GHAPTER 6 - ELEVATORS, DUMBWAITERS, ESCALATORS AND MOVING WALKS

distance from center to center of adjoining
grooves shall be not more than 13 mm.
Sides of the grooves may slope for mold
draft purposes and may be filleted the
bottom.
c. lntermeshing Pellets' Alternate cleats on
adjacent pallets hsall intermesh so that
there is no continuous transverse gap
between adjacent Pallets.
d. Alignment of Pallet Tread Surfaces'
Adjacent ends of pallets shall not vary in
elevation more than 1'6 mm.
9.1.7 Treadway Slope. The slope of the treadway
shall not exceed 3 degrees within 914 mm of
the entrance and exit and shall not exceed 12
Speed. Treadway speed shallconform to the
9.1.8
following:
the slider bed shall be reasonably smooth-
It shall be so constructed and it will nct
support combustion.
b. Roller Bed. Where the treadwaY b
supported on a series of rollers, ttte
combination of roller spacing, belt tension,
and belt stiffness shall be such that the
deflection of the treadway surface, midway
between roller, shall not exceed the quantity
0.239 mm plus 0.004 times the center b
center distance of rollers in millimeter when
measures as follows:
The treadway surface shall be loaded
midway between rollers with a 11.3 kg
weight concentrated on a cylindricd
footpiece 51 mm long by 25 mm in diameter
placed with its long axis across the belL
beflection of this footpiece from its unloaded
position shall not exceed the figure obtained
above.

a. Maximum Speed. The maximum speed of The rollers shall be conventric and true
a treadway shall depend on the maximum running within commercially acceptable
slope at any point on the treadway. This tolerances.
speed shall not exceed the value
determined bY Table 6'9'1.8 (a).
c. Edge Supported Belt. When the treadway
b. Higher Speeds. The maximum speeds beli is transversely rigid and is supported by
listed in Table 6.9.1'8 (a) apply only to rollers along its edges, the following
' moving'walks having an entrance or exit to requirements shall aPPIY:
landings. lt is not intended to preclude
development of moving walk systems in 1. With the belt tensioned through the
which higher sPeeds are made safe take-uP sYstem, the Permissibb
practical, subject to the approval of the slope of a straight line from the top
enforcirig authoritY. of a treadwaY rib adjacent to the
balustrade, in a plane perpendicula
Table 6.9.1.8 (a) to the Path of the treadwaY shall nd
Tread Speed exceed 3% when the treadwaY b
loaded with a 68 kg weight on a 152
Maximum TreadwaY SloPe Maximum Treadway mm bY 254 mm Plate located on the
At any Point on TreadwaY, deg Speed, fpm centerline of the treadway with 25t
0to8 180 mm dimension in the direction d
Above 8lo 12 140 treadway travel.

NOTE:
2. ln order to support the treadway h
, case of localized overload, supports
1 radian = deg. x 0.0175
shall be suPPlied at intervals' nd
m/s = fpmx0.00508
exceeding 183 mm along tE
to centerline of the treadway. TtE
9.1.9 Supports. SuPPort shall conform the
supports shall be located at a
following:
not more than 51 mm below
underside of the treadwaY when it b
a. Slider Bed. The carrying portion of the
loaded under the test conditions
treadway shall be supported for its entire
width and length except where it passes required by the Prececirg
paragraph.
from a support to a pulley. The surface of

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