CHAPTER 6 - EI.

EVATORS, DUMBWAITERS, ESCALATORS AND MOVING WALKS

shall be provided with a safety conforming to 6.5.4 Replacement of Chains and Sprocket+ .lf
the requirements of Section 6.6.3.2. chains are used as a suspension means and a
worm chain is replaced, all chains must be
6.3.2 Operation of Safeties. The car safety shall replaced. lf a chain sprocket is replaced due
be of the inertia or other approved type to weai, all sprockets must be replaced,
operated by the breakage of the suspension
means or by the action of a speed governor. Section 7.0 Hand and Power
lf of the speed governor type, the governor Dumbwaiters
shall operate the safety at a maximum speed
of 0.38 m/s. On the breakage of the 7.1 Hoistways, Hoistway Enclosures, and
suspension means, the safety shall operate Related Construction
without delay and independently of the speed
governor action. 7.1.1 Applicable Requirements. Hoistways'
hoistway enclosures, and related construction
6.4 Limitation of Load, Speed, and Rise shall conform to the requirements of Article
6.3 except for the following Sections which do
6.4.1 Gapacity. The rated load shall not exceed 318 not apply:
kg and maximum inside net platform area
shall not exceed 1.1 m'. the minimum rated Sec. 6.3.1.1 (d) Strength of Enclosure
load shall be not less than that based on 1.91
kPa of inside net platform arep of 159 kg Sec. 6.3.1.2 Floor Over HoistwaYs
whichever is greater.
Sec. 6.3.2.1 (a) Enclosures Required
6.4.2 Speed. The rated speed shall not exceed 0.20 for Elevators Having
m/s. Fire-Resistive
Hoistway Enclo-surm
6.4.3 Rise. The rise shall not exceed 15 m,
Sec.6.3.2.2 EquiPment in
6.5 Suspension Means Machine Rooms

6.5.1 Suspension Ropes. On elevators having a Sec.6.3.2.7 Headroom in Machine

rated load of 204 kg or less and operating at a Rooms and Overhead
rated speed of 0.15 m/s or less, ropes shall be Machinery Spaces
not less than 6.3 mm in diameter. Where the
rated load exceeds 204 kg or the rated speed Sec.6.3.2.8 (b) Ventilation for
exceeds 0"15 m/s the ropes shall be not less
than 9.5 mm in diameter.
Machinery and
Control Equipment
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6-5.2 Factor of Safety of Suspension Means. Sec.6.3.4 Guarding of Exposed
The factor of safety of the suspension means Auxiliary Equipment
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shall be not less than based on the
manufacturer's rated breaking strength. Sec.6.3.6 Pits

When the car and counterweight are Sec' 6'3'7

suspended by steel ropes and the driving B[Xi:.""3"0 :;5
means is an endless steel roller type chain, Runbys for Elevator
the factor of safety of such chain with the Cars and Count-
rated load in the car shall be not less than 8 enveights
based on the ultimate tensile strength.

6.5.3 Arc of Contact of Suspension Means on

Sec. 6.3.8 Horizontal Car and
Count-erweight
Sheaves and Sprockets. The act of contact Clearance
of a wire rope on a traction sheave shall be
sufficient to produce traction under all load 7.1.2 Enclosures for Machine Rooms and
conditions up to rated load. The arc of contact Machinery Spaces Hand and power
of a chain with a driving sprocket shall not be dumbwaiter machiries and their control
less than 140 deg. equipment may be located inside the hoistway

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