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ASME A17.2

Guide for Inspection of Elevators, Escalators, and Moving Walks Includes Inspection Procedures for Electric Traction and Winding Drum Elevators, Hydraulic Elevators, Inclined Elevators, Limited-Use/Limited-Application Elevators, Private Residence Elevators, Escalators, Moving Walks, and Dumbwaiters

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Organization: ASME
Publication Date: 31 December 2020
Status: active
Page Count: 477
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This Guide covers recommended inspection and testing procedures for electric and hydraulic elevators, escalators, and moving walks required to conform to the Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators, A17.1-1955 and later editions, and The Safety Code for Existing Elevators and Escalators, A17.3. This Guide also addresses some requirements from editions of A17.1 prior to 1955.

This Guide also includes Canadian references and applicable exceptions for CSA B44-00 and later editions.

NOTES:

(1) This Guide may not reflect the latest requirements in the current ASME A17.1/CSA B44 and ASME A17.3 Codes.

(2) The inspection procedures in Parts 1 through 6 apply for limited-use/limited-application (LU/LA) elevators, except as modified.

Document History

ASME A17.2
December 31, 2020
Guide for Inspection of Elevators, Escalators, and Moving Walks Includes Inspection Procedures for Electric Traction and Winding Drum Elevators, Hydraulic Elevators, Inclined Elevators, Limited-Use/Limited-Application Elevators, Private Residence Elevators, Escalators, Moving Walks, and Dumbwaiters
This Guide covers recommended inspection and testing procedures for electric and hydraulic elevators, escalators, and moving walks required to conform to the Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators,...
ASME A17.2
January 1, 2017
Guide for Inspection of Elevators, Escalators, and Moving Walks Includes Inspection Procedures for Electric Traction and Winding Drum Elevators, Hydraulic Elevators, Inclined Elevators, Limited-Use/Limited-Application Elevators, Private Residence Elevators, and Escalators and Moving Walks
This Guide covers recommended inspection and testing procedures for electric and hydraulic elevators, escalators, and moving walks required to conform to the Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators,...
ASME A17.2
January 1, 2014
Guide for Inspection of Elevators, Escalators, and Moving Walks Includes Inspection Procedures for Electric Traction and Winding Drum Elevators, Hydraulic Elevators, Inclined Elevators, Limited-Use/Limited-Application Elevators, Private Residence Elevators, and Escalators and Moving Walks
This Guide covers recommended inspection and testing procedures for electric and hydraulic elevators, escalators, and moving walks required to conform to the Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators,...
ASME A17.2
October 22, 2012
Guide for Inspection of Elevators, Escalators, and Moving Walks Includes Inspection Procedures for Electric Traction and Winding Drum Elevators, Hydraulic Elevators, Inclined Elevators, Private Residence Elevators, and Escalators and Moving Walks
This Guide covers recommended inspection and testing procedures for electric and hydraulic elevators, escalators, and moving walks required to conform to the Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators,...
ASME A17.2
December 9, 2010
Guide for Inspection of Elevators, Escalators, and Moving Walks Includes Inspection Procedures for Electric Traction and Winding Drum Elevators, Hydraulic Elevators, Inclined Elevators, and Escalators and Moving Walks
This Guide covers recommended inspection and testing procedures for electric and hydraulic elevators, escalators, and moving walks required to conform to the Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators,...
ASME A17.2
October 5, 2007
Guide for Inspection of Elevators, Escalators, and Moving Walks Includes Inspection Procedures for Electric Traction and Winding Drum Elevators, Hydraulic Elevators, and Escalators and Moving Walks
This Guide covers recommended inspection and testing procedures for electric and hydraulic elevators, escalators, and moving walks required to conform to the Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators,...
ASME A17.2
January 1, 2004
Guide for Inspection of Elevators, Escalators, and Moving Walks
This Guide covers recommended inspection and testing procedures for electric and hydraulic elevators, escalators, and moving walks required to conform to the Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators,...
ASME A17.2
January 1, 2001
Guide for Inspection of Elevators, Escalators, and Moving Walks
This Guide covers recommended inspection and testing procedures for electric and hydraulic elevators, escalators, and moving walks required to conform to the Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators,...
ASME A17.2
January 1, 1990
ADDENDA TO A17.2-1988 INSPECTORS' MANUAL FOR ELEVATORS AND ESCALATORS
A description is not available for this item.
ASME A17.2
December 31, 1989
ADDENDA TO A17.2-1988 INSPECTORS' MANUAL FOR ELEVATORS AND ESCALATORS
A description is not available for this item.
ASME A17.2
October 31, 1988
INSPECTORS' MANUAL FOR ELEVATORS AND ESCALATORS
A description is not available for this item.
ASME A17.2
October 30, 1987
SUPPLEMENT TO INSPECTORS' MANUAL FOR ELEVATORS AND ESCALATORS
This Manual covers recommended inspection and testing procedures for equipment within the Scope (Section 1) of the ANSI/ASME A17.1 Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators.
ASME A17.2
October 31, 1986
SUPPLEMENT TO A17.2 - 1985 INSPECTORS' MANUAL FOR ELEVATORS AND ESCALATORS
A description is not available for this item.
ASME A17.2
October 31, 1985
INSPECTORS' MANUAL FOR ELEVATORS AND ESCALATORS
A description is not available for this item.
ASME A17.2
January 1, 1984
SUPPLEMENT TO A17.2-1984 INSPECTORS' MANUAL FOR ELEVATORS AND ESCALATORS
A description is not available for this item.
ASME A17.2
January 1, 1983
SUPPLEMENT TO A17.2 - 1983 SUPPLEMENT TO INSPECTORS' MANUAL FOR ELEVATORS AND ESCALATORS
A description is not available for this item.
ASME A17.2
November 30, 1982
INSPECTORS' MANUAL FOR ELEVATORS AND ESCALATORS
GENERAL This Manual is intended to serve only as a guide in the task of inspecting elevators, escalators, and moving walks. This Manual is based on the Rules of the ANSI/ASME A17.1 Safety Code for...
ASME A17.2
January 1, 1979
Practice for the Inspection of Elevators, Escalators and Moving Walks INSPECTORS' MANUAL
FOREWORD Following the publication of the 1925 Edition of the Safety Code for Elevators. Dumbwaiters, and Escalators, requests for a handbook, or manual, covering the inspection of elevators were...
ASME A17.2
January 1, 1973
Practice for the Inspection of Elevators, Escalators and Moving Walks INSPECTORS' MANUAL
FOREWORD Following the publication of the first edition of the American Standard Safety Code for Elevators in 1925, requests for a handbook or manual covering the inspection of elevators were...
ASME A17.2
January 1, 1960
Practice for the Inspection of Elevators INSPECTORS' MANUAL
Foreword Following the publication of the first edition of the American Standard Safety Code for Elevators in 1925, requests for a handbook or manual covering the inspection of elevators were...
ASME A17.2
January 1, 1945
INSPECTION OF ELEVATORS Inspectors' Manual
Foreword Shortly after the publication of the first edition of the American Standard Safety Code for Elevators in 1920, requests for a handbook or manual covering the inspection of elevators were...
ASME A17.2
January 1, 1937
INSPECTION OF ELEVATORS Inspectors' Manual
INTRODUCTION Personal Safety The inspector should be suitably clothed before starting the elevator inspection. A one-piece suit of overalls is probably the most desirable. Keep buttons,...
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References

This document references:
ASME A17.1 - Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators Includes Requirements for Elevators, Escalators, Dumbwaiters, Moving Walks, Material Lifts, and Dumbwaiters With Automatic Transfer Devices
Published by ASME on December 31, 2019
Equipment Covered by This Code This Code covers the design, construction, operation, inspection, testing, maintenance, alteration, and repair of the following equipment and its associated parts,...
This document references:
ASME A17.1 - Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators Includes Requirements for Elevators, Escalators, Dumbwaiters, Moving Walks, Material Lifts, and Dumbwaiters With Automatic Transfer Devices
Published by ASME on December 31, 2019
Equipment Covered by This Code This Code covers the design, construction, operation, inspection, testing, maintenance, alteration, and repair of the following equipment and its associated parts,...
This document references:
ASME A17.3 - Safety Code for Existing Elevators and Escalators
Published by ASME on January 1, 2020
Equipment Covered by This Code This Code of safety standards covers existing elevators, escalators, and their hoistways (except as modified by 1.1.2). Equipment Not Covered by This Code Equipment not...
This document references:
ASME A17.5 - Elevator and Escalator Electrical Equipment
Published by ASME on February 1, 2019
The requirements of this Standard apply to the following electrical equipment for elevators, escalators, moving walks, dumbwaiters, material lifts, and elevating devices for persons with physical...
This document references:
C22.1-21 - Canadian Electrical Code, Part I Safety Standard for Electrical Installations
Published by CSA on January 1, 2021
This Code applies to all electrical work and electrical equipment operating or intended to operate at all voltages in electrical installations for buildings, structures, and premises, including...
This document references:
NFPA 70 - National Electrical Code
Published by NFPA on March 10, 2020
A description is not available for this item.
This document is referenced by:
29 CFR PART 1910 VOL 5 - OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS
Published by DOL on July 1, 2021
Purpose and scope. (a) Section 6(a) of the Williams- Steiger Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (84 Stat. 1593) provides that ‘‘without regard to chapter 5 of title 5, United States Code, or...
This document is referenced by:
29 CFR PART 1926 - SAFETY AND HEALTH REGULATIONS FOR CONSTRUCTION
Published by DOL on July 1, 2022
Purpose and scope. (a) This part sets forth the safety and health standards promulgated by the Secretary of Labor under section 107 of the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act. The standards...
This document is referenced by:
ISO TS 8100-3 - Lifts for the transport of persons and goods — Part 3: Requirements from other Standards (ASME A17.1/CSA B44 and JIS A 4307- 1/JIS A 4307-2) not included in ISO 8100-1 or ISO 8100-2
Published by ISO on March 1, 2019
This document specifies the safety rules for permanently installed new passenger or goods passenger lifts, with traction, positive or hydraulic drive, serving defined landing levels, having a car...
This document is referenced by:
STP-SA-092 - COMPARISON REPORT BETWEEN ASME A17.1/B44 AND ISO 8100-1/2 REQUIREMENTS FOR ELECTRIC ELEVATORS
Published by ASME on April 30, 2021
The Scope of STP-SA-092 is limited to electric elevators within the scope of ISO 8100-1 and ISO 8100-2. Equipment within the scope of A17.1/B44 that is not within the scope of ISO 8100-1 and ISO...
This document is referenced by:
UFC 3-530-01 - INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR LIGHTING SYSTEMS
Published by UFC on February 9, 2023
PURPOSE AND SCOPE. This UFC provides requirements for the design of interior and exterior lighting systems and controls based on the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) Lighting Library® and the...
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