Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 524 CMR - BOARD OF ELEVATOR REGULATIONS › Title 524 CMR 8.00 - Practical tests and inspections › Section 8.02 - Requirements

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
Practical tests and inspections of elevators, as required by
				M.G.L. c. 143, §§ 62A, 63 and 64, are subject to the following
				requirements:
(1) All practical tests
			 and inspections shall be performed by a Massachusetts licensed elevator
			 mechanic under the supervision of a state elevator inspector.
(2) Pursuant to M.G.L. c. 143, § 64 the
			 state elevator inspector has discretion to order a practical test or inspection
			 as he or she deems necessary, independent of other tests and inspections
			 required by M.G.L. c. 143.
(3) A
			 periodic inspection required by M.G.L. c. 143, § 64 shall entail a
			 practical test with no contract-load of all safety devices and equipment to
			 determine that they function as required by the applicable codes. It is further
			 required that every fifth periodic inspection shall entail a full-load safety
			 test. (Refer to
			 524 CMR 11.00:
Elevators Placed out of Service or Decomissioned
for elevators
			 placed out of service.)
(4) A
			 biennial inspection required by M.G.L. c. 143, § 64 shall entail a
			 practical test with no contract-load of all safety devices and equipment to
			 determine that they function as required by the applicable codes. It is further
			 required that every third biennial inspection shall entail a full-load safety
			 test.
(5) Car and counterweight
			 safeties and governors shall be tested as follows: Governor operated
			 instantaneous type safeties or sliding type safeties of elevators shall be
			 tested at rated speed by tripping the governor. The governor shall be
			 separately tested for tripping speed.
(6) Each governor shall be sealed directly
			 after testing by the state elevator inspector conducting the test. No person
			 other than a state elevator inspector shall break or remove the seal.
(7) The application of a safety having no
			 speed governor shall be obtained by a free drop test which may be made without
			 detaching the ropes.
(8) Car and
			 counterweight oil buffers, if any, shall be tested periodically as required by
			 M.G.L. c. 143, § 64 with no load on the platform at rated car speed, and
			 with a full contract load every fifth periodic inspection.
(9)
Contract Load Test for
			 Hydraulic Elevators
. A contract load test shall be made of every
			 hydraulic elevator or dumbwaiter before the equipment is placed in regular
			 service.
(a) The test shall be made with no
			 load and a test with full rated load on the car in order to determine the car
			 speed under each specified condition of loading in both the up and down
			 directions.
(b) A test check of the
			 working pressure including, in case of pressure tanks, a check of the accuracy
			 of the tank pressure gauge.
(c) A
			 test of the relief valve by-pass pressure shall be made in accordance with ASME
			 A17.1-2013/CSA B44-13:
Safety Code for Elevators and
			 Escalators.
(d) After the
			 test of the relief valve setting and system pressure test, the following test
			 shall be performed and witnessed by a Massachusetts licensed elevator inspector
			 employed by the Office. Cylinders that are not exposed shall be tested as
			 follows:
1. Note the amount of oil in the pit
			 and seal leak collection container.
2. Park the elevator at a convenient location
			 and open the main line disconnect.
3. Mark the level of the oil in the
			 tank.
4. Wait at least 15 minutes
			 and measure the amount that the car has moved down.
5. Compute the volume of oil loss as a result
			 of the car movement as follows:
V = 3.1416 x R2 x L
Where:
V = volume of oil in cubic inches
R = radius of plunger (in.)
L = movement of car (in.)
6. Compare this to the change in volume in
			 the pit seal collection container and the tank.
Example: 1 = 7", Plunger diameter = 6"
V = 3.1416 x 9 x 7 = 198 in3
(Note: 231 in3 = 1 U.S.
				gallon)
7. If necessary,
			 continue the test to verify the source of the leak.
8. If it is determined that a leak exists
			 underground, the unit shall immediately be taken out of service.