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This Technical Report provides rationale for elevator seismic force determination in ASME A17.1/CSA B44, Section 8.4. It details ASME A17.1/CSA B44 harmonization efforts with all building codes and summarizes the harmonization impact on elevator design via force...
Inspectors and Inspector Supervisors This Standard includes requirements for the qualification, duties, and responsibilities of inspectors and inspector supervisors engaged in the inspection and testing of (a) hoisting and lowering mechanisms, equipped with a car or platform, that move between two...
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 covered by this Code includes, but is not limited to, the following: (a) personnel hoists...
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 disabilities (platform lifts and stairway chairlifts): a) motor controllers; b) motion...
This document provides guidance for the use of ISO/IEC Guide 65 as applied to an Accredited Elevator/Escalator Certification Organization (AECO) accredited by ANSI, ASME or SCC operating an A17.7/B44.7 certification system. The requirements of ISO/IEC Guide 65 apply in full except...
The ASME A17.1/CSA B44, Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators, and ASME A17.7/CSA B44.7, Performance Based Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators, are the accepted guides for design, construction, installation, operation, inspection, testing, maintenance,...
ASME A17.8/CSA B44.8 applies to elevators permanently installed in a wind turbine tower to provide vertical transportation of authorized personnel and their tools and equipment only. Such elevators are typically subjected to extreme temperatures, humidity variations, and...
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...
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 disabilities (platform lifts and stairway chairlifts): a) motor controllers; b) motion...
This document specifies requirements and their test methods for sinus membrane elevators used during the placement of dental implants for sinus floor lifting. It also specifies the requirements for their marking and labelling.
Scope. This specification covers electromechanical shipboard winding drum elevators used to transport weapons, ordnance, cargo, stores, equipment, and other materials. This specification does not apply to aircraft elevators or elevators designed primarily for transport of...
This Standard covers roller chains that are specifically designed to withstand occasional high shock loads or high starting loads that are encountered in certain construction equipment and other severe-duty applications. WARNING: Chains covered in this Standard shall not be used as the primary...
