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ASME A17.1 2019

ASME A17.1 2019

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ASME A17.1-2019/CSA B44:19 Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators

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ASME 2019 586
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The Code is intended to serve as the basis for the design, construction, installation, operation, testing, inspection, maintenance, alteration, and repair of elevators, dumbwaiters, escalators, moving walks, and material lifts.

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4 CONTENTS
11 ASME FOREWORD
16 ASME A17 COMMITTEE ROSTER
23 CSA B44 TECHNICAL COMMITTEE ON THE ELEVATOR SAFETY CODE
24 ASME PREFACE
28 CSA PREFACE
29 ASME A17.1-2019/CSA B44:19 SUMMARY OF CHANGES
40 Part 1 General
SECTION 1.1 SCOPE
1.1.1 Equipment Covered by This Code
1.1.2 Equipment Not Covered by This Code
1.1.3 Application of Parts
1.1.4 Effective Date
41 SECTION 1.2 PURPOSE AND EXCEPTIONS
1.2.1 Purpose
1.2.2 Exceptions to ASME A17.1/CSA B44
SECTION 1.3 DEFINITIONS
58 Part 2 Electric Elevators
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SECTION 2.1 CONSTRUCTION OF HOISTWAYS AND HOISTWAY ENCLOSURES
2.1.1 Hoistway Enclosures
59 2.1.2 Construction at Top and Bottom of the Hoistway
2.1.3 Floor Over Hoistways
2.1.4 Control of Smoke and Hot Gases
60 2.1.5 Windows and Skylights
2.1.6 Projections, Recesses, and Setbacks in Hoistway Enclosures
SECTION 2.2 PITS
2.2.1 General
2.2.2 Design and Construction of Pits
2.2.3 Guards Between Adjacent Pits
2.2.4 Pit Access
61 2.2.5 Illumination of Pits
62 2.2.6 Stop Switch in Pits
2.2.7 Minimum Pit Depths Required
2.2.8 Access to Underside of Car
SECTION 2.3 LOCATION AND GUARDING OF COUNTERWElGHTS
2.3.1 Location of Counterweights
2.3.2 Counterweight Guards
2.3.3 Remote Counterweight Hoistways
63 2.3.4 Counterweight Runway Enclosures
SECTION 2.4 VERTICAL CLEARANCES AND RUNBYS FOR CARS AND COUNTERWEIGHTS
2.4.1 Bottom Car Clearances
64 2.4.2 Minimum Bottom Runby for Counterweighted Elevators
2.4.3 Minimum Bottom Runby for Uncounterweighted Elevators
2.4.4 Maximum Bottom Runby
2.4.5 Counterweight Runby Data Plate
2.4.6 Maximum Upward Movement of the Car
2.4.7 Top-of-Car Clearances
Tables
Table 2.4.2.2 Minimum Bottom Runby for Counterweight Elevators With Spring Buffers, Elastomeric Buffers, or Solid Bumpers and Rheostatic Control or Single-Speed AC Control
65 2.4.8 Top of Counterweight Clearances
2.4.9 Equipment on Top of Car Not Permitted to Strike Overhead Structure
SECTION 2.5 HORIZONTAL CAR AND COUNTERWEIGHT CLEARANCES
2.5.1 Clearances Between Cars, Counterweights, and Hoistway Enclosures
66 SECTION 2.6 PROTECTION OF SPACE BELOW HOISTWAYS
2.6.1 Where the Space Is Underneath the Counterweight and/or Its Guides
2.6.2 Where the Space Is Underneath the Car and/or Its Guides
SECTION 2.7 MACHINERY SPACES, MACHINE ROOMS, CONTROL SPACES, AND CONTROL ROOMS
2.7.1 Enclosure of Rooms and Spaces
67 2.7.2 Maintenance Path and Clearance
2.7.3 Access to Machinery Spaces, Machine Rooms, Control Spaces, and Control Rooms
69 2.7.4 Headroom in Machinery Spaces, Machine Rooms, Control Spaces, and Control Rooms
2.7.5 Working Areas Inside the Hoistway and in the Pit
71 2.7.6 Location of Machinery Spaces, Machine Rooms, Control Spaces, Control Rooms, andEquipment
73 2.7.7 Machine Rooms and Control Rooms Underneath the Hoistway
74 2.7.8 Remote Machine Rooms, Control Rooms, and Control Spaces
2.7.9 Lighting, Temperature, and Humidity in Machinery Spaces, Machine Rooms, Control Spaces, and Control Rooms
SECTION 2.8 EQUIPMENT IN HOISTWAYS, MACHINERY SPACES, MACHINE ROOMS, CONTROL SPACES, AND CONTROL ROOMS
2.8.1 Equipment Allowed
2.8.2 Electrical Equipment and Wiring
75 2.8.3 Pipes, Ducts, Tanks, and Sprinklers
76 2.8.4 Electrical Heaters
2.8.5 Air Conditioning
2.8.6 Miscellaneous Equipment
77 SECTION 2.9 MACHINERY AND SHEAVE BEAMS, SUPPORTS, AND FOUNDATIONS
2.9.1 Supports Required
2.9.2 Loads on Machinery and Sheave Beams, Floors, or Foundations and Their Supports
2.9.3 Securing of Machinery and Equipment to Beams, Foundations, Guide Rails, Structural Walls, or Floors
78 2.9.4 Allowable Stresses for Machinery and Sheave Beams or Floors, Their Supports, and Any Support Members That Transmit Load to the Guide Rails or Structural Walls
2.9.5 Allowable Deflections of Machinery and Sheave Beams, Their Supports, and Any Support Members Loaded in Bending That Transmit Load to Guide Rails or Structural Walls
2.9.6 Allowable Stresses Due to Emergency Braking
79 SECTION 2.10 GUARDING OF EQUIPMENT AND STANDARD RAILING
2.10.1 Guarding of Equipment
2.10.2 Standard Railing
SECTION 2.11 PROTECTION OF HOISTWAY OPENINGS
2.11.1 Entrances and Emergency Doors Required
80 2.11.2 Types of Entrances
2.11.3 Closing of Hoistway Doors
2.11.4 Location of Horizontally Sliding or Swinging Hoistway Doors
2.11.5 Projection of Entrances and Other Equipment Beyond the Landing Sills
2.11.6 Opening of Hoistway Doors
81 2.11.7 Glass in Hoistway Doors
82 2.11.8 Weights for Closing or Balancing Doors
2.11.9 Hoistway Door Locking Devices and Power Operation
2.11.10 Landing-Sill Guards, Landing-Sill Illumination, Hinged Landing Sills, and Tracks on Landings
2.11.11 Entrances, Horizontal Slide Type
84 2.11.12 Entrances, Vertical Slide Type
85 2.11.13 Entrances, Swinging Type
86 2.11.14 Fire Tests
2.11.15 Marking
87 2.11.16 Factory Inspections
2.11.17 Transoms and Fixed Side Panels
2.11.18 Installation Instructions
2.11.19 Gasketing of Hoistway Entrances
SECTION 2.12 HOISTWAY DOOR LOCKING DEVICES AND CLOSED DETECTION MEANS, AND HOISTWAY ACCESS SWITCHES
2.12.1 General
88 2.12.2 Interlocks
89 2.12.3 Hoistway Door Combination Mechanical Locks and Closed Detection Means
90 2.12.4 Listing/Certification of Door Locking Devices and Door or Gate Closed Detection Means
2.12.5 Reserved for Future Use
2.12.6 Hoistway Door Unlocking Devices
91 2.12.7 Hoistway Access Switches
92 SECTION 2.13 POWER OPERATION OF HOISTWAY DOORS AND CAR DOORS
2.13.1 Types of Doors and Gates Permitted
2.13.2 Power Opening
93 2.13.3 Power Closing
97 2.13.4 Closing Limitations for Power-Operated Horizontally Sliding Hoistway Doors and Horizontally Sliding Car Doors or Gates
2.13.5 Reopening Device(s) for Power-Operated Horizontally Sliding Doors and Gates
99 2.13.6 Sequence Operation for Power-Operated Hoistway Doors With Car Doors or Gates
SECTION 2.14 CAR ENCLOSURES, CAR DOORS AND GATES, AND CAR ILLUMINATION
2.14.1 Passenger and Freight Enclosures, General
102 2.14.2 Passenger-Car Enclosures
103 2.14.3 Freight-Car Enclosure
2.14.4 Passenger and Freight Car Doors and Gates, General Requirements
105 2.14.5 Passenger Car Doors
107 2.14.6 Freight Elevator Car Doors and Gates
108 2.14.7 Illumination of Cars and Lighting Fixtures
109 SECTION 2.15 CAR FRAMES AND PLATFORMS
2.15.1 Car Frames Required
2.15.2 Guiding Means
2.15.3 Design of Car Frames and Guiding Members
2.15.4 Underslung or Sub-Post Frames
2.15.5 Car Platforms
2.15.6 Materials for Car Frames and Platform Frames
110 2.15.7 Car Frame and Platform Connections
2.15.8 Protection of Platforms Against Fire
2.15.9 Platform Guards (Aprons)
111 2.15.10 MaximumAllowable Stresses in Car Frame and Platform Members and Connections
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 2.15.11 Maximum Allowable Deflections of Car Frame and Platform Members
2.15.12 Car Frames With Sheaves
2.15.13 Suspension-Rope Hitch Plates or Shapes
2.15.14 Calculation of Stresses in Car-Frame and Platform-Frame Members
2.15.15 Platform Side Braces
2.15.16 Hinged Platform Sills
2.15.17 Fastening of Compensation Means
113 SECTION 2.16 CAPACITY AND LOADING
2.16.1 Minimum Rated Load for Passenger Elevators
2.16.2 Minimum Rated Load for Freight Elevators
Figures
Figure 2.16.1.1 Inside Net Platform Areas for Passenger Elevators
114 2.16.3 Capacity and Data Plates
Table 2.16.1.1 Maximum Inside Net Platform Areas for the Various Rated Loads
115 2.16.4 Carrying of Passengers on Freight Elevators
2.16.5 Signs Required in Freight Elevator Cars
2.16.6 Overloading of Freight Elevators
116 2.16.7 Carrying of One-Piece Loads Exceeding the Rated Load
2.16.8 Additional Requirements for Passenger Overload in the Down Direction
117 2.16.9 Special Loading Means
SECTION 2.17 CAR AND COUNTERWEIGHT SAFETIES
2.17.1 Where Required and Location
2.17.2 Duplex Safeties
2.17.3 Function and Stopping Distance of Safeties
2.17.4 Counterweight Safeties
2.17.5 Identification and Classification of Types of Safeties
2.17.6 Reserved for Future Use
2.17.7 Governor-Actuated Safeties and Car Safety Mechanism Switches Required
118 2.17.8 Limits of Use of Various Types of Safeties
Table 2.17.3 Maximum and Minimum Stopping Distances for Type B Car Safeties With Rated Load at Maximum Car Governor Tripping Speed
119 2.17.9 Application and Release of Safeties
2.17.10 Minimum Permissible Clearance Between Rail-Gripping Faces of Safety Parts
2.17.11 Maximum Permissible Movement of Governor Rope to Operate the Safety Mechanism
120 2.17.12 Minimum Factors of Safety and Stresses of Safety Parts and Rope Connections
2.17.13 Corrosion-Resistant Bearings in Safeties and Safety-Operating Mechanisms
2.17.14 Marking Plates for Safeties
2.17.15 Governor-Rope Releasing Carriers
2.17.16 Rail Lubricants and Lubrication Plate
SECTION 2.18 SPEED GOVERNORS
2.18.1 Speed Governors Required and Location
121 2.18.2 Tripping Speeds for Speed Governors
Table 2.18.2.1 Maximum Car Speeds at Which Speed Governor Trips and Governor Overspeed Switch Operates
122 2.18.3 Sealing and Painting of Speed Governors
2.18.4 Speed Governor Overspeed Switch
2.18.5 Governor Ropes
123 2.18.6 Design of Governor-Rope Retarding Means for Type B Safeties
2.18.7 Design of Speed Governor Sheaves and Traction Between Speed Governor Rope and Sheave
2.18.8 Factors of Safety in Load-Bearing Parts of Speed Governor
Table 2.18.7.4 Multiplier for Determining Governor Sheave Pitch Diameter
124 2.18.9 Speed Governor Marking Plate
SECTION 2.19 ASCENDING CAR OVERSPEED AND UNINTENDED CAR MOVEMENT PROTECTION
2.19.1 Ascending Car Overspeed Protection
2.19.2 Unintended Car Movement Protection
125 2.19.3 Emergency Brake (See Nonmandatory Appendix F)
126 2.19.4 Emergency Brake Supports
SECTION 2.20 SUSPENSION MEANS AND THEIR CONNECTIONS
2.20.1 Suspension Means
2.20.2 Suspension Means Data
127 2.20.3 Factor of Safety
2.20.4 Minimum Number and Diameter of Suspension Means
Table 2.20.3 Minimum Factors of Safety for Suspension Members
128 2.20.5 Suspension Member Equalizers
2.20.6 Securing of Suspension Steel Wire Ropes to Winding Drums
2.20.7 Rope Turns on Winding Drums
2.20.8 Suspension Means Monitoring and Protection
129 2.20.9 Suspension Member Fastening
131 Figure 2.20.9.4 Tapered Rope Sockets
Figure 2.20.9.5 Wedge Rope Sockets
Table 2.20.9.4.5 Relation of Rope Diameter to Diameter of the Small Socket Hole
134 2.20.10 Auxiliary Rope Fastening Devices
2.20.11 Suspension Member Test
135 SECTION 2.21 COUNTERWEIGHTS
2.21.1 General Requirements
2.21.2 Design Requirements for Frames and Rods
2.21.3 Cars Counterbalancing One Another
2.21.4 Compensation Means
136 SECTION 2.22 BUFFERS AND BUMPERS
2.22.1 Type and Location
2.22.2 Solid Bumpers
2.22.3 Spring Buffers
Table 2.22.3.1 Minimum Spring Buffer Strokes
137 2.22.4 Oil Buffers
138 Table 2.22.4.1 Minimum Oil Buffer Strokes
139 2.22.5 Elastomeric Buffers
SECTION 2.23 CAR AND COUNTERWEIGHT GUIDE RAILS, GUIDE-RAIL SUPPORTS, AND FASTENINGS
2.23.1 Guide Rails Required
2.23.2 Material
140 2.23.3 Rail Section
2.23.4 Maximum Load on Rails in Relation to the Bracket Spacing
Figure 2.23.3 Elevator Guide Rails
Table 2.23.3 T-Section Guide-Rail Dimensions
141 2.23.5 Stresses and Deflections
142 Figure 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
143 Figure 2.23.4.1-2 Minimum Moment of Inertia About x-x Axis for a Single Guide Rail With Its Reinforcement
146 2.23.6 Guide-Rail Surfaces
2.23.7 Rail Joints and Fishplates
Table 2.23.4.2 Load Multiplying Factor for Duplex Safeties
147 2.23.8 Overall Length of Guide Rails
2.23.9 Guide-Rail Brackets and Building Supports
Table 2.23.4.3.1 Guide Rails for Counterweight Without Safeties
Table 2.23.4.3.3 Intermediate Tie Brackets
148 2.23.10 Fastening of Guide Rails to Rail Brackets
SECTION 2.24 DRIVING MACHINES AND SHEAVES
2.24.1 Type of Driving Machines
2.24.2 Sheaves and Drums
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 2.24.3 Factor of Safety for Driving Machines, Sheaves, and Drums
150 2.24.4 Fasteners and Connections Transmitting Load
2.24.5 Shaft Fillets and Keys
2.24.6 Cast Iron Worms and Worm Gears
2.24.7 Friction Gearing and Clutches
2.24.8 Braking System and Driving-Machine Brakes (See Nonmandatory Appendix F, Table F-1)
151 2.24.9 Indirect Driving Machines
2.24.10 Means for Inspection of Gears
SECTION 2.25 TERMINAL STOPPING DEVICES
2.25.1 General Requirements
152 2.25.2 Normal Terminal Stopping Devices
2.25.3 Final Terminal Stopping Devices
153 2.25.4 Emergency Terminal Stopping Means
155 SECTION 2.26 OPERATING DEVICES AND CONTROL EQUIPMENT
2.26.1 Operation and Operating Devices
159 2.26.2 Electrical Protective Devices
161 2.26.3 Contactors and Relays for Use in Critical Operating Circuits
2.26.4 Electrical Equipment and Wiring
162 Table 2.26.4.3.2 SIL for Electrical Protective Devices and Other Electrical Safety Functions
164 2.26.5 System to Monitor and Prevent Automatic Operation of the Elevator With Faulty Door Circuits
2.26.6 Phase Protection of Motors
2.26.7 Installation of Capacitors or Other Devices to Make Electrical Protective Devices Ineffective
2.26.8 Release and Application of Driving-Machine Brakes
2.26.9 Control and Operating Circuits
166 2.26.10 Absorption of Regenerated Power
2.26.11 Car Platform to Hoistway Door Sills Vertical Distance
2.26.12 Symbols
SECTION 2.27 EMERGENCY OPERATION AND SIGNALING DEVICES
167 Table 2.26.12.1 Symbol Identification
168 2.27.1 Car Emergency Signaling Devices
169 2.27.2 Emergency or Standby Power System
170 2.27.3 Firefighters’ Emergency Operation: Automatic Elevators
172 Figure 2.27.3.1.6 Visual Signal
176 Figure 2.27.3.3.7 Panel Layout
177 2.27.4 Firefighters’ Emergency Operation: Nonautomatic Elevators
178 2.27.5 Firefighters’ Emergency Operation: Automatic Elevators With Designated-Attendant Operation
2.27.6 Firefighters’ Emergency Operation or Occupant Evacuation Operation: Inspection Operation
2.27.7 Firefighters’ Emergency Operation: Operating Procedures
179 2.27.8 Switch Keys
Figure 2.27.7.1 Phase I Emergency Recall Operation Instructions
Figure 2.27.7.2 Phase II Emergency In-Car Operation
180 2.27.9 Elevator Corridor Call Station Pictograph
2.27.10 Elevator(s) for Use by Firefighters
2.27.11 Occupant Evacuation Operation
Figure 2.27.8 FEO-K1 Key
181 Figure 2.27.9 Elevator Corridor Call Station Pictograph
184 SECTION 2.28 LAYOUT DRAWINGS
2.28.1 Information Required on Layout Drawings
185 SECTION 2.29 IDENTIFICATION
2.29.1 Identification of Equipment
2.29.2 Identification of Floors
186 SECTION 2.30 SWAY CONTROL GUIDES
2.30.1 General Requirements
2.30.2 Suspension Means
2.30.3 Abrasion Protection
2.30.4 Guiding Members
187 Part 3 Hydraulic Elevators
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SECTION 3.1 CONSTRUCTION OF HOISTWAYS AND HOISTWAY ENCLOSURES
3.1.1 Strength of Pit Floor
3.1.2 Floors Over Hoistways
SECTION 3.2 PITS
3.2.1 Minimum Pit Depths Required
SECTION 3.3 LOCATION AND GUARDING OF COUNTERWEIGHTS
SECTION 3.4 BOTTOM AND TOP CLEARANCES AND RUNBYS FOR CARS AND COUNTERWEIGHTS
3.4.1 Bottom Car Clearance
188 3.4.2 Minimum Bottom and Top Car Runby
3.4.3 Car Top and Bottom Maximum Runby
3.4.4 Maximum Upward Movement
3.4.5 Top-of-Car Clearances
3.4.6 Top Clearance and Bottom Runby of Counterweight
3.4.7 Equipment on Top of Car Not Permitted to Strike Overhead Structure
3.4.8 Clearances Above Hydraulic Jack Projecting Above the Car
SECTION 3.5 HORIZONTAL CAR AND COUNTERWEIGHT CLEARANCES
189 SECTION 3.6 PROTECTION OF SPACES BELOW HOISTWAY
3.6.1 Jack-Supporting Structure
3.6.2 Counterweight Safety Actuation
3.6.3 Buffer Types
3.6.4 Buffer Supports
SECTION 3.7 MACHINERY SPACES, MACHINE ROOMS, CONTROL SPACES, AND CONTROL ROOMS
3.7.1 Requirements
190 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
SECTION 3.11 PROTECTION OF HOISTWAY LANDING OPENINGS
3.11.1 Emergency Doors
SECTION 3.12 HOISTWAY DOOR LOCKING DEVICES, CLOSED DETECTION MEANS, AND HOISTWAY ACCESS SWITCHES
3.12.1 General
3.12.2 Car Door or Gate Closed Detection Means and Car Door Interlocks
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
3.15.1 Requirements
191 3.15.2 Maximum Allowable Stresses and Deflections in Car Frame and Platform Members
3.15.3 Calculations of Stresses and Deflections in Car Frame and Platform Members
SECTION 3.16 CAPACITY AND LOADING
3.16.1 Minimum Rated Load for Passenger Elevators
3.16.2 Minimum Rated Load for Freight Elevators
3.16.3 Capacity and Data Plates
3.16.4 Carrying of Passengers on Freight Elevators
3.16.5 Signs Required in Freight Elevators
3.16.6 Overloading of Freight Elevators
3.16.7 One-Piece Loads Exceeding the Rated Load
3.16.8 Additional Requirements for Passenger Overload
3.16.9 Special Loading Means
SECTION 3.17 CAR SAFETIES, COUNTERWEIGHT SAFETIES, PLUNGER GRIPPER, AND GOVERNORS
3.17.1 Car Safeties
192 3.17.2 Counterweight Safeties
3.17.3 Plunger Gripper
193 3.17.4 Governors
SECTION 3.18 HYDRAULIC JACKS
3.18.1 Hydraulic Jack and Connections
194 3.18.2 Plungers
3.18.3 Cylinders
195 3.18.4 Plunger Stops
3.18.5 Welding
196 3.18.6 Marking of the Hydraulic Jack
SECTION 3.19 VALVES, PRESSURE PIPING, AND FITTINGS
3.19.1 Materials and Working Pressures
3.19.2 Pressure Piping
197 3.19.3 Connections and Fittings
3.19.4 Valves
198 3.19.5 Piping Buried in the Ground
199 3.19.6 Welding
3.19.7 Electrical Requirements
SECTION 3.20 ROPES AND ROPE CONNECTIONS
SECTION 3.21 COUNTERWEIGHTS
3.21.1 Counterweights
3.21.2 Counterweight Sheaves
SECTION 3.22 BUFFERS AND BUMPERS
3.22.1 Car Buffers or Bumpers
3.22.2 Counterweight Buffers
SECTION 3.23 GUIDE RAILS, GUIDE-RAIL SUPPORTS, AND FASTENINGS
3.23.1 Direct-Acting Hydraulic Elevators
3.23.2 Roped-Hydraulic Elevators
200 SECTION 3.24 HYDRAULIC MACHINES AND TANKS
3.24.1 Hydraulic Machines (Power Units)
3.24.2 Tanks
3.24.3 Atmosphere Storage and Discharge Tanks
3.24.4 Welding
SECTION 3.25 TERMINAL STOPPING DEVICES
3.25.1 Normal Terminal Stopping Devices
3.25.2 Terminal Speed-Reducing Devices
201 3.25.3 Final Terminal Stopping Devices
SECTION 3.26 OPERATING DEVICES AND CONTROL EQUIPMENT
3.26.1 Operating Devices and Control Equipment
202 3.26.2 Inspection Operation
3.26.3 Anticreep and Leveling Operation
3.26.4 Electrical Protective Devices
3.26.5 Phase Reversal and Failure Protection
3.26.6 Control and Operating Circuits
203 3.26.7 Recycling Operation for Multiple or Telescopic Plungers
3.26.8 Pressure-Sensing Means
3.26.9 Low Oil Protection
3.26.10 Auxiliary Power Lowering Operation
204 3.26.11 Executable Software
SECTION 3.27 EMERGENCY OPERATION AND SIGNALING DEVICES
3.27.1 Phase I Emergency Recall Operation After Device Actuation
3.27.2 Phase I Emergency Recall Operation Prior to Device Actuation
3.27.3 Device Actuation at Recall Level
205 3.27.4 Device Actuation With Phase II Emergency In-Car Operation in Effect
SECTION 3.28 LAYOUT DATA
3.28.1 Information Required on Layout Drawing
SECTION 3.29 IDENTIFICATION
206 Part 4 Elevators With Other Types of Driving Machines
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SECTION 4.1 RACK-AND-PINION ELEVATORS
4.1.1 Construction of Hoistways and Hoistway Enclosures
4.1.2 Pits
4.1.3 Location and Guarding of Counterweights
4.1.4 Vertical Clearances and Runbys for Cars and Counterweights
4.1.5 Horizontal Car and Counterweight Clearances
4.1.6 Protection of Space Below Hoistways
4.1.7 Machinery Spaces, Control Spaces, and Control Rooms
208 4.1.8 Equipment in Hoistways or Machinery Spaces, Control Spaces, and Control Rooms
4.1.9 Supports and Foundations
4.1.10 Guarding of Equipment and Standard Railing
4.1.11 Protection of Hoistway Openings
4.1.12 Hoistway Door Locking Devices and Electric Contacts and Hoistway Access Switches
4.1.13 Power Operation of Hoistway Doors and Car Doors
4.1.14 Car Enclosures, Car Doors and Gates, and Car Illumination
4.1.15 Car Frames and Platforms
4.1.16 Capacity and Loading
4.1.17 Car and Counterweight Safeties
209 4.1.18 Speed Governors
4.1.19 Ascending Car Overspeed and Unintended Car Movement Protection
4.1.20 Suspension Ropes and Their Connections
4.1.21 Counterweights
4.1.22 Buffers and Bumpers
210 4.1.23 Car and Counterweight Guide Rails, Guide-Rail Supports, and Fastenings
4.1.24 Rack-and-Pinion Drive Machine
Table 4.1.18.1 Maximum and Minimum Stopping Distances for Rack-and-Pinion Safeties With Rated Load
211 4.1.25 Terminal Stopping Devices
4.1.26 Operating Devices and Control Equipment
213 4.1.27 Emergency Operation and Signaling Devices
4.1.28 Layout Drawings
4.1.29 Identification
4.1.30 Sway Control Guides
4.1.31 Welding
SECTION 4.2 SCREW-COLUMN ELEVATORS
4.2.1 Hoistways, Hoistway Enclosures, and Related Construction
4.2.2 Vertical Clearance and Runby for Cars
4.2.3 Horizontal Car Clearance
4.2.4 Protection of Spaces Below the Hoistway
214 4.2.5 Machine Rooms and Machinery Spaces
4.2.6 Equipment in Hoistways and Machine Rooms
4.2.7 Supports and Foundations
4.2.8 Car Enclosures, Car Doors and Gates, and Car Illumination
4.2.9 Car Frames and Platforms
4.2.10 Capacity and Loading
4.2.11 Car Safeties and Speed Governor
215 4.2.12 Reserved for Future Use
4.2.13 Car Buffers
4.2.14 Guide Rails, Guide-Rail Supports, and Fastenings
4.2.15 Driving Machine and Screw Column
216 4.2.16 Terminal Stopping Devices
4.2.17 Operating Devices and Control Equipment
4.2.18 Emergency Operation and Signaling Devices
4.2.19 Layout Drawings
4.2.20 Welding
SECTION 4.3 HAND ELEVATORS
4.3.1 Hoistways, Hoistway Enclosures, and Related Construction
217 4.3.2 Pits
4.3.3 Top Clearances
4.3.4 Enclosures for Machines and Control Equipment
4.3.5 Overhead Beams and Supports, and Access to Machines and Sheaves
4.3.6 Hoistway Entrances
4.3.7 Hoistway Gates for Landing Openings
218 4.3.8 Hoistway Door and Hoistway Gate Locking Devices
4.3.9 Car Enclosures
4.3.10 Use of Glass in Cars
4.3.11 Car Frames and Platforms
4.3.12 Car Compartments
4.3.13 Cars Counterbalancing One Another
4.3.14 Capacity and Loading
4.3.15 Car Safeties
4.3.16 Suspension Means
219 4.3.17 Counterweights
4.3.18 Guide Rails and Fastenings
4.3.19 Driving Machines and Sheaves
4.3.20 Power Attachments
4.3.21 Layout Data
4.3.22 Inspections and Tests
220 Part 5 Special Application Elevators
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SECTION 5.1 INCLINED ELEVATORS
5.1.1 General Requirements
5.1.2 Construction of Hoistway and Hoistway Enclosures
221 5.1.3 Pits and Work Spaces
5.1.4 Counterweight Pit Guards
5.1.5 Clearances for Cars and Counterweights
5.1.6 Protection of Spaces in Line With the Direction of Travel
5.1.7 Equipment in Hoistways and Machine Rooms
5.1.8 Protection of Hoistway Openings
5.1.9 Reserved for Future Use
5.1.10 Access to Hoistways for Inspection, Maintenance, and Repairs
222 5.1.11 Car Enclosures
5.1.12 Car Frames and Platforms
223 5.1.13 Capacity and Loading
5.1.14 Car and Counterweight Safeties
5.1.15 Speed Governor Drive
5.1.16 Suspension Ropes and Their Connections
5.1.17 Car and Counterweight Buffers
5.1.18 Car and Counterweight Guide Rails, Guide-Rail Supports, and Fastenings
224 Table 5.1.14.2 Minimum and Maximum Stopping Distances at Given Angles From Horizontal
225 5.1.19 Driving Machines
5.1.20 Operating Devices and Control Equipment
5.1.21 Emergency Operations and Signaling Devices
Figure 5.1.17.3 Vertical and Horizontal Components of Velocity
Table 5.1.17.2 Spring Buffer Stroke
226 5.1.22 End-Loading Inclined Elevators
5.1.23 Special Requirements for Inclined Elevator Layout Drawings
SECTION 5.2 LIMITED-USE/LIMITED-APPLICATION ELEVATORS
5.2.1 Electric Limited-Use/Limited-Application Elevators
Table 5.1.17.4.4 Minimum Oil Buffer Strokes at Given Angle From Horizontal
231 5.2.2 Hydraulic Limited-Use/Limited-Application Elevators
SECTION 5.3 PRIVATE RESIDENCE ELEVATORS
232 5.3.1 Private Residence Electric Elevators
241 5.3.2 Private Residence Hydraulic Elevators
242 SECTION 5.4 PRIVATE RESIDENCE INCLINED ELEVATORS
5.4.1 Runway Protection
5.4.2 Landing Enclosures and Gates (Where Required)
5.4.3 Machinery Beams and Supports
5.4.4 Car Enclosures, Car Doors, and Gates
243 5.4.5 Car and Chassis Construction
5.4.6 Capacity
5.4.7 Safeties and Governors
5.4.8 Suspension Means
244 5.4.9 Counterweight Guiding and Construction
5.4.10 Bumpers and Buffers
5.4.11 Car and Counterweight Guide and Track Supports and Fastenings
5.4.12 Driving Machines and Sheaves
5.4.13 Terminal Stopping Devices
5.4.14 Operating Devices and Control Equipment
245 5.4.15 Marking Plates
SECTION 5.5 POWER SIDEWALK ELEVATORS
5.5.1 Electric Sidewalk Elevators
248 5.5.2 Direct-Plunger Hydraulic Sidewalk Elevators
249 SECTION 5.6 ROOFTOP ELEVATORS
5.6.1 Electric Rooftop Elevators
252 5.6.2 Direct-Plunger Hydraulic Rooftop Elevators
SECTION 5.7 SPECIAL PURPOSE PERSONNEL ELEVATORS
253 5.7.1 Construction of Hoistways and Hoistway Enclosures
5.7.2 Pits
5.7.3 Location and Enclosing of Counterweights
5.7.4 Vertical Clearances and Runby
5.7.5 Horizontal Car and Counterweight Clearances
5.7.6 Protection of Spaces Below the Hoistway
254 5.7.7 Overhead Machinery Beams and Supports
5.7.8 Hoistway Doors and Gates
5.7.9 Locking Devices for Hoistway Doors or Gates
5.7.10 Car Enclosures, Car Doors and Gates, and Car Illumination
255 5.7.11 Car Construction
5.7.12 Capacity and Loading
5.7.13 Car Safeties and Governors
5.7.14 Suspension Ropes
256 5.7.15 Counterweight Guiding and Construction
5.7.16 Car and Counterweight Buffers
5.7.17 Car Guide Rails and Guide-Rail Fastenings
5.7.18 Driving Machines and Sheaves
257 5.7.19 Operating Devices and Control Equipment
259 5.7.20 Operation
5.7.21 Emergency Signal and/or Communication
5.7.22 Layout Drawings
5.7.23 Welding
SECTION 5.8 MARINE ELEVATORS
5.8.1 Electric Marine Elevators
260 5.8.2 Hydraulic Shipboard Elevators
5.8.3 Rack-and-Pinion Shipboard Elevators
SECTION 5.9 MINE ELEVATORS
261 5.9.1 Construction of Hoistways and Hoistway Enclosures
5.9.2 Pits
5.9.3 Location and Guarding of Counterweights
5.9.4 Vertical Clearances and Runbys for Cars and Counterweights
5.9.5 Horizontal Car and Counterweight Clearances
5.9.6 Protection of Space Below Hoistways
5.9.7 Machinery Spaces, Machine Rooms, Control Spaces, and Control Rooms
5.9.8 Equipment in Hoistways, Machinery Spaces, Machine Rooms, Control Spaces, and Control Rooms
5.9.9 Machinery and Sheave Beams, Supports, and Foundations
262 5.9.10 Guarding of Equipment and the Standard Railing
5.9.11 Protection of Hoistway Openings
5.9.12 Hoistway Door Locking Devices and Electric Contacts, and Hoistway Access Switches
5.9.13 Power Operation of Hoistway Doors and Car Doors
5.9.14 Car Enclosures, Car Doors and Gates, and Car Illumination
5.9.15 Car Frames and Platforms
5.9.16 Capacity and Loading
5.9.17 Car and Counterweight Safeties
263 5.9.18 Speed Governors
5.9.19 Ascending Car Overspeed and Unintended Car Movement Protection
5.9.20 Suspension Means and Their Connections
5.9.21 Counterweights
5.9.22 Buffers and Bumpers
5.9.23 Car and Counterweight Guide Rails, Guide-Rail Supports, and Fastenings
5.9.24 Driving Machines and Sheaves
5.9.25 Terminal Stopping Devices
5.9.26 Operating Devices and Control Equipment
264 5.9.27 Emergency Operations and Signaling Devices
5.9.28 Layout Drawings
5.9.29 Identification
5.9.30 Sway Control Guides
5.9.31 Welding
SECTION 5.10 ELEVATORS USED FOR CONSTRUCTION
5.10.1 Electric Elevators Used for Construction
268 5.10.2 Hydraulic Elevators Used for Construction
269 SECTION 5.11 WIND TURBINE TOWER ELEVATORS
SECTION 5.12 OUTSIDE EMERGENCY ELEVATORS
5.12.1 Guidance in Use of ASME A17.7/CSA B44.7
5.12.2 Performing Risk Assessments
5.12.3 Operating Instructions
270 Part 6 Escalators and Moving Walks
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SECTION 6.1 ESCALATORS
6.1.1 Protection of Floor Openings
6.1.2 Protection of Trusses and Machinery Spaces Against Fire
6.1.3 Construction Requirements
272 Figure 6.1.3.3.10 Dimensions
276 6.1.4 Rated Speed
6.1.5 Driving Machine, Motor, and Brake
277 6.1.6 Operating and Safety Devices
281 Figure 6.1.6.9.1 Caution Sign
282 6.1.7 Lighting, Access, and Electrical Work
283 6.1.8 Outdoor Escalators
SECTION 6.2 MOVING WALKS
6.2.1 Protection of Floor Openings
284 6.2.2 Protection of Supports and Machinery Spaces Against Fire
6.2.3 Construction Requirements
287 Table 6.2.3.7 Treadway Width
288 6.2.4 Rated Speed
Table 6.2.4.1.1 Treadway Speed
289 6.2.5 Driving Machine, Motor, and Brake
290 6.2.6 Operating and Safety Devices
294 6.2.7 Lighting, Access, and Electrical Work
295 6.2.8 Outdoor Moving Walks
296 Part 7 Dumbwaiters and Material Lifts
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SECTION 7.1 POWER DUMBWAITERS WITHOUT AUTOMATIC TRANSFER DEVICES
7.1.1 Construction of Hoistways and Hoistway Enclosures
7.1.2 Pits
7.1.3 Location and Guarding of Counterweights
7.1.4 Vertical Car Clearances and Runbys for Cars and Counterweights
297 7.1.5 Horizontal Car and Counterweight Clearances
7.1.6 Protection of Spaces Below the Hoistway
7.1.7 Machinery Spaces, Machine Rooms, Control Spaces, and Control Rooms
298 7.1.8 Electrical Equipment, Wiring, Pipes, Ducts, and HVAC in Hoistways and Machine Rooms
7.1.9 Machinery and Sheave Beams, Supports, and Foundations
7.1.10 Guarding of Equipment
7.1.11 Protection of Hoistway Openings
299 7.1.12 Hoistway Door Locking Devices, Access Switches, and Unlocking Devices
300 7.1.13 Power Operation of Hoistway Doors and Car Doors or Gates
301 7.1.14 Identification
SECTION 7.2 ELECTRIC DUMBWAITERS WITHOUT AUTOMATIC TRANSFER DEVICES
7.2.1 Car Enclosures, Car Doors and Gates, and Car Illumination
302 7.2.2 Car Frames and Platforms
7.2.3 Capacity and Loading
303 7.2.4 Car and Counterweight Safeties
7.2.5 Speed Governors
7.2.6 Suspension Means
304 7.2.7 Counterweights
7.2.8 Buffers and Bumpers
Table 7.2.6.4 Factors of Safety for Wire Rope and Chains
Table 7.2.8.1 Minimum Spring Buffer Strokes
305 7.2.9 Car and Counterweight Guide Rails, Guide-Rail Supports, and Fastenings
7.2.10 Driving Machines and Sheaves
7.2.11 Terminal Stopping Devices
7.2.12 Operating Devices and Control Equipment
Table 7.2.8.2 Minimum Oil Buffer Strokes
306 7.2.13 Layout Data
307 7.2.14 Welding for Dumbwaiters
SECTION 7.3 HYDRAULIC DUMBWAITERS WITHOUT AUTOMATIC TRANSFER DEVICES
7.3.1 Car Enclosures, Car Doors and Gates, and Car Illumination
7.3.2 Car Frames and Platforms
7.3.3 Capacity and Loading
7.3.4 Car and Counterweight Safeties
7.3.5 Hydraulic Driving Machines
7.3.6 Rope, Rope Connections, and Sheaves
7.3.7 Counterweights
7.3.8 Buffers and Bumpers
7.3.9 Guide Rails, Guide-Rail Supports, and Fastenings
7.3.10 Terminal Stopping Devices
7.3.11 Operating Devices and Control Equipment
308 7.3.12 Layout Data
SECTION 7.4 MATERIAL LIFTS WITHOUT AUTOMATIC TRANSFER DEVICES
7.4.1 General Requirement
7.4.2 Classification
7.4.3 Construction of Hoistways and Hoistway Enclosures
309 7.4.4 Pits
7.4.5 Location and Guarding of Counterweights
7.4.6 Vertical Clearances and Runbys for Cars and Counterweights
Table 7.4.3 Type B Material Lifts
310 7.4.7 Horizontal Car and Counterweight Clearances
7.4.8 Protection of Spaces Below Hoistways
7.4.9 Machinery Spaces, Machine Rooms, Control Spaces, and Control Rooms
311 7.4.10 Equipment in Hoistways and Machine Rooms
7.4.11 Machinery and Sheave Beams, Supports, and Foundations
7.4.12 Guarding of Equipment and Standard Railing
7.4.13 Protection of Hoistway Landing Openings
7.4.14 Hoistway Door Locking Devices and Electric Contacts, and Hoistway Access Switches
312 7.4.15 Power Operation of Hoistway Doors and Car Doors and Gates
7.4.16 Identification of Equipment
SECTION 7.5 ELECTRIC MATERIAL LIFTS WITHOUT AUTOMATIC TRANSFER DEVICES
7.5.1 Car Enclosures, Car Doors and Gates, and Car Illumination
313 7.5.2 Car Frames and Platforms
314 7.5.3 Capacity and Loading
7.5.4 Car and Counterweight Safeties
7.5.5 Speed Governors
7.5.6 Suspension Ropes and Their Connections
315 7.5.7 Counterweights
7.5.8 Buffers and Bumpers
7.5.9 Car and Counterweight Guide Rails, Guide-Rail Supports, and Fastenings
7.5.10 Driving Machine and Sheaves
316 7.5.11 Terminal Stopping Devices
7.5.12 Operating Devices and Control Equipment
318 7.5.13 Layout Data
7.5.14 Welding
SECTION 7.6 HYDRAULIC MATERIAL LIFTS WITHOUT AUTOMATIC TRANSFER DEVICES
7.6.1 Hoistways, Hoistway Enclosures, and Related Construction
7.6.2 Mechanical Equipment
7.6.3 Hydraulic Driving Machines
7.6.4 Valves, Pressure Piping, and Fittings
7.6.5 Counterweight Ropes, Rope Connections, and Sheaves
319 7.6.6 Hydraulic Machines and Tanks
7.6.7 Terminal Stopping Devices
7.6.8 Operating Devices and Control Equipment
7.6.9 Layout Data
SECTION 7.7 AUTOMATIC TRANSFER DEVICES
7.7.1 General
7.7.2 Clearances
320 7.7.3 Guarding
7.7.4 Floor Level
SECTION 7.8 POWER DUMBWAITERS WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSFER DEVICES
7.8.1 Requirements
7.8.2 Safety Devices
7.8.3 Emergency Stop Switch
7.8.4 Structural Capacity Load
SECTION 7.9 ELECTRIC MATERIAL LIFTS WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSFER DEVICES
7.9.1 Hoistways, Hoistway Enclosures, and Related Construction
321 7.9.2 Machinery and Equipment
322 SECTION 7.10 HYDRAULIC MATERIAL LIFTS WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSFER DEVICES
Table 7.9.2.14 Minimum Spring Buffer Strokes
Table 7.9.2.15 Minimum Oil Buffer Strokes
323 Part 8 General Requirements
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SECTION 8.1 SECURITY
8.1.1 General
8.1.2 Group 1: Restricted
8.1.3 Group 2: Authorized Personnel
324 8.1.4 Group 3: Emergency Operation
8.1.5 Group 4: Other
SECTION 8.2 DESIGN DATA AND FORMULAS
8.2.1 Minimum Rated Load for Passenger Elevators
8.2.2 Electric Elevator Car Frame and Platform Stresses and Deflections
325 Figure 8.2.1.2 Minimum Rated Load for Passenger Elevators
328 8.2.3 Impact on Buffer Supports
Figure 8.2.2.5.1 Turning Moment Based on Class of Loading
329 8.2.4 Gravity Stopping Distances
8.2.5 Governor Tripping Speeds
8.2.6 Stopping Distances for Car and Counterweight Safeties
8.2.7 Factors of Safety for Suspension Wire Ropes for Power Elevators
8.2.8 Hydraulic Jack and Piping
330 Figure 8.2.4 Gravity Stopping Distances
331 Figure 8.2.5 Maximum Governor Tripping Speeds
333 Figure 8.2.6 Stopping Distances for Type B Car and Counterweight Safeties
336 Figure 8.2.7 Minimum Factors of Safety of Suspension Members of Power Passenger and Freight Elevators
338 Figure 8.2.8.1.1 Allowable Gross Loads
340 8.2.9 Hydraulic Elevator Car Frame and Platform Stresses and Deflections
341 Figure 8.2.9.1.3 Load Distribution
342 8.2.10 Minimum Oil Buffer Strokes: Inclined Elevators
343 8.2.11 Stopping Distances for Car and Counterweight Safeties for Inclined Elevators
8.2.12 Material Lifts With Automatic Transfer Devices, Design Data, and Formulas
SECTION 8.3 ENGINEERING TESTS, TYPE TESTS, AND CERTIFICATION
8.3.1 General Requirements for Tests and Certification
344 8.3.2 Type Tests of Car and Counterweight Oil Buffers
346 8.3.3 Type Tests of Interlocks, Combination Mechanical Locks and Electric Contacts, and Door or Gate Electric Contacts
349 8.3.4 Entrance Fire Type Tests
8.3.5 Type Tests for Hydraulic Control Valves
8.3.6 Escalator Brake and Braking System Type Tests
8.3.7 Vertical Burn Engineering Test
350 8.3.8 Test Method for Evaluating Room Fire Growth Contribution of Textile Wall Covering
8.3.9 Engineering Tests for Hydraulic Overspeed Valves
351 8.3.10 Engineering Tests: Safety Nut and Speed-Limiting Devices of Screw-Column Elevators
8.3.11 Step and Pallet Fatigue Engineering Test
8.3.12 Suspension Member Tests
352 8.3.13 Type Tests of Elastomeric Buffers
353 8.3.14 Engineering Tests of Car Door Restrictors
354 8.3.15 Skirt Deflection Test
SECTION 8.4 ELEVATOR SEISMIC REQUIREMENTS
355 8.4.1 Horizontal Car and Counterweight Clearances
8.4.2 Machinery and Sheave Beams, Supports, and Foundations
8.4.3 Guarding of Equipment
356 8.4.4 Car Enclosures, Car Doors and Gates, and Car Illumination
8.4.5 Guiding Members and Position Restraints
8.4.6 Compensating-Rope Sheave Assembly
Figure 8.4.3.1.3 Arc of Contact
357 8.4.7 Counterweights
8.4.8 Car and Counterweight Guide-Rail Systems
358 Figure 8.4.8.2.1-1 12 kg/m (8 lb/ft) Guide-Rail Bracket Spacing
359 Figure 8.4.8.2.1-2 16.5 kg/m (11 lb/ft) Guide-Rail Bracket Spacing
360 Figure 8.4.8.2.1-3 18 kg/m (12 lb/ft) Guide-Rail Bracket Spacing
361 Figure 8.4.8.2.1-4 22.5 kg/m (15 lb/ft) Guide-Rail Bracket Spacing
362 Figure 8.4.8.2.1-5 27.5 kg/m (18.5 lb/ft) Guide-Rail Bracket Spacing
363 Figure 8.4.8.2.1-6 33.5 kg/m (22.5 lb/ft) Guide-Rail Bracket Spacing
364 Figure 8.4.8.2.1-7 44.5 kg/m (30 lb/ft) Guide-Rail Bracket Spacing
365 Figure 8.4.8.2.2 Car and Counterweight Load Factor
367 8.4.9 Driving Machines and Sheaves
8.4.10 Emergency Operation and Signaling Devices
368 Table 8.4.8.7 Stresses and Deflections of Guide-Rail Brackets and Supports
370 Figure 8.4.8.9 Guide-Rail Axes
371 Figure 8.4.10.1.1 Earthquake Elevator Equipment Requirements Diagrammatic Representation
372 Table 8.4.10.1.1 Visual Indication Matrix
373 Figure 8.4.10.1.3 Earthquake Emergency Operation Diagrammatic Representation
375 8.4.11 Hydraulic Elevators
376 Table 8.4.11.13 Pipe Support Spacing
377 8.4.12 Design Data and Formulas for Elevators
379 8.4.13 Component Force Levels Based on Ground Motion Parameters
380 8.4.14 Elevator Seismic Design Force
Table 8.4.12.2.2 Maximum Allowable Deflection
381 8.4.15 Component Operating Weight, Wp
8.4.16 Machine Rooms and Machinery Spaces
SECTION 8.5 ESCALATOR AND MOVING WALK SEISMIC REQUIREMENTS
382 8.5.1 Balustrade Construction
8.5.2 Truss Members
Figure 8.5.1 Balustrade Handrail Force
383 8.5.3 Supporting Connections Between the Truss and the Building
384 8.5.4 Seismic Detection Devices
8.5.5 Allowable Stresses Applicable to Seismic Design
SECTION 8.6 MAINTENANCE, REPAIR, REPLACEMENT, AND TESTING
8.6.1 General Requirements
385 Table 8.5.5 Component-Based Allowable Design Stresses
388 8.6.2 Repairs
389 8.6.3 Replacements
391 8.6.4 Maintenance and Testing of Electric Elevators
396 Table 8.6.4.20.4 Brake Test Loads
398 8.6.5 Maintenance and Testing of Hydraulic Elevators
400 8.6.6 Maintenance and Testing of Elevators With Other Types of Driving Machines
8.6.7 Maintenance and Testing of Special Application Elevators
402 8.6.8 Maintenance of Escalators and Periodic Testing of Escalators and Moving Walks
405 Figure 8.6.8.15.19 Location of Center of Applied Load for Coefficient of Friction and Loaded Gap Measurements
406 8.6.9 Maintenance of Moving Walks
407 8.6.10 Maintenance and Testing of Dumbwaiters and Material Lifts
8.6.11 Special Provisions
410 SECTION 8.7 ALTERATIONS
8.7.1 General Requirements
411 8.7.2 Alterations to Electric Elevators
421 8.7.3 Alterations to Hydraulic Elevators
427 8.7.4 Alterations to Elevators With Other Types of Driving Machines
428 8.7.5 Alterations to Special Application Elevators
433 8.7.6 Alterations to Escalators and Moving Walks
436 8.7.7 Alterations to Dumbwaiters and Material Lifts
SECTION 8.8 WELDING
8.8.1 Qualification of Welders
8.8.2 Welding Steel
8.8.3 Welding Metals Other Than Steel
SECTION 8.9 CODE DATA PLATE
8.9.1 Required Information
437 8.9.2 Location
8.9.3 Material and Construction
SECTION 8.10 ACCEPTANCE INSPECTIONS AND TESTS
8.10.1 General Requirements for Acceptance Inspections and Tests
438 8.10.2 Acceptance Inspection and Tests of Electric Elevators
446 8.10.3 Acceptance Inspection and Tests of Hydraulic Elevators
452 8.10.4 Acceptance Inspection and Tests of Escalators and Moving Walks
456 8.10.5 Acceptance Inspection and Tests of Other Equipment
457 SECTION 8.11 PERIODIC INSPECTIONS AND WITNESSING OF TESTS
8.11.1 General Requirements for Periodic Inspections and Witnessing of Tests
458 8.11.2 Periodic Inspection of Electric Elevators
461 8.11.3 Periodic Inspection of Hydraulic Elevators
462 8.11.4 Periodic Inspection of Escalators and Moving Walks
463 8.11.5 Periodic Inspection of Other Equipment
464 SECTION 8.12 FLOOD RESISTANCES
8.12.1 Flood-Resistant Design and Construction
SECTION 8.13 SIGNS, PLATES, AND TAGS
8.13.1 Permanent Plates
8.13.2 Signs
8.13.3 Marking Plates and Tags
466 Part 9 Reference Codes, Standards, and Specifications
467 Section 9.1 Reference Documents
472 Section 9.2 Procurement Information
474 NONMANDATORY APPENDICES
NONMANDATORY APPENDIX A CONTROL SYSTEM
475 Figure A-1 Control System
476 Figure B-1 Unlocking Zone (2.12.1 and 2.14.5.7)
NONMANDATORY APPENDIX B UNLOCKING ZONE
477 Figure C-1 Parallelepiped Volume Orientations [2.14.1.5.1(b)(2)]
NONMANDATORY APPENDIX C LOCATION OF TOP EMERGENCY EXIT
478 NONMANDATORY APPENDIX D RATED LOAD AND CAPACITY PLATES FOR PASSENGER ELEVATORS
479 NONMANDATORY APPENDIX E ELEVATOR REQUIREMENTS FOR PERSONS WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITIES IN JURISDICTIONS ENFORCING THE NBCC
INTRODUCTION
E-1 SCOPE
E-2 DEFINITIONS
E-3 LEVELING
E-4 DOOR OPERATION
E-5 DOOR SIZE
E-6 DOOR PROTECTIVE AND REOPENING DEVICE
E-7 DOOR TIMING FOR HALL AND CAR CALLS
480 Table E-5-1 Minimum Dimensions of Elevator Cars
E-8 INSIDE DIMENSIONS OF ELEVATOR CARS
E-9 CAR CONTROLS
481 E-10 CAR POSITION INDICATORS
E-11 EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS
E-12 FLOOR SURFACES
E-13 HANDRAILS
E-14 ILLUMINATION LEVELS
E-15 HALL BUTTONS
E-16 HALL OR IN-CAR SIGNALS
482 E-17 FLOOR/CAR DESIGNATIONS
E-18 DESTINATION-ORIENTED ELEVATORS
483 E-19 LIMITED-USE/ LIMITED-APPLICATION ELEVATORS
E-20 SIGNS
485 Figure E-20.4.3-1 Braille Measurements
Table E-20.4.3-1 Measurement Range for Standard Sign Braille
486 Figure E-20.6.3 International Symbol of Accessibility
487 NONMANDATORY APPENDIX F ASCENDING CAR OVERSPEED AND UNINTENDED CAR MOVEMENT PROTECTION
488 Table F-1 Traction Elevator Brake Type, Function, and Performance
489 Figure F-1 Ascending Car Overspeed Protection (2.19.1)
490 Figure F-2 Unintended Car Movement Protection (2.19.2)
491 Figure G-1 Top-of-Car Clearance Requirements (2.4.7.1 and 2.14.1.7.2)
NONMANDATORY APPENDIX G TOP-OF-CAR CLEARANCE
492 Figure G-2 Additional Top-of-Car Clearance Requirements (2.4.7.1)
Figure G-3 Top-of-Car Marking Requirements (2.4.7.2)
493 Figure G-4 Additional Top-of-Car Marking Requirements (2.4.7.2)
494 Figure G-5 Additional Top-of-Car Clearance Requirements
495 Figure G-6 Additional Top-of-Car Clearance [2.4.7.1(b)]
496 Figure H-1 Private Residence Elevator Guarding
NONMANDATORY APPENDIX H PRIVATE RESIDENCE ELEVATOR GUARDING (5.3.1.7.2)
497 Figure I-1 Relationship of Escalator Parts
Figure I-2 Handrail
NONMANDATORY APPENDIX I ESCALATOR AND MOVING WALK DIAGRAMS
498 Figure I-3 Escalator Nomenclature
499 Figure I-4 Skirt or Dynamic Skirt Panel: Step Nose (6.1.3.3.6)
Figure I-5 Ceiling or Soffit Guard (6.1.3.3.11)
Figure I-6 Antislide Device (6.1.3.3.12)
500 Figure I-7 Escalator Step Tread
Figure I-8 Cleated Riser (6.1.3.5.3)
501 Figure I-9 Moving Walk Geometry
Figure I-10 Moving Walk Treadway Slots
502 Figure I-11 Stopping Distances Corresponding to a Deceleration Rate of 0.91 m/s2 [6.1.5.3.1(c)]
Figure I-12 Clearance Between Escalator Steps
503 Figure J-1 Relationship of Pit Ladder to Hoistway Door Unlocking Means
NONMANDATORY APPENDIX J RELATIONSHIP OF PIT LADDER TO HOISTWAY DOOR UNLOCKING MEANS
504 Figure K-1 Beveling and Clearance Requirements
NONMANDATORY APPENDIX K BEVELING AND CLEARANCE REQUIREMENTS (7.4.7.4)
505 NONMANDATORY APPENDIX L INDEX OF ALTERATION REQUIREMENTS FOR ELECTRIC ELEVATORS, HYDRAULIC ELEVATORS, ESCALATORS, AND MOVING WALKS
512 Figure M-1 Inertia Application for Type A Safety Device Location of Test Weight
NONMANDATORY APPENDIX M INERTIA APPLICATION FOR TYPE A SAFETY DEVICE LOCATION OF TEST WEIGHT [8.10.2.2.2(ii)(2)]
513 NONMANDATORY APPENDIX N RECOMMENDED INSPECTION AND TEST INTERVALS IN “MONTHS”
INTRODUCTION TO MONITORING (TABLE N-2)
514 Table N-1 Recommended Inspection and Test Intervals in “Months”
515 Table N-2 Guidelines on Use of Monitoring to Provide Inspection Data
522 Table P-1 Plunger Gripper Stopping Distances With Rated Load in the Car (8.6.5.16.4)
NONMANDATORY APPENDIX P PLUNGER GRIPPER STOPPING DISTANCES
523 Table Q-1
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
524 Figure Q-1
Figure Q-2
Figure Q-3
Figure Q-4
525 Figure Q-5
Figure Q-6
526 NONMANDATORY APPENDIX R INSPECTION OPERATION AND HOISTWAY ACCESS SWITCH OPERATION HIERARCHY
527 Table R-1 Inspection Operation and Hoistway Access Switch Operation Hierarchy
528 NONMANDATORY APPENDIX S HORIZONTALLY AND VERTICALLY SLIDING DOORS — ILLUSTRATIONS OF DETECTION ZONES (2.13.3.4 AND 2.13.5.4)
529 Figure S-1
530 Figure S-2
531 Figure S-3
532 Figure S-4
533 Figure S-5
534 Figure S-6
535 Figure S-7
536 Figure S-8
537 Figure S-9
538 Figure S-10
539 Figure S-11
540 Figure S-12
541 Figure S-13 Cylindrical Targets (2.13.5.3)
Figure S-14 Prismatic Targets (2.13.5.4.1)
542 Figure S-15 Prismatic Targets (2.13.5.4.2)
543 Figure S-16 Detection Areas Relative to Door Position
545 Table U-1 Design Requirements — Traction Elevator Suspension System
NONMANDATORY APPENDIX U DESIGN REQUIREMENTS — TRACTION ELEVATOR SUSPENSION SYSTEM
546 NONMANDATORY APPENDIX V BUILDING FEATURES FOR OCCUPANT EVACUATION OPERATION
V-1 HUMAN FACTORS CONSIDERATIONS
548 NONMANDATORY APPENDIX X ACCEPTANCE TESTS
549 Table X-1 Acceptance Test for Electric Elevators
550 Table X-2 Acceptance Test for Hydraulic Elevators
551 Table X-3 Acceptance Test for Escalators
552 Table X-4 Acceptance Test for Moving Walks
553 NONMANDATORY APPENDIX Y MAINTENANCE CONTROL PROGRAM RECORDS
554 Figure Y-1 Maintenance Control Program Records
555 Table Y-1 Maintenance Control Program Records
557 Table Z-1 Mass and Closing Time of Horizontally Sliding Elevator Doors
NONMANDATORY APPENDIX Z MASS AND CLOSING TIME OF HORIZONTALLY SLIDING ELEVATOR DOORS
558 NONMANDATORY APPENDIX AA CHECKLIST FOR FIREFIGHTERS’ EMERGENCY OPERATION (8.6.11.1)
559 Table AA-1 Checklist for Firefighters’ Emergency Operation
561 INDEX  

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