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ASME A18.1-2023 Safety Standard for Platform Lifts and Stairway Chairlifts, 2023
- CONTENTS
- FOREWORD
- ASME A18 COMMITTEE ROSTER
- CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE A18 COMMITTEE
- ASME A18.1-2023 SUMMARY OF CHANGES
- 1 INTRODUCTION [Go to Page]
- 1.1 Scope
- 1.2 Purpose and Exceptions
- 1.3 Definitions
- 1.4 Metric (SI) Units
- 1.5 Reference Codes, Standards, and Specifications
- 2 VERTICAL PLATFORM LIFTS [Go to Page]
- 2.1 Runways
- 2.2 Guide Rails
- 2.3 Driving Means and Sheaves
- 2.4 Driving-Machine Brakes
- 2.5 Suspension and Support Means
- 2.6 Platforms
- 2.7 Capacity, Speed, and Travel
- 2.8 Safeties and Speed Governors
- 2.9 Terminal Stopping Devices
- 2.10 Operating Devices and Control Equipment
- 2.11 Emergency Signals
- 2.12 Standby Power
- 2.13 Code Data Plate
- 3 INCLINED PLATFORM LIFTS [Go to Page]
- 3.1 Runways
- 3.2 Guide Rails and Tracks
- 3.3 Driving Means and Sheaves
- 3.4 Driving-Machine Brakes
- 3.5 Suspension and Support Means
- 3.6 Platforms
- 3.7 Capacity, Load, Speed, and Angle of Inclination
- 3.8 Safeties and Speed Governors
- 3.9 Terminal Stopping Devices
- 3.10 Operating Devices and Control Equipment
- 3.11 Emergency Signal
- 3.12 Standby Power
- 3.13 Code Data Plate
- 4 INCLINED STAIRWAY CHAIRLIFTS [Go to Page]
- 4.1 Runways
- 4.2 Guide Rails and Tracks
- 4.3 Driving Means and Sheaves
- 4.4 Driving-Machine Brakes
- 4.5 Suspension and Support Means
- 4.6 Chairs and Seats
- 4.7 Capacity, Load Speed, and Angle of Inclination
- 4.8 Safeties and Speed Governors
- 4.9 Terminal Stopping Devices
- 4.10 Operating Devices and Control Equipment
- 4.11 Code Data Plate
- 5 PRIVATE RESIDENCE VERTICAL PLATFORM LIFTS [Go to Page]
- 5.1 Runways
- 5.2 Guide Rails
- 5.3 Driving Means and Sheaves
- 5.4 Driving-Machine Brakes
- 5.5 Suspension and Support Means
- 5.6 Platforms
- 5.7 Capacity, Speed, and Travel
- 5.8 Safeties and Speed Governors
- 5.9 Terminal Stopping Devices
- 5.10 Operating Devices and Control Equipment
- 5.11 Code Data Plate
- 6 PRIVATE RESIDENCE INCLINED PLATFORM LIFTS [Go to Page]
- 6.1 Runways
- 6.2 Guide Rails and Tracks
- 6.3 Driving Means and Sheaves
- 6.4 Driving-Machine Brakes
- 6.5 Suspension and Support Means
- 6.6 Platforms
- 6.7 Capacity, Load, Speed, and Angle of Inclination
- 6.8 Safeties and Governors
- 6.9 Terminal Stopping Devices
- 6.10 Operating Devices and Control Equipment
- 6.11 Code Data Plate
- 7 PRIVATE RESIDENCE INCLINED STAIRWAY CHAIRLIFTS [Go to Page]
- 7.1 Runways
- 7.2 Guide Rails and Tracks
- 7.3 Driving Means and Sheaves
- 7.4 Driving-Machine Brakes
- 7.5 Suspension and Support Means
- 7.6 Chairs and Seats
- 7.7 Capacity, Load, Speed, and Angle of Inclination
- 7.8 Safeties and Governors
- 7.9 Terminal Stopping Devices
- 7.10 Operating Devices and Control Equipment
- 7.11 Code Data Plate
- 8 DRIVING MEANS [Go to Page]
- 8.1 Hydraulic Driving Means
- 8.2 Screw Machines
- 8.3 Friction Machines
- 9 ENGINEERING-TYPE TESTING AND DESIGN [Go to Page]
- 9.1 Welding
- 9.2 Plunger Design
- 9.3 Cylinder Design
- 9.4 Cylinder and Plunger Heads
- 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
- 9.8 Tapered Rope Sockets
- 9.9 Engineering Tests
- 10 ACCEPTANCE AND PERIODIC INSPECTIONS AND TESTS [Go to Page]
- 10.1 General Requirements
- 10.2 One-Year Test Requirements
- 10.3 Acceptance and 5-Year Periodic Inspections and Tests
- 11 MAINTENANCE OF PLATFORM LIFTS AND STAIRWAY CHAIRLIFTS [Go to Page]
- 11.1 Written Maintenance Program (WMP/MCP)
- 11.2 Log
- 11.3 On-Site Documentation
- Figures [Go to Page]
- Figure 2.6.7.2 Platform Lift Corridor Call Station Pictograph
- Figure 9.7 Minimum Loads to Sustain and Lower Based on Inside Net Platform Area
- Figure A-1 Performance Area Lift
- Figure B-1 Performance Area Lift Control Options
- Tables [Go to Page]
- Table 1.5-1 Reference Documents
- Table 1.5-2 Procurement Information
- NONMANDATORY APPENDIX A PERFORMANCE AREA LIFTS
- NONMANDATORY APPENDIX B CONTROLS FOR PERFORMANCE AREA LIFTS [Go to Page]
