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ASME A17.7 Performance-Based Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators , 2007
- CSA Standards Update Service
- ASME A17 Elevator and Escalator Committee
- CSA B44 Technical Committee on the Elevator Safety Code
- ASME A17.7/CSA B44.7 Committee on New Technology
- ASME Preface
- CSA Preface
- Form and arrangement
- PART 1 GENERAL [Go to Page]
- SECTION 1.1 SCOPE [Go to Page]
- 1.1.1 Equipment Covered by this Code
- 1.1.2 Equipment Not Covered by this Code
- 1.1.3 Effective Date
- SECTION 1.2 PURPOSE
- SECTION 1.3 DEFINITIONS
- PART 2 SAFETY REQUIREMENTS [Go to Page]
- SECTION 2.1 PROCESSES FOR ESTABLISHING SAFETY [Go to Page]
- 2.1.1 ASME A17.1/CSA B44 Process
- 2.1.2 ASME A17.7/CSA B44.7 Process
- 2.1.3 Equivalency of Processes
- SECTION 2.2 OPTIONS FOR ESTABLISHING SAFETY [Go to Page]
- 2.2.1
- 2.2.2
- SECTION 2.3 SAFETY ASSESSMENT SUBJECT [Go to Page]
- 2.3.1
- 2.3.2
- 2.3.3
- SECTION 2.4 ASSURING SAFETY BY IMPLEMENTING GESRs [Go to Page]
- 2.4.1 Introduction
- 2.4.2 Identification of Applicable GESRs
- SECTION 2.5 SORTING OF APPLICABLE GESRs FOR APPROACH 1 [Go to Page]
- 2.5.1
- 2.5.2
- SECTION 2.6 IMPLEMENTATION OF GESRs [Go to Page]
- 2.6.1
- 2.6.2
- SECTION 2.7 RISK ASSESSMENT PROCESS [Go to Page]
- 2.7.1 Risk Assessment Methodologies
- 2.7.2 Risk Assessment Team
- 2.7.3 Risk Scenario
- 2.7.4 Risk Estimation and Evaluation
- SECTION 2.8 PROTECTIVE MEASURES AND SAFETY PRINCIPLES [Go to Page]
- 2.8.1 Protective Measures
- 2.8.2 Verification of Safety Implications of the Implemented Protective Measures
- 2.8.3 Safety Principles
- SECTION 2.9 APPLICATION OF SPs [Go to Page]
- 2.9.1
- 2.9.2
- SECTION 2.10 CODE COMPLIANCE DOCUMENTATION [Go to Page]
- 2.10.1
- 2.10.2
- SECTION 2.11 CODE DATA PLATE [Go to Page]
- 2.11.1
- 2.11.2
- SECTION 2.12 ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS [Go to Page]
- 2.12.1
- 2.12.2
- 2.12.3
- PART 3 GLOBAL ESSENTIAL SAFETY REQUIREMENTS (GESRs) FOR ELEVATORS [Go to Page]
- SECTION 3.1 COMMON GESRs RELATED TO PERSONS AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS [Go to Page]
- 3.1.1 Supports for Elevator Equipment
- 3.1.2 Elevator Maintenance
- 3.1.3 Equipment Inaccessible to Users and Non-Users
- 3.1.4 Floors of the LCU (Car) and Working Areas
- 3.1.5 Hazards Due to Relative Movement
- 3.1.6 Locking Landing Doors and Closing LCU (Car) Doors
- 3.1.7 Evacuation
- 3.1.8 Sharp Edges
- 3.1.9 Hazards Arising from the Risk of Electrical Shock
- 3.1.10 Electromagnetic Compatibility
- 3.1.11 Illumination of LCU (Car) and Landings
- 3.1.12 Effects of Earthquake
- 3.1.13 Hazardous Materials
- 3.1.14 Environmental Influences
- SECTION 3.2 GESRs RELATED TO PERSONS ADJACENT TO THE ELEVATOR - FALLING INTO HOISTWAY
- SECTION 3.3 GESRs RELATED TO PERSONS AT THE ELEVATOR ENTRANCE [Go to Page]
- 3.3.1 Access and Egress
- 3.3.2 Horizontal Sill-to-Sill Gap
- 3.3.3 Alignment of LCU (Car) and Landing
- 3.3.4 Self-Evacuation from an LCU (Car)
- 3.3.5 Gap between the Landing Doors and LCU (Car) Doors
- 3.3.6 Means to Reopen Doors when LCU (Car) is at Landing
- SECTION 3.4 GESRs RELATED TO PERSONS IN THE LCU (CAR) [Go to Page]
- 3.4.1 Strength and Size
- 3.4.2 LCU (Car) Support/Suspension
- 3.4.3 Overloaded LCU (Car)
- 3.4.4 Falling from an LCU (Car)
- 3.4.5 LCU (Car) Travel Path Limits
- 3.4.6 Uncontrolled, Unintended Movement of an LCU (Car)
- 3.4.7 LCU (Car) Collision with Objects in or beyond Travel Path
- 3.4.8 LCU (Car) Horizontal and Rotational Motion
- 3.4.9 Change of Speed or Acceleration
- 3.4.10 Objects Falling on the LCU (Car)
- 3.4.11 LCU (Car) Ventilation
- 3.4.12 Fire/Smoke in LCU (Car)
- 3.4.13 LCU (Car) in Flooded Areas
- 3.4.14 Stopping Means Inside the LCU (Car)
- 3.4.15 Landing Indication
- SECTION 3.5 GESRs RELATED TO PERSONS IN WORKING AREAS [Go to Page]
- 3.5.1 Working Space
- 3.5.2 Accessible Equipment
- 3.5.3 Access to and Egress from Working Spaces in the Hoistway
- 3.5.4 Strength of Working Areas
- 3.5.5 Restrictions on Equipment in Elevator Spaces
- 3.5.6 Falling from Working Areas
- 3.5.7 LCU (Car) Movement under Control of Elevator Personnel
- 3.5.8 Uncontrolled, Unintended Equipment Movement Inside the Hoistway
- 3.5.9 Means of Protection from Various Hazards
- 3.5.10 Falling Objects in the Hoistway
- 3.5.11 Electric Shock in Working Spaces
- 3.5.12 Illumination of Working Spaces
- PART 4 SAFETY PARAMETERS [Go to Page]
- 4.1.1
- 4.1.2
- 4.2.1
- 4.2.2
- 4.2.3
- 4.2.4
- 4.2.5
- 4.3.1
- 4.3.2
- PART 5 REFERENCE CODES AND STANDARDS [Go to Page]
- SECTION 5.1 REFERENCE DOCUMENTS
- SECTION 5.2 PROCUREMENT INFORMATION
- MANDATORY APPENDIX I CERTIFICATION OF CONFORMANCE OF ELEVATOR SYSTEMS, SUB-SYSTEMS, COMPONENTS, OR FUNCTIONS [Go to Page]
- I-1 General
- I-2 Model Elevator [Go to Page]
- I-2.1
- I-2.2
- I-2.3
- I-3 Certification of Sub-Systems, Components, or Functions [Go to Page]
- I-3.1
- I-3.2
- I-3.3
- I-3.4
- I-3.5
- I-3.6
- I-4 Certification of Elevator Systems [Go to Page]
- I-4.1
- I-4.2
- I-4.3
- I-4.4
- I-4.5
- I-4.6
- I-5 AECO Records
- I-6 Marking of Sub-Systems and Components
- NONMANDATORY APPENDIX A BACKGROUND TO GESRs [Go to Page]
- NONMANDATORY APPENDIX A-1 APPROACH AND GESR DEVELOPMENT METHODOLOGY [Go to Page]
- A-1.1 Approach
- A-1.2 Development of ISO/TS 22559-1
- NONMANDATORY APPENDIX A-2 UNDERSTANDING AND IMPLEMENTING GESRs [Go to Page]
- A-2.1 Overall Objective
- A-2.2 Use of GESRs
- A-2.3 Use of this Code
- NONMANDATORY APPENDIX A-3 OVERVIEW OF GESRs IN RELATION TO ELEVATOR SUB-SYSTEMS [Go to Page]
- A-3.1 General
- A-3.2 References and Symbols in Table A-3
- NONMANDATORY APPENDIX A-4 TEMPLATE FOR CHECKING APPLICABLE GESRs [Go to Page]
- A-4.1 General
- A-4.2 References and Symbols in Table A-4
- NONMANDATORY APPENDIX B SAFETY PARAMETERS
- NONMANDATORY APPENDIX C RISK ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGIES [Go to Page]
- TABLES C-2 .1 and C-2.2 Estimation of Risk Elements, Severity, and Probability
- C-2.1
- C-2.2
- TABLES C-3 .1 and 3.2 RISK ESTIMATION AND EVALUATION
- NONMANDATORY APPENDIX D QUICK REFERENCES
- NONMANDATORY APPENDIX E EXAMPLE OF USE OF THIS CODE [Go to Page]
- E-1 INTRODUCTION [Go to Page]
- E-1.1
- E-1.2
- E-1.3
- E-2 [Go to Page]
- E-2.1 Determine the Reasons for, and Subject of, this Risk Assessment
- E-2.2 Propose an Elevator System to be Deployed
- E-2.3 Identification of GESRs that are Applicable to the Proposed System
- E-2.4 Risk Assessment and Risk Mitigation
- E-2.5 Documentation of the Risk Assessment and Mitigation Process
- E-2.6 Explanation of the Development of the Proposed Design Using the Process of Risk Assessment in Table E-2.4
- NONMANDATORY APPENDIX F ASME A17.7/CSA B44.7 Process [Go to Page]