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A17.1 - 2004 Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators:
This Code of safety standards covers the design, construction, operation,
inspection, testing, maintenance, alteration, and repair of the following
equipment, its associated parts, and its hoistways, where located in or adjacent
to a building or structure (except as modified by para. 1.2): (a) hoisting and
lowering mechanisms, equipped with a car or platform, which move between two or
more landings. This equipment includes, but is not limited to, elevators; (b)
power driven stairways and walkways for carrying persons between landings. This
equipment includes, but is not limited to escalators and moving walks; (c)
hoisting and lowering mechanisms equipped with a car which serves two or more
landings and is restricted to the carrying of material by its limited size or
limited access to the car. This equipment includes, but is not limited to,
dumbwaiters and material lifts. This Code applies to new installations only,
except Part 1, and 5.10, 8.1, 8.6, 8.7, 8.9, 8.10, and 8.11, which apply to both
new and existing installations.
A17.1 - 2004 Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators Handbook:
Working with the 2004 Edition of the Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators
can be a real challenge, due to the restructuring of the code and introduction
of many new requirements, but you will find everything you need in the new ASME
A17.1 Handbook.
The Handbook includes a summary of code changes, explanations, examples and
illustrations plus excerpts from other nationally recognized standards that are
referenced by the code.
The ASME A17.1 Handbook is the comprehensive reference you can depend on to
answer your questions. The Handbook has been completely rewritten and
reformatted to complement the ASME A17.1-2004 Code.
ASME - A17.1 - 2004 Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators Handbook/Codebook Set
