2010 Edition

ASME A17.1/CSA B44

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ASME A17.1-2010, Safety Code for

Elevators and Escalators
CSA B44-10, Safety Code for Elevators

Edward A. Donoghue, cpca

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 2010 Edition

ASME A17.1/CSA B44

Handbook
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ASME A17.1-2010, Safety Code for

Elevators and Escalators
CSA B44-10, Safety Code for Elevators

Edward A. Donoghue, CPCA

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 CONTENTS

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi
Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
Summary of Code Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii
Part 1 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.1 Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
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1.2 Purpose and Exceptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

1.3 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Part 2 Electric Elevators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.1 Construction of Hoistways and Hoistway Enclosures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.2 Pits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
2.3 Location and Guarding of Counterweights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
2.4 Vertical Clearances and Runbys for Cars and Counterweights . . . . . . . . 26
2.5 Horizontal Car and Counterweight Clearances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
2.6 Protection of Spaces Below Hoistways . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
2.7 Machinery Spaces, Machine Rooms, Control Spaces, and Control
Rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
2.8 Equipment in Hoistways, Machinery Spaces, Machine Rooms,
Control Spaces, and Control Rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
2.9 Machinery and Sheave Beams, Supports, and Foundations . . . . . . . . . . . 56
2.10 Guarding of Exposed Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
2.11 Protection of Hoistway-Landing Openings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
2.12 Hoistway-Door Locking Devices and Electric Contacts, and Hoistway
Access Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
2.13 Power Operation of Hoistway Doors and Car Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
2.14 Car Enclosures, Car Doors and Gates, and Car Illumination . . . . . . . . . . 119
2.15 Car Frames and Platforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
2.16 Capacity and Loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
2.17 Car and Counterweight Safeties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
2.18 Speed Governors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
2.19 Ascending Car Overspeed and Unintended Car Movement
Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
2.20 Suspension Means and Their Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
2.21 Counterweights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
2.22 Buffers and Bumpers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
2.23 Car and Counterweight Guide Rails, Guide-Rail Supports, and
Fastenings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
2.24 Driving Machines and Sheaves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
2.25 Terminal Stopping Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
2.26 Operating Devices and Control Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
2.27 Emergency Operation and Signaling Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
2.28 Layout Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
2.29 Identification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
Part 3 Hydraulic Elevators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
3.1 Construction of Hoistways and Hoistway Enclosures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338

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