ASME A18.1 2017

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ASME A18.1 Safety Standard for Platform Lifts and Stairway Chairlifts

Published By	Publication Date	Number of Pages
ASME	2017	78

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Description

The ASME A18.1 Safety Standard for Platform Lifts and Stairway Chairlifts presents certain guides for the design, construction, installation, operation, inspection, testing, maintenance, and repair of inclined stairway chairlifts, and inclined and vertical platform lifts. It covers devices intended for transportation of a mobility-impaired person only—typically within household applications. The ultimate goal of this Standard is to help protect public safety, while reflecting best-practices of industry.

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PDF Pages	PDF Title
4	CONTENTS
5	FOREWORD
6	ASME A18 COMMITTEE Safety Standard for Platform Lifts and Stairway Chairlifts
7	CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE A18 COMMITTEE
9	ASME A18.1-2017 SUMMARY OF CHANGES
12	1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Scope 1.2 Purpose and Exceptions 1.3 Definitions
16	1.4 Metric SI Units 1.5 Reference Codes, Standards, and Specifications
17	Tables Table 1.5-1 Reference Documents
19	Table 1.5-2 Procurement Information
20	2 VERTICAL PLATFORM LIFTS 2.1 Runways
26	2.2 Guide Rails
27	2.3 Driving Means and Sheaves
28	2.4 Driving Machine Brakes 2.5 Suspension and Support Means
29	2.6 Platforms
30	2.7 Capacity, Speed, and Travel Figures Fig. 2.6.7 Platform Lift Corridor Call Station Pictograph
31	2.8 Safeties and Speed Governors
32	2.9 Terminal Stopping Devices 2.10 Operating Devices and Control Equipment
33	2.11 Emergency Signals
34	2.12 Standby Power 2.13 Code Data Plate 3 INCLINED PLATFORM LIFTS 3.1 Runways
35	3.2 Guide Rails and Tracks 3.3 Driving Means and Sheaves
36	3.4 Driving-Machine Brakes 3.5 Suspension and Support Means
37	3.6 Platforms
39	3.7 Capacity, Load, Speed, and Angle of Inclination 3.8 Safeties and Speed Governors
40	3.9 Terminal Stopping Devices 3.10 Operating Devices and Control Equipment
41	3.11 Emergency Signal
42	3.12 Standby Power 3.13 Code Data Plate 4 INCLINED STAIRWAY CHAIRLIFTS 4.1 Runways 4.2 Guide Rails and Tracks 4.3 Driving Means and Sheaves
43	4.4 Driving-Machine Brakes 4.5 Suspension and Support Means 4.6 Chairs and Seats
44	4.7 Capacity, Speed, and Angle of Inclination 4.8 Safeties and Speed Governors
45	4.9 Terminal Stopping Devices 4.10 Operating Devices and Control Equipment
46	4.11 Code Data Plate 5 PRIVATE RESIDENCE VERTICAL PLATFORM LIFTS 5.1 Runways
47	5.2 Guide Rails
48	5.3 Driving Means and Sheaves
50	5.4 Driving-Machine Brakes 5.5 Suspension and Support Means 5.6 Platforms
51	5.7 Capacity, Speed, and Travel 5.8 Safeties and Speed Governors
52	5.9 Terminal Stopping Devices
53	5.10 Operating Devices and Control Equipment
54	5.11 Code Data Plate 6 PRIVATE RESIDENCE INCLINED PLATFORM LIFTS 6.1 Runways 6.2 Guide Rails and Tracks
55	6.3 Driving Means and Sheaves
56	6.4 Driving-Machine Brakes 6.5 Suspension and Support Means
57	6.6 Platforms
58	6.7 Capacity, Load, and Speed 6.8 Safeties and Governors 6.9 Terminal Stopping Devices
59	6.10 Operating Devices and Control Equipment
60	6.11 Code Data Plate 7 PRIVATE RESIDENCE INCLINED STAIRWAY CHAIRLIFTS 7.1 Runways 7.2 Guide Rails and Tracks 7.3 Driving Means and Sheaves
61	7.4 Driving-Machine Brakes 7.5 Suspension and Support Means
62	7.6 Chairs and Seats 7.7 Capacity, Speed, and Angle of Inclination 7.8 Safeties and Governors
63	7.9 Terminal Stopping Devices 7.10 Operating Devices and Control Equipment
64	7.11 Code Data Plate 8 DRIVING MEANS 8.1 Hydraulic Driving Means
67	8.2 Screw Machines 8.3 Friction Machines
68	9 ENGINEERING TYPE TESTING AND DESIGN 9.1 Welding 9.2 Plunger Design
69	9.3 Cylinder Design 9.4 Cylinder and Plunger Heads 9.5 Safety Factor
70	9.6 Engineering Tests: Safety Nut and Speed-Limiting Device of Screw Column Lifts 9.7 Minimum Load to Sustain and Lower 9.8 Tapered Rope Sockets
71	9.9 Engineering Tests Fig. 9.7 Minimum Loads to Sustain and Lower Based Upon Inside Net Platform Area
73	10 ROUTINE, PERIODIC, AND ACCEPTANCE INSPECTIONS AND TESTS 10.1 General Requirements
74	10.2 Routine Inspections and Tests 10.3 Periodic Inspections and Tests
76	10.4 Acceptance Inspections and Tests
77	10.5 Inspection and Test Requirements for Altered Installations 11 MAINTENANCE OF PLATFORM LIFTS AND STAIRWAY CHAIRLIFTS 11.1 Written Maintenance Program WMP/MCP 11.2 Log 11.3 On-Site Documentation