ASME A18.1 2023

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ASME A18.1-2023 Safety Standard for Platform Lifts and Stairway Chairlifts

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ASME	2023

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Description

The ASME A18.1 Safety Standard for Platform Lifts and Stairway Chairlifts presents certain guidelines 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 ??within household and commercial building applications. The ultimate goal of this Standard is to help protect public safety, while reflecting best-practices of the industry.

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PDF Pages	PDF Title
4	CONTENTS
5	FOREWORD
6	ASME A18 COMMITTEE ROSTER
7	CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE A18 COMMITTEE
8	ASME A18.1-2023 SUMMARY OF CHANGES
10	1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Scope 1.2 Purpose and Exceptions 1.3 Definitions
14	1.4 Metric (SI) Units 1.5 Reference Codes, Standards, and Specifications
15	2 VERTICAL PLATFORM LIFTS 2.1 Runways
16	Tables Table 1.5-1 Reference Documents
17	Table 1.5-2 Procurement Information
24	2.2 Guide Rails
25	2.3 Driving Means and Sheaves
27	2.4 Driving-Machine Brakes 2.5 Suspension and Support Means
28	2.6 Platforms
29	2.7 Capacity, Speed, and Travel Figures Figure 2.6.7.2 Platform Lift Corridor Call Station Pictograph
30	2.8 Safeties and Speed Governors
31	2.9 Terminal Stopping Devices
32	2.10 Operating Devices and Control Equipment
33	2.11 Emergency Signals 2.12 Standby Power 2.13 Code Data Plate 3 INCLINED PLATFORM LIFTS
34	3.1 Runways 3.2 Guide Rails and Tracks
35	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
41	3.10 Operating Devices and Control Equipment
42	3.11 Emergency Signal 3.12 Standby 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
45	4.7 Capacity, Load Speed, and Angle of Inclination 4.8 Safeties and Speed Governors
46	4.9 Terminal Stopping Devices 4.10 Operating Devices and Control Equipment
47	4.11 Code Data Plate 5 PRIVATE RESIDENCE VERTICAL PLATFORM LIFTS 5.1 Runways
49	5.2 Guide Rails 5.3 Driving Means and Sheaves
51	5.4 Driving-Machine Brakes 5.5 Suspension and Support Means
52	5.6 Platforms 5.7 Capacity, Speed, and Travel
53	5.8 Safeties and Speed Governors
54	5.9 Terminal Stopping Devices 5.10 Operating Devices and Control Equipment
56	5.11 Code Data Plate 6 PRIVATE RESIDENCE INCLINED PLATFORM LIFTS 6.1 Runways 6.2 Guide Rails and Tracks
57	6.3 Driving Means and Sheaves
58	6.4 Driving-Machine Brakes 6.5 Suspension and Support Means
59	6.6 Platforms
60	6.7 Capacity, Load, Speed, and Angle of Inclination 6.8 Safeties and Governors
61	6.9 Terminal Stopping Devices
62	6.10 Operating Devices and Control Equipment
63	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
64	7.4 Driving-Machine Brakes 7.5 Suspension and Support Means
65	7.6 Chairs and Seats 7.7 Capacity, Load, Speed, and Angle of Inclination 7.8 Safeties and Governors
66	7.9 Terminal Stopping Devices
67	7.10 Operating Devices and Control Equipment 7.11 Code Data Plate
68	8 DRIVING MEANS 8.1 Hydraulic Driving Means
70	8.2 Screw Machines
71	8.3 Friction Machines 9 ENGINEERING-TYPE TESTING AND DESIGN 9.1 Welding 9.2 Plunger Design
72	9.3 Cylinder Design
73	9.4 Cylinder and Plunger Heads 9.5 Safety Factor 9.6 Engineering Tests: Safety Nut and Speed-Limiting Device of Screw Column Lifts
74	9.7 Minimum Load to Sustain and Lower 9.8 Tapered Rope Sockets Figure 9.7 Minimum Loads to Sustain and Lower Based on Inside Net Platform Area
75	9.9 Engineering Tests
77	10 ACCEPTANCE AND PERIODIC INSPECTIONS AND TESTS 10.1 General Requirements
78	10.2 One-Year Test Requirements 10.3 Acceptance and 5-Year Periodic Inspections and Tests
79	11 MAINTENANCE OF PLATFORM LIFTS AND STAIRWAY CHAIRLIFTS 11.1 Written Maintenance Program (WMP/MCP) 11.2 Log
80	11.3 On-Site Documentation
81	Figure A-1 Performance Area Lift NONMANDATORY APPENDIX A PERFORMANCE AREA LIFTS
82	Figure B-1 Performance Area Lift Control Options NONMANDATORY APPENDIX B CONTROLS FOR PERFORMANCE AREA LIFTS