ASME A17.1: 2022 [paper]

Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators
(Bi-national standard with CSA B44:22)

The A17.1 Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators is written by a committee comprised of technically qualified persons who demonstrate a concern and competence in the subject within the A17 Committee’s scope and a willingness to participate in the work of the committee. This is the fifth edition of ASME A17.1/CSA B44.

The Code is written in a form that is suitable for enforcement by state, municipal, and other jurisdictional authorities; and as such, the text is concise, without examples or explanations. It is also recognized that this Code cannot cover every situation nor can it cover new technology before it is developed and field experience is gained. For these reasons, ASME determined that a handbook would be useful to augment the Code by providing a commentary on the Code requirements.

This Handbook contains the rationale for Code requirements; explanations, examples, and illustrations of the implementations of the requirements; plus excerpts from other nationally recognized standards which are referenced by the Code. This information is intended to provide the users of the ASME A17.1 Code with a better understanding of, and appreciation for, the requirements contained in the Code. The net result should be increased safety for the manufacturers, installers, maintainers, consultants and users of the equipment covered by the ASME A17.1 Code.

Contents/scope:

1.1.1 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, rooms, spaces, and hoistways, where located in or adjacent to a building or structure (see Section 1.2):
(a) hoisting and lowering mechanisms, equipped with a car, that move between two or more landings. This equipment includes, but is not limited to, elevators (see Section 1.3).
(b) power-driven stairways and walkways for carrying persons between landings. This equipment includes, but is not limited to, escalators and moving walks (see Section 1.3).
(c) hoisting and lowering mechanisms equipped with a car that serves two or more landings and is restricted to the carrying of material by its limited size or limited access to the car. This equipment includes, but is not limited to, dumbwaiters and material lifts; it does not include vertical reciprocating conveyors (see Section 1.3).

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 within the scope of ANSI A10.4 and CSA Z185
(b) material hoists within the scope of ANSI A10.5 and CSA Z256
(c) platform lifts and stairway chairlifts within the scope of ASME A18.1, CSA B355, and CSA B613
(d) manlifts within the scope of ASME A90.1 and CSA B311, and in jurisdictions enforcing the National Building Code of Canada (NBCC), special purpose personnel elevators (Section 5.7)
(e) mobile scaffolds and towers; platforms within the scope of ANSI/SAIA A92 and CSA B354
(f) powered platforms and equipment for exterior and interior building maintenance within the scope of ASME A120.1 and CSA Z271
(g) conveyors and related equipment within the scope of ASME B20.1
(h) cranes, derricks, hoists, hooks, jacks, and slings within the scope of ASME B30, CSA Z150, CSA B167, CSA Z202, and CSA Z248
(i) industrial trucks within the scope of ASME B56 and CSA B335
(j) portable equipment, except for portable escalators, that are covered by Section 6.1
(k) tiering or piling machines used to move material to and from storage located and operating entirely within one story
(l) equipment for feeding or positioning material at machine tools, printing presses, etc.
(m) skip or furnace hoists
(n) wharf ramps
(o) amusement devices
(p) stage and orchestra lifts
(q) lift bridges
(r) railroad car lifts and dumpers
(s) mechanized parking garage equipment
(t) line jacks, false cars, shafters, moving platforms, and similar equipment used for installing an elevator
(u) platform-type elevators installed on board a marine vessel
NOTES:
(1) A maritime, industrial-use device with no car enclosure. Controls are located outside of the hoistway. Typically uses elevator-type rail systems and elevator-type interlock systems.
(2) Not a platform lift within the scope of ASME A18.1.
(v) dock levelers (freight platform lifts) having a rise of 500 mm (20 in.) or less
(w) in Canadian jurisdictions, devices having a rise of 2 000 mm (79 in.) or less and used only for the transfer of materials or equipment
(x) in jurisdictions enforcing the NBCC, mine elevators within the scope of Section 5.9

1.1.3 Application of Parts
This Code applies to new installations only, except Part 1 and Sections 5.10, 8.1, and 8.6 through 8.12, which apply to both new and existing installations.

1.1.4 Effective Date
The requirements of this edition of the Code are effective as of the date noted on the Summary of Changes page of this Code, with the exception of 8.10.1.1.3 and 8.11.1.1, which shall be effective immediately. The authority having jurisdiction will establish the effective date for local regulations.

9780791875568, A0962Q, ASME A17.1: 2022 / CSA B44:22