARCHY
504 Table R- 1 Inspection Operation and Hoistway Access Switch Operation Hierarchy
505 NONMANDATORY APPENDIX S VERTICALLY SLIDING DOORS — ILLUSTRATIONS OF DETECTION ZONES ( 2.13.3.4)
518 NONMANDATORY APPENDIX T INSPECTION AND REPLACEMENT OF STEEL WIRE ROPES
520 NONMANDATORY APPENDIX U DESIGN REQUIREMENTS — TRACTION ELEVATOR SUSPENSION SYSTEM
Table U- 1 Design Requirements — Traction Elevator Suspension System
521 NONMANDATORY APPENDIX V BUILDING FEATURES FOR OCCUPANT EVACUATION OPERATION
523 NONMANDATORY APPENDIX W WIND TURBINE TOWER ELEVATOR CLEARANCES
524 NONMANDATORY APPENDIX X ACCEPTANCE TESTS
Table X- 1 Acceptance Test for Electric Elevators
525 Table X- 2 Acceptance Test for Hydraulic Elevators
526 Table X- 3 Acceptance Test for Escalators
527 Table X- 4 Acceptance Test for Moving Walks
528 NONMANDATORY APPENDIX Y MAINTENANCE CONTROL PROGRAM RECORDS
530 Table Y- 1 Maintenance Control Program Records
531 Table Y- 1 Maintenance Control Program Records ( Cont’d)
532 INDEX
557 A17.1 INTERPRETATIONS
559 INTERPRETATIONS NO. 32
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ASME A17.1 2013 w ERRATA 0121
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