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A17.1 - 2004 Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators Handbook:
This Handbook is designed to make it easier to learn and apply the information found in the 2004 Edition of the Safety Code for Elevators and Escalator. Providing essential guidance for the restructuring of the code and the introduction of many new requirements, this resource contains in-depth information and a complete summary of code changes, explanations, examples and illustrations, as well as excerpts from other nationally recognized standards referenced by the code. The Handbook has been completely rewritten and reformatted to complement the ASME A17.1-2004 Code, and will provide the answers to all your questions.
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.
ASME - A17.1 - 2004 Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators Handbook/Codebook Set
