ASME A18.1:2005 pdf free download

ASME A18.1:2005 pdf free download.Safety Standard for Platform Lifts and Stairway Chairlifts.
piston: short cylindrical member that is provided with a sealing means that travels with the member within a hydraulic cylinder.
pit: that portion of a runway extending from the sill level of the lowest landing to the floor at the bottom of the runway.
plot firm: the load carrying unit, including, hut not limited to frame, floor, enclosure, seat, and door or gate.
platform franze: a structural frame, composed of interconnecting members, which supports the platform.
plunger (rum): a long cylindrical compres.sion member that is directly or indirectly coupled to thc platform frame. This member is not provided with a sealing means. Where used in assembly with a cylinder, the sealing means is provided on the cylinder head, in the case of telescopic plungers and cylinders, a sealing means may be used in the moving plunger that is also a cylinder.
position indicator: a device that indicates the position of the platform in the runway. It is called a hall position indicator when placed at a landing, or a platform position indicator when placed in the platform.
private residence: a separate dwelling or a separate apartment in a multiple dwelling that is occupied only by the members of a single family unit.
rated load: the load that the equipment is designed and
installed to lift at the rated speed.
rated load performance: the operation of the equipment with its rated load at rated speed.
rated s;;iW: the speed at which the equipment is designed to operate in the up direction with rated load in the platform.
recycling operation, telescopic plunger: an operation for restoring the relative vertical positions of the multiple plungers in a telescoping plunger arrangement.
rt’kasing carrier, govt’ntor rope: a mechanical device to which the governor rope may be fastened, calibrated to control the activation of a safety at a predetermined tripping force.
repair: the process of rehabilitation or replacement of parts that are basically the same as the original for the purpose of ensuring performance in accordance with the applicable Code requirements.
replacement: the substitution of a device or component in its entirety with a new unit that is basically the same as the original for the purpose of ensuring performance in accordance with applicable Code requirements.
rise: see travel.