CHAPTER 6 - ELEVATORS, DUMBWAITERS, ESCALATORS AND MOVING WALKS
9.1.13 Handrails. Handrails shall conform to the
following:
a. Number Required. Two moving handrails
shall be provided on each moving walk.
Exception: A single moving handrail may be
used for moving walks having a slope of 3
degrees or less, a speed of (0.36 m/s), or
less and a width of 610 mm or less.
b. Location. The moving handrail at both the
entrance and exit landings shall extend at
normal height not less than 305 mm beyond
the end of the exposed treadway. The point
at which the moving handrail enters or
leaves an enclosure shall be not more than
254 mm above the floor line.
c. Handrail Guards. Hand or finger guards
shall be provided at the points where the
handrails enter the enclosures.
d. Enclosure. The moving handrail return run
and its driving and supporting machinery
shall be fully enclosed.
e. Speed. Each moving handrail shall move in
the same direction and at substantially the
same speed as the treadway.
9.1.14 Drive, Motor and Erake
a. Connection Between Drive and Main
Drive Shaft. The driving machine shall be
connected to the riiain drive shaft by toothed
gearing, a coupling or a chain.
b. Brakes Required. Each moving walk shail
be provided with an electrically-released,
mechanically-applied brake capable of
stopping and holding the treadway with any
load up to the load rating. The brake shall
be located on the driving machine, the main
drive shaft, or specially attached braking
surface attached directly to the treadway.
Where a chain is used to connect the driving
machine to the main drive shaft, a brake
shall be provided on the main drive shaft. lt
is not required that this brake be of the
electrically-released type if an electrically-
released brake is provided on the driving
machine.
Exception [Sec. 6.9.1.14(b)]: Moving walks
which will not run in the down direction bv
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gravity under any load condition up to and
including the rated load condition up to and
including the rated load with the power
supply interrupted do not require brakes.
c. Application of B.rakes. Electrically
released brakes specified in Sc. 6.9.1.14 (b)
shall stop the treadway automatically upon
failure of power or when any of the safety
devices specified in Section 6.9.2 operate-
Brakes on the main drive shaft, if not of the
electrically released type, shall be applied
should the drive chain part.,
d. Speed Reducers. Speed reducers shall
meet the requirements for design and
application as established for various types
in the appropriate Gear Manufacture/s
Practice Standards.
The loading shall be considered to be
uniform and the service to be 24 hours per
day.
e. Ghain Drives. Chain drives shall be of the
types covered by ANSI 829.1 and
ANSI/SAE SP-68.
When operating at the load rating of tl'e
treadway, the load imposed on such chains
shall not exceed the horsepower rating as
established by these standards.
The loading shall be considered to be
uniform and the service to be 24 hours per
day.
f. V-Belt Drives. The load imposed on V-belt
drives, when operating at the load rating of
the treadway, shall not exceed the
horsepower rating as established by
ANSI/RMA IP-20.
The loading shall be considered to be
uniform and the service to be 24 hours per
day.
g. Other Components. Pallet propelling
chains and drive and breaking components
other than those specified shall have a
factor of safety of not less than 10.
9.1.15 Supporting Structure. The supporting
structure for the treadway, balustrades, and
machinery shall conform to the requirements
of the AISC Specification for Design,