CONTENTS

ASME Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. viii

ASME Committee Roster .............................................................. xii
CSA Committees ...................................................................... xvi
ASME Preface .......................................................................... xviii
CSA Preface ........................................................................... xxi
Summary of Changes .................................................................. xxii
Part 1

1.1
1.2
1.3
Part 2

2.1
2.2
2.3
2.4
2.5

2.6
2.7

2.8
2.9
2.10
2.11

2.12
2.13
2.14
2.15
2.16
2.17
2.18
2.19
2.20
2.21
2.22
2.23
2.24
2.25
2.26
2.27
2.28
2.29

Part 3

3.1
3.2

General.... ..............................................................
Scope..................................................................
Purpose and Exceptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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3.3
3.4
3.5

3.6
3.7
3.8

3.9
3.10
3.11
3.12
3.13
3.14
3.15
3.16
3.17
3.18
3.19
3.20
3.21
3.22
3.23
3.24
3.25
3.26
3.27
3.28
3.29

Location and Guarding of Counterweights..............................

Bottom and Top Clearances and Runbys for Cars and
Counterweights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..
Horizontal Car and Counterweight Clearances ..........................
Protection of Spaces Below Hoistway ...................................
Machinery Spaces, Machine Rooms, Control Spaces, and Control
Rooms ..............................................................
Electrical Equipment, Wiring, Pipes, and Ducts in Hoistway,
Machinery Spaces, Machine Rooms, Control Spaces, and Control
Rooms ..............................................................
Machinery and Sheave Beams, Supports, and Foundations ..............
Guarding of Exposed Auxiliary Equipment.............................
Protection of Hoistway Landing Openings ..............................
Hoistway Door Locking Devices, Car Door or Gate Electric Contacts,
and Hoistway Access Switches .......................................
Power Operation, Power Opening, and Power Closing of Hoistway Doors
and Car Doors or Gates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Car Enclosures, Car Doors and Gates, and Car Illumination .............
Car Frames and Platforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Capacity and Loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Car Safeties, Counterweight Safeties, Plunger Gripper, and
Governors ...........................................................
Hydraulic Jacks ........................................................
Valves, Pressure Piping, and Fittings ...................................
Ropes and Rope Connections...........................................
Counterweights........................................................
Buffers and Bumpers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Guide Rails, Guide-Rail Supports, and Fastenings. ..... . . ...............
Hydraulic Machines and Tanks .........................................
Terminal Stopping Devices .............................................
Operating Devices and Control Equipment .............................
Emergency Operation and Signaling Devices ...........................
Layout Data ...........................................................
Identification ..........................................................

Part 4

Elevators With Other Types of Driving Machines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..

4.1
4.2

Rack-and-Pinion Elevators. . . .... . . .. ... . ..... . . .......... ........ . . . . ..

Screw-Column Elevators ...............................................
Hand Elevators ...................................

4.3
Part 5

5.1
5.2
5.3

5.4
5.5

5.6
5.7
5.8
5.9
5.10
Part 6

6.1
6.2
Part 7

7.1

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122
122

122

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124
124
126
129
131
131
132
132
132
133
134
136
136
137
138
138
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7.3
7.4
7.5
7.6

7.7
7.8
7.9
7.10
7.11
Part 8

8.1
8.2

8.3
8.4
8.5
8.6

8.7
8.8
8.9
8.10
8.11
\ 8.12

Part.9

9.1
9.2

Figures
2.16.1.1
2.20.9.4
2.20.9.5
2.23.3
2.23.4.1-1

2.23.4.1-2

2.27.3.1.6(h)
2.27.3.3.7
2.27.7.1
2.27.7.2
2.27.9
5.1.17.3
6.1.3.3.10
6.1.6.9.1
8.2.1.2
8.2.2.5.1
8.2.4
8.2.5
8.2.6
8.2.7
8.2.8.1.1
8.2.9.1.3