ASME A18.1 2020

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ASME A18.1-2020 Safety Standard for Platform Lifts and Stairway Chairlifts

Published By	Publication Date	Number of Pages
ASME	2020	81

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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 ROSTER
7	CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE A18 COMMITTEE
9	ASME A18.1-2020 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
18	Table 1.5-2 Procurement Information
19	2 VERTICAL PLATFORM LIFTS 2.1 Runways
25	2.2 Guide Rails
26	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 Figure 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
34	2.11 Emergency Signals 2.12 Standby Emergency 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
37	3.4 Driving-Machine Brakes 3.5 Suspension and Support Means 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
42	3.11 Emergency Signal 3.12 Standby Emergency Power 3.13 Code Data Plate 4 INCLINED STAIRWAY CHAIRLIFTS 4.1 Runways
43	4.2 Guide Rails and Tracks 4.3 Driving Means and Sheaves
44	4.4 Driving-Machine Brakes 4.5 Suspension and Support Means 4.6 Chairs and Seats 4.7 Capacity, Speed, and Angle of Inclination 4.8 Safeties and Speed Governors
45	4.9 Terminal Stopping Devices
46	4.10 Operating Devices and Control Equipment 4.11 Code Data Plate
47	5 PRIVATE RESIDENCE VERTICAL PLATFORM LIFTS 5.1 Runways
48	5.2 Guide Rails
49	5.3 Driving Means and Sheaves
50	5.4 Driving-Machine Brakes 5.5 Suspension and Support Means
51	5.6 Platforms
52	5.7 Capacity, Speed, and Travel 5.8 Safeties and Speed Governors
53	5.9 Terminal Stopping Devices 5.10 Operating Devices and Control Equipment
55	5.11 Code Data Plate 5.12 Standby Emergency Power 6 PRIVATE RESIDENCE INCLINED PLATFORM LIFTS 6.1 Runways 6.2 Guide Rails and Tracks
56	6.3 Driving Means and Sheaves
57	6.4 Driving-Machine Brakes 6.5 Suspension and Support Means
58	6.6 Platforms
59	6.7 Capacity, Load, and Speed 6.8 Safeties and Governors
60	6.9 Terminal Stopping Devices 6.10 Operating Devices and Control Equipment
61	6.11 Code Data Plate 6.12 Standby Emergency Power
62	7 PRIVATE RESIDENCE INCLINED STAIRWAY CHAIRLIFTS 7.1 Runways 7.2 Guide Rails and Tracks 7.3 Driving Means and Sheaves
63	7.4 Driving-Machine Brakes 7.5 Suspension and Support Means 7.6 Chairs and Seats 7.7 Capacity, Speed, and Angle of Inclination
64	7.8 Safeties and Governors 7.9 Terminal Stopping Devices
65	7.10 Operating Devices and Control Equipment 7.11 Code Data Plate
66	8 DRIVING MEANS 8.1 Hydraulic Driving Means
68	8.2 Screw Machines
69	8.3 Friction Machines 9 ENGINEERING TYPE TESTING AND DESIGN 9.1 Welding 9.2 Plunger Design
70	9.3 Cylinder Design 9.4 Cylinder and Plunger Heads
71	9.5 Safety Factor 9.6 Engineering Tests: Safety Nut and Speed-Limiting Device of Screw Column Lifts 9.7 Minimum Load to Sustain and Lower
72	9.8 Tapered Rope Sockets Figure 9.7 Minimum Loads to Sustain and Lower Based on Inside Net Platform Area
73	9.9 Engineering Tests
75	10 ACCEPTANCE AND PERIODIC INSPECTIONS AND TESTS 10.1 General Requirements 10.2 One-Year Test Requirements
76	10.3 Acceptance and 5-Year Periodic Inspections and Tests
77	11 MAINTENANCE OF PLATFORM LIFTS AND STAIRWAY CHAIRLIFTS 11.1 Written Maintenance Program (WMP/MCP) 11.2 Log 11.3 On-Site Documentation
78	Figure A-1 Performance Area Lift NONMANDATORY APPENDIX A PERFORMANCE AREA LIFTS
79	Figure B-1 Performance Area Lift Control Options NONMANDATORY APPENDIX B CONTROLS FOR PERFORMANCE AREA LIFTS