1、Safety Standard for Platform Lifts and Stairway ChairliftsAN AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARDASME A18.1-2017(Revision of ASME A18.1-2014)ASME A18.1-2017(Revision of ASME A18.1-2014)Safety Standardfor Platform Liftsand StairwayChairliftsAN AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARDTwo Park Avenue New York, NY 10016 USADat
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11、sher.The American Society of Mechanical EngineersTwo Park Avenue, New York, NY 10016-5990Copyright 2017 byTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERSAll rights reservedPrinted in U.S.A.CONTENTSForeword ivCommittee Roster . vCorrespondence With the A18 Committee viSummary of Changes viii1 Introducti
12、on. 12 Vertical Platform Lifts 93 Inclined Platform Lifts . 234 Inclined Stairway Chairlifts. 315 Private Residence Vertical Platform Lifts 356 Private Residence Inclined Platform Lifts 437 Private Residence Inclined Stairway Chairlifts . 498 Driving Means. 539 Engineering Type Testing and Design .
13、5710 Routine, Periodic, and Acceptance Inspections and Tests. 6211 Maintenance of Platform Lifts and Stairway Chairlifts 66Figures2.6.7 Plaftform Lift Corridor Call Station Pictograph 199.7 Minimum Loads to Sustain and Lower Based Upon Inside NetPlatform Area . 60Tables1.5-1 Reference Documents 61.5
14、-2 Procurement Information . 8iiiFOREWORDThe consensus committee that approved the Standard was balanced to ensure that individualsfrom competent and concerned interests have had an opportunity to participate.This Standard is intended to serve as the basis for state, municipal, and other jurisdictio
15、nalauthorities in drafting regulations governing the installation, testing, inspection, maintenance,alteration, and repair of platform lifts and stairway chairlifts. It is also intended as a standardreference of safety requirements for the guidance of architects, engineers, insurance companies,manuf
16、acturers, and contractors, and as a standard of safety practices for owners and managementof structures where equipment covered in the Scope of this Standard is used.This Standard is available for public review on a continuing basis. This provides an opportunityfor additional public input from indus
17、try, academia, regulatory agencies, and the public-at-large.Safety codes and standards are intended to enhance public health and safety. Revisions resultfrom committee consideration of factors such as technological advances, new data, and changingenvironmentalandindustryneeds.Revisionsdonotimplythat
18、previouseditionswereinadequate.It should be pointed out that any governmental jurisdiction has authority over any particularinstallation. Inquiries dealing with problems of a local character should be directed to the properauthority of such jurisdiction. It is recommended that, prior to adoption, al
19、l pertinent state andlocal laws or ordinances be reviewed and where there is a conflict with any of the requirementsof this Standard, an exception to such conflicting requirement be noted, quoting the section ofthe law that applies.Equipment covered by this Standard was originally incorporated as a
20、1983 supplement toANSI/ASME A17.11981,Safety Codefor Elevators andEscalators. InANSI/ASME A17.1b1983,a new Part XXI covering private residence inclined stairway chairlifts and inclined and verticalwheelchair lifts was added. Part XX was added to cover these same devices installed in buildingsother t
21、han private residences.In 1996, as a result of the effort to harmonize the ASME A17.1 Code and the CAN/CSA-B44Safety Code for Elevators, a new Main Committee on Platform Lifts and Stairway Chairlifts wasestablished. The Committee developed the first edition, which incorporates Parts XX and XXI,as we
22、ll as the applicable cross-references in ASME A17.11996, up to and includingASME A17.1a1997.The first edition of this Standard was approved by The American Society of MechanicalEngineers Committee on Platform Lifts and Stairway Lifts, was approved and designated as anASME Standard by the American Na
23、tional Standards Institute (ANSI) on June 21, 1999, andissued on July 26, 1999. The A18.1a-2001 Addenda was approved on January 30, 2001 and issuedon March 26, 2001. The A18.1b-2001 Addenda was approved on December 11, 2001 and issuedon April 11, 2002.The second edition of this Standard was approved
24、 by ANSI on July 29, 2003 and was issuedon September 12, 2003.The third edition of this Standard was approved by ANSI on May 6, 2005 and was issued onNovember 29, 2005.The fourth edition of this Standard was approved by ANSI on July 3, 2008 and was issued onAugust 28, 2008.The fifth edition of this
25、Standard was approved by ANSI on August 31, 2011 and was issedon October 31, 2011.The sixth edition of this Standard was approved by ANSI on July 10, 2014 and was issued onSeptember 12, 2014.The seventh edition of this Standard was approved by ANSI on August 3, 2017 and was issuedon October 5, 2017.
26、ivASME A18 COMMITTEESafety Standard forPlatform Lifts and Stairway Chairlifts(The following is the roster of the Committee at the time of approval of this Standard.)STANDARDS COMMITTEE OFFICERSK. L. Brinkman, ChairD. W. Boydston, Vice ChairR. Mohamed, SecretarySTANDARDS COMMITTEE PERSONNELP. D. Barn
27、hart, Underwriters Laboratories, Inc.F. A. Belio, Jr., IUEC Local Number 18D. W. Birdsall, Lift-U Division, Hogan Manufacturing, Inc.M. Ramos, Alternate, Lift-U Division, Hogan Manufacturing, Inc.D. W. Boydston, Handi-Lift, Inc.K. L. Brinkman, Kevin L. Brinkman however, they should not contain propr
28、ietary names orinformation.Requests that are not in the format described above may be rewritten in the appropriate formatby the Committee prior to being answered, which may inadvertently change the intent of theoriginal request.ASME procedures provide for reconsideration of any interpretation when o
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30、tending Committee Meetings. The A18 Standards Committee regularly holds meetingsand/or telephone conferences that are open to the public. Persons wishing to attend any meetingand/or telephone conference should contact the Secretary of the A18 Standards Committee.viiASME A18.1-2017SUMMARY OF CHANGESF
31、ollowing approval by the ASME A18 Standards Committee and ASME, and after public review,ASME A18.1-2017 was approved by the American National StandardsInstitute on August 3, 2017.The 2017 edition of ASME A18.1 includes revisions that are identified by a margin note, (17).The following is a summary o
32、f the latest revisions and changes.Page Location Change1, 3, 4 1.3 (1) Definition of authorized personnelrevised(2) Definitions of lift personnel, portableequipment, and relocatable lift added6, 7 Table 1.5-1 Revised9, 10 2.1.1.7 Revised2.1.1.7.1 Added1315 2.1.5 Added and subsequent paragraphsrenumb
33、ered16 2.3.1.5 Revised17 2.3.9.1 Revised18, 19 2.6.7 Subparagraph (b) revised2.7.1 Revised22, 23 2.10.10 Revised2.11 Revised25 3.3.1.5 Revised3.3.6.1 Revised30 3.10.10 Revised3.11.1 Revised31 4.3.1.2 Revised32 4.3.6.1 Revised33 4.8 Revised38 5.3.1.5 Revised5.3.9.1 Revised43 5.10.10 Revised44, 45 6.3
34、.1.5 Revised6.3.6.1 Revised49 6.10.10 Revised7.3.1.2 Revised50 7.3.6.1 RevisedviiiPage Location Change51 7.8 Revised62 9.9.3 Added64 10.3.3.1 Revised10.3.3.2.1 Revised65 10.4.1.1 Revised10.4.1.2 Revised66 11 AddedixINTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANKxASME A18.1-2017SAFETY STANDARD FORPLATFORM LIFTS AND STAIRWA
35、Y CHAIRLIFTS1 INTRODUCTION1.1 Scope1.1.1 Equipment Covered by This Standard. Thissafety Standard covers the design, construction, installa-tion, operation, inspection, testing, maintenance, andrepair of inclined stairway chairlifts and inclined andvertical platform lifts intended for transportation
36、of amobility impaired person only. The device shall have alimited vertical travel, operating speed, and platformarea. Operation shall be under continuous control ofthe user/attendant. The device shall not penetrate morethan one floor. A full passenger enclosure on the plat-form shall be prohibited.1
37、.1.2 Equipment Not Covered by This Standard.Equipment not covered by this Standard includes, butis not limited to, the following:(a) elevators, escalators, moving walkways, materiallifts, and dumbwaiters within the scope of ASMEA17.11997 and later edition(b) personnel hoists within the scope ofANSI/
38、ASSE A10.4(c) manlifts within the scope of ASME A90.1(d) powered platform and equipment for exterior andinterior building maintenance within the scope ofASME A120.1(e) portable equipment(f) amusement devices(g) stage and orchestra lifts1.1.3 Application. This Standard applies to newinstallations onl
39、y, except section 10, which applies tonew and existing installations.1.1.4 Effective Date. The requirements of this edi-tion to the Standard are effective as of the date estab-lished by the local regulations of the authority havingjurisdiction. Where the Standard has not been adoptedby local regulat
40、ion and a specific edition has not beenstipulated by contractual agreement, compliance withthis edition is recommended as of the effective datelisted in the front of the document.1.2 Purpose and ExceptionsThe purpose of this Standard is to provide for thesafety of life and limb, and to promote publi
41、c welfare.1The provisions of this Standard are not intended toprevent the use of systems, methods, or devices of equiv-alent or superior quality, strength, fire resistance, effec-tiveness, durability, and safety to those prescribed bythis Standard, provided that there is technical documen-tation to
42、demonstrate the equivalency of the system,method, or device.The specific requirements of this Standard shall bepermitted to be modified by the authority having juris-diction based upon technical documentation or physicalperformance verification to allow alternative arrange-ments that will assure saf
43、ety equivalent to that whichwould be provided by conformance to the correspond-ing requirements of this Standard.1.3 DefinitionsThis section defines various terms used in thisStandard.alteration: any change to equipment other than mainte-nance, repair, or replacement.approved: acceptable to the auth
44、ority having jurisdiction.authority having jurisdiction: organization, office, or indi-vidual responsible for approving equipment. Wherecompliance with this Standard has been mandated bylaw, the “authority having jurisdiction” is the federal,state, or local department or individual so designatedin t
45、he enacting legislation or administrative regulation.authorized personnel: persons who have been instructedin the operation of the equipment and designated bythe owner to manage the use of the equipment.building code: an ordinance that sets forth requirementsfor building design and construction, or
46、where such anordinance has not been enacted, the International CodeCouncil (ICC), International Building Code (IBC), andInternational Residential Code (IRC) are the codestandards.cable, traveling: see traveling cable.capacity: see rated load.certified: a certification by a testing laboratory, a prof
47、es-sional engineer, a manufacturer, or a contractor that adevice or an assembly conforms to the requirements ofthis Sbinationmechanicallockandelectriccontact: a combina-tion mechanical and electrical device with two relatedbut entirely independent functions that are(17)ASME A18.1-2017(a) to prevent
48、operation of the driving machine bythe normal operating device, unless the door or gate isin the closed position(b) to lock the door or gate in the closed position andprevent it from being opened from the landing side,unless the platform is within the specified distance fromthe landingcompensating-r
49、ope sheave switch: a device that automati-cally causes the electric power to be removed from thedriving-machine motor and brake when the compensat-ing sheave approaches its upper or lower limit of travel.contacts: see door or gate electric contact.control: the system governing the starting, stopping,direction of motion, acceleration, speed, and retardationof the moving member.controller: a device or group of devices that serves tocontrol in a predetermined manner the apparatus towhich it is connected.door or gate: the movable portion(s) of the platform orrunway entran
