1、Page 1 of 4 July 10, 2007 ASME A17.7.1/CSA B44.7.1 General Requirements for Accredited Elevator/Escalator Certification Organizations Copyright 2007 by The American Society of Mechanical Engineers ASME hereby grants permission to any user to make copies of this document in any media provided the cop
2、ies retain the ASME copyright or are credited to ASME. General Requirements for Accredited Elevator/Escalator Certification Organizations, ASME A17.7.1/CSA B44.7.1 Guidance for ISO/IEC Guide 65:1996 1 Scope 1.1 This document provides guidance for the use of ISO/IEC Guide 65 as applied to an Accredit
3、ed 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 where modified by this document. NOTE (1.1): The clause numbers used in this document correspond to the ISO
4、/IEC Guide 65 clauses to be modified. 1.2 The A17.7/B44.7 certification system used by the AECO also includes a review of the suppliers technical documentation. 2 References The following list of reference standards replaces all of the reference standards listed in ISO/IEC Guide 65: ASME A17.7/CSA B
5、44.7. ISO 9000:2000, Quality management systems Fundamentals and vocabulary. ISO 19011:2002, Guidelines for quality and/or environmental management systems auditing. ISO/IEC 17000:2004, Conformity assessment - vocabulary and general principles. ISO/IEC 17030:2003, Conformity assessment - General req
6、uirements for third-party marks of conformity. ISO/IEC 17025:1999, General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories. ISO/IEC Guide 27:1983, Guidelines for corrective action to be taken by a certification body in the event of misuse of its mark of conformity. ISO/IEC 17
7、020:1998, General criteria for the operation of various types of bodies performing inspection. ISO/IEC Guide 53:1988, An approach to the utilization of a suppliers quality system in third-party product certification. ISO/IEC Guide 62:1996, General requirements for bodies operating assessment and cer
8、tification/registration of quality systems. ISO/IEC Guide 65:1996, General requirements for bodies operating product certification systems. NOTE 2: Some of the references in ISO/IEC Guide 65:1996 are superseded by the above references. Page 2 of 4 July 10, 2007 3 Definitions For the purposes of this
9、 Standard, the relevant definitions given in ISO/IEC 17000 and ISO 9000 apply, together with the following definitions: 3.1 supplier: The party that is responsible for ensuring that products meet and, if applicable, continue to meet, the requirements on which the certification is based. With referen
10、ce to ASME A17.7/CSA B44.7 the installer and/or manufacturer is the supplier. 3.2 AECO: An ANSI, ASME or SCC accredited, independent organization concerned with product safety evaluation, which awards certificates of conformance with ASME A17.7/CSA B44.7. Where the term “certification body” is used
11、in ISO/IEC Guide 65 it shall be understood to mean “AECO.” 4 AECO 4.1.3 The criteria against which the products of a supplier are evaluated shall be those outlined in A17.7/B44.7. 4.3 Operations The AECO shall evaluate conformance with A17.7/B44.7. In conducting its certification operations, the AEC
12、O shall observe, as appropriate, the requirements for the suitability and competence of body(ies) or person(s) carrying out testing, inspection and certification/registration as specified in ISO/IEC 17025, ISO/IEC 17020 and ISO/IEC Guide 62. 4.9 Records 4.9.3 Each AECO shall maintain up to date reco
13、rds, available in a publicly accessible medium, containing the relevant information concerning: a) Certificates of Conformance issued; and b) Certificates of Conformance withdrawn. 5 Certification Body Personnel 5.2 Qualification Criteria 5.2.1.1 Criteria for the AECO shall include: (a) Qualificatio
14、n as a Professional Engineer; (b) knowledge of Risk Assessment Methodology(ies); (c) knowledge of Elevator Safety Codes ASME A17 and CSA B44 documents; (d) knowledge of elevator-related codes, i.e. building codes, electrical codes, life safety, etc.; Page 3 of 4 July 10, 2007 (e) familiarity with in
15、dustry terminology; (f) ability to read and understand architectural, installation and layout drawings and circuit diagrams; (g) working knowledge of electrical, electronic, mechanical and other principles related to elevator systems being evaluated; and (h) working knowledge of the functions and op
16、erations of elevator systems being evaluated. 8 Application for Certification 8.2.2 The applicant, as a minimum, shall provide the following information: a) for certification of components, sub-systems and functions the information required by A17.7/B44.7 Mandatory Appendix I, clauses I-3.2 and I-3.
17、3; b) for certification of elevator systems, the information required by A17.7/B44.7 Mandatory Appendix I, clauses I-4.2 and I-4.3. 10 Evaluation The AECO shall evaluate the products of the applicant against the requirements of A17.7/B44.7. The AECO shall examine the technical documentation to verif
18、y that the elevator system, sub-system, component or functions meet the relevant GESRs; and a) for a sub-system, component or function, perform or have performed appropriate checks and tests necessary to determine whether the solutions adopted by the manufacturer of the sub-system, component or func
19、tion meet the requirements of A17.7/B44.7, allowing the sub-system, component or function to carry out its function when correctly fitted on an elevator as specified in the manufacturers CCD, or; b) for an elevator system, perform or have performed the appropriate checks and tests necessary to deter
20、mine that the elevator system meets the requirements of A17.7/B44.7. 12 Decision on Certification 12.3 The AECO shall provide to each supplier offering certified products, formal certification documents in the form of a Certificate of Conformance to A17.7/B44.7, signed by an officer who has been ass
21、igned such responsibility. The certificate and related documents shall include the following: a) the name and address of the supplier whose products are the subject of certification; b) the scope of the certification, including, as appropriate, 1) the products certified, which may be identified by type or range of products, 2) the relevant parts of ASME A17.7/CSA B44.7 to which each product or product type is certified, 3) the certification system. c) effective date of the certificate and the term of the certification if applicable. Page 4 of 4 July 10, 2007
