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ASME A17.3 Document Information:
Title
Safety Code for Existing Elevators and Escalators
ASME International
Publication Date:
Jan 1, 2008
Scope:
Equipment Covered by This Code
This Code of safety standards covers existing elevators,
escalators, and their hoistways (except as modified by 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
(b) material hoists within the scope of ANSI A10.5
(c) manlifts within the scope of ASME A90.1
(d) mobile scaffolds, towers, and platforms within the
scope of ANSI A92
(e) powered platform and equipment for exterior and
interior building maintenance within the scope of ASME A120.11
(f) conveyors and related equipment within the scope of
ASME B20.1
(g) cranes, derricks, hoists, hooks, jacks, and slings
within the scope of ASME B30
(h) industrial trucks within the scope of ASME B56
(i) portable equipment
(j) tiering or piling machines used to move material to
and from storage located and operating entirely within one
story
(k) equipment for feeding or positioning material at
machine tools, printing presses, etc.
(m) skip or furnace hoists
(n) wharf ramps
(p) amusement devices
(q) stage and orchestra lifts
(r) lift bridges
(s) railroad car lifts or dumpers
(t) mechanized parking garage equipment
(u) mine elevators not located in or adjacent to a
building or structure
(v) line jacks, false cars, shafters, moving platforms,
and similar equipment used for installing an elevator
(w) inclined elevators within the scope of ASME A17.1
1
(x) special purpose personnel elevators within the
scope of ASME A17.1
(y) material lifts and dumbwaiters with automatic
transfer devices within the scope of ASME A17.1
(z) screw column elevators within the scope of ASME
A17.1
(aa) elevators used for construction within the scope
of ASME A17.1
(bb) inclined stairway chairlifts and inclined and
vertical wheelchair lifts within the scope of ASME A18.1
(cc) private residence inclined stairway chairlifts and
inclined and vertical wheelchair lifts within the scope of ASME
A18.1
(dd) rack and pinion elevators within the scope of ASME
A17.1
(ee) marine elevators within the scope of ASME
A17.1
(ff) rooftop elevators within the scope of ASME
A17.1
(gg) limited-use/limited-application elevators within
the scope of ASME A17.1
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