ASME 18.1 pdf free download

ASME A18.1-2017 pdf free download.Safety Standard for Platform Lifts and Stairway Chairlifts.
This section defines various terms used in this Standard.
alferatiw,: any change to equipment other than maintenance, repair, or replacement.
aproc’eAl: acceptable to the authority having jurisdiction. aut?zoriti1 hae’rng jur&iclion.- organization, oftic’e, or mdividual responsible for approving equipment. Where compliance with this Standard has been mandated by law, the “authority having jurisdiction” is the lederal, state, or local department or individual so designated in the enacting legislation or administrative regulation. authorized p7omw.l: persons who have been instructed in the operation of the equipment and designated by the owner to manage the use of the equipment.
huildmg code: an ordinance that sets forth requirements for building design and construction, or where such an ordinance has not been enacted, the International Code Council (ICC), International Building Code (IBC), and International Residential Code (IRC) are the code standanIs.
cable, trareling: see trareling cable. capacity: see rated load.
crfiIed: a certification by a testing laboratoty, a professional engineer, a manufacturer, or a contractor that a device or an assembly conforms to the requirements of this Standard, corn hinazkrn n chanica1 Jo* and electrac contact: a combination mechanical and electrical device with two related but entirely independent functions that are (a) to prevent operation of the driving machine by the normal operating device, unless the door or gate is in the dosed position
(b) to lock the door or gate in the closed position and prevent it from being opened from the landing side, unless the platform is within the spedfied distance from the landing
compensating-rope sheare switch: a device that automati cally cau”es the electric power to he removed from the driving-machine motor and brake when the colnpensating 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 retardation of the moving member.
controller: a device or group of devices that serves to control in a predetermined manner the apparatus to which it is connected.
door or gate: the movable portion(s) of the platform or runway entrance that closes the opening providing access to the platform or Landing. It consists of one or more panels that may be equipped with a vision pane].
door or gate, manually operated: door or gate that is opened and closed by hand.
door or gate, power-operated: a door or gate that is opened and closed by a door or gate power-operator.
door or gate, self-dosing: a manually operated door or gate that closes when released or a power-operated door or gate.
door or gate closer: a device that doses a door or gate by
means of a spring or gravity.
door or gale electric contact: an electrical device, the func hon of which is to prevent operation of the driving machine by the normal operating device unless the door or gate is in the closed position.
door or gate power-operator: a device or assembly of devices that opens a door or gate by power other than by hand, gravity, springs, or the movement of the platform; and that closes them by power other than by hand, gravity, or the movement of the platform.
driving mathine: see machine, driving.
emergency stop switch: a device that, when manually oper ated, causes the lift to halt its motion.
enftircing authority: see authority havsr IuTn’d:ct*’,n.
entrance hard rwre’ all components o an entrance, exclusive of the frame, door panels, and locks, that are necessary to maintain the position of the panels within the assembly.
factor of safrtv: the ratio of the ultimate strength to the working stress of a member under maximum static loading, unless otherwise specified in a particular rule.ASME A18.1 pdf download.