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Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 7 - ELEVATORS, LIFTS, ESCALATORS, DUMBWAITERS, HOISTS ANDTRAMWAYS › Subchapter E - PERSONAL SERVICE ELEVATORS › GENERAL REQUIREMENTS › Section 7.132 - Removal from service

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
Personal service elevators shall be removed or sealed out
						of service upon the termination of the service for which they were orginally
						installed.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 7 - ELEVATORS, LIFTS, ESCALATORS, DUMBWAITERS, HOISTS ANDTRAMWAYS › Subchapter E - PERSONAL SERVICE ELEVATORS › GENERAL REQUIREMENTS › Section 7.133 - Limitations

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
The following may not be exceeded:
(1) The inside area of car shall be 12 square
					 feet or less.
(2) The speed with
					 load shall be 50 feet or less per minute.
(3) The contract load shall be 700 pounds or
					 less.
(4) The operation shall be
					 only be means of key-operated pushbuttons.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 7 - ELEVATORS, LIFTS, ESCALATORS, DUMBWAITERS, HOISTS ANDTRAMWAYS › Subchapter E - PERSONAL SERVICE ELEVATORS › GENERAL REQUIREMENTS › Section 7.134 - Approval and operation

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
Plans and specifications for personal service elevators
						shall be filed with the Department and an erection permit secured in accordance
						with §
											7.31 (relating to submission and
						approval of plans) and section 11 of the act of May 2, 1929 (P. L. 1518, No.
						452) (35 P. S. §
												1351), before
						the work of installation is started. On the completion of the elevators, they
						shall be inspected and tested by the Department and not placed in operation
						until the Department issues a certificate of operation. The elevators shall be
						subject to reinspection at least once every 12 months, in accordance with
						§§
											7.15 and
						7.16 (relating to inspection; and
						inspectors), and section 7 of the act of May 2, 1929 (P. L. 1518, No. 452)
						(35
						P. S. §
												1347).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 7 - ELEVATORS, LIFTS, ESCALATORS, DUMBWAITERS, HOISTS ANDTRAMWAYS › Subchapter E - PERSONAL SERVICE ELEVATORS › SPECIFICATIONS › Section 7.141 - Hoistway enclosure

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
The hoistway shall be constructed and enclosed in
						accordance with §
											7.51 (relating to shaftway
						construction).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 7 - ELEVATORS, LIFTS, ESCALATORS, DUMBWAITERS, HOISTS ANDTRAMWAYS › Subchapter E - PERSONAL SERVICE ELEVATORS › SPECIFICATIONS › Section 7.142 - Clearance

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) There shall be
					 a clearance of at least 3/4 inch between the car and the hoistway enclosure,
					 and between the car and its counterweight.
(b) The clearance between the car platform
					 and the landing threshold shall be at least 1/2 inch, but not more than 1 1/2
					 inches.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 7 - ELEVATORS, LIFTS, ESCALATORS, DUMBWAITERS, HOISTS ANDTRAMWAYS › Subchapter E - PERSONAL SERVICE ELEVATORS › SPECIFICATIONS › Section 7.143 - Pits and overtravel

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(a) The
					 structure at the bottom of a hoistway shall be sufficiently strong to withstand
					 without failure the impact of the car with contract load and the impact of the
					 counterweight, when either is descending at contract speed, or at
					 governor-tripping speed if a governor-operated safety is used.
(b) A pit at least 2 feet in depth shall be
					 provided at the lowest story served.
(c) At the top landings there shall be a
					 clearance between the top of the car crosshead and machine supports, or another
					 obstruction vertically above the car, of at least 2 feet when the counterweight
					 rests on its fully compressed buffers and a clearance between the top of the
					 counterweight and an obstruction vertically above it of at least 6 inches when
					 the car rests on its fully compressed buffers. When no counterweight is
					 provided, clearance between the top of the car crosshead and the machines,
					 supports, or other obstruction vertically above it when the car is at its
					 uppermost landing shall be at least 2 feet, 6 inches.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 7 - ELEVATORS, LIFTS, ESCALATORS, DUMBWAITERS, HOISTS ANDTRAMWAYS › Subchapter E - PERSONAL SERVICE ELEVATORS › SPECIFICATIONS › Section 7.144 - Overhead support

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(a) Machinery
					 and sheaves shall be so supported and secured as to effectually prevent any
					 part becoming loose or displaced. The supporting beams shall be composed of
					 steel, sound timber or reinforced concrete.
(b) In computing the loads on overhead beams
					 and their supports, the total load on overhead beams shall be assumed to be
					 equal to the weight of all apparatus resting on the beams plus twice the
					 maximum load suspended from the beams. The object in doubling the suspended
					 load is to allow for impact, acceleration, stresses and the like. The load
					 resting on the beams shall include the complete weights of the machine,
					 sheaves, controller and the like. The load suspended from the beams shall
					 include the sum of the tensions of all cables suspended from the
					 beams.
(c) No elevator machinery or
					 sheaves may be fastened to the underside of the supporting beams at the top of
					 the hoistway, except the idler or deflecting sheaves with their guards and
					 frames. Supporting members for sheaves and other elevator machinery hung
					 underneath beams may not be of cast iron in tension.
(d) The factor of safety for overhead beams
					 and their supports shall be five for steel and six for timber and reinforced
					 concrete.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 7 - ELEVATORS, LIFTS, ESCALATORS, DUMBWAITERS, HOISTS ANDTRAMWAYS › Subchapter E - PERSONAL SERVICE ELEVATORS › SPECIFICATIONS › Section 7.145 - Pipes and wiring

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(a) Wiring shall
					 comply with the requirements of Chapter 39, Subchapter B (relating to electric
					 safety).
(b) No pipes conveying
					 steam, gas or liquids, which if discharged into the hoistway would endanger
					 life, may be installed in the elevator or counterweight hoistway.
(c) Voltage of control circuits shall conform
					 with the requirements of §
											7.72 (relating to electric
					 passenger elevators).
(d) All live
					 parts of electrical apparatus in the hoistway shall be suitably enclosed to
					 protect against accidental contact.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 7 - ELEVATORS, LIFTS, ESCALATORS, DUMBWAITERS, HOISTS ANDTRAMWAYS › Subchapter E - PERSONAL SERVICE ELEVATORS › SPECIFICATIONS › Section 7.146 - Counterweights

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) Counterweights,
					 when used, shall operate in guides located within the elevator shaftway, in
					 accordance with the requirements of §
											7.52(d) (relating
					 to shaftway equipment).
(b) If a
					 car counterweight is used, it shall not be of sufficient weight to cause
					 slackening of any car hoist cable at the start or stop of the car.
(c) The counterweight sections, whether or
					 not carried in a frame, shall be fastened together to prevent rattle and
					 displacement.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 7 - ELEVATORS, LIFTS, ESCALATORS, DUMBWAITERS, HOISTS ANDTRAMWAYS › Subchapter E - PERSONAL SERVICE ELEVATORS › SPECIFICATIONS › Section 7.147 - Guide rail construction

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(a) Car and
					 counterweight guide rails shall be constructed of steel.
(b) Guide rails shall be securely fastened in
					 accordance with the following:
(1) Guide rails
					 and their fastenings shall not deflect more than 1/4 inch under normal
					 operation.
(2) Joints of guide
					 rails shall be well-fitted and strongly secured.
(3) Guide rails and their joints and
					 fastenings shall withstand the application of the safety when stopping the
					 fully-loaded car.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 7 - ELEVATORS, LIFTS, ESCALATORS, DUMBWAITERS, HOISTS ANDTRAMWAYS › Subchapter E - PERSONAL SERVICE ELEVATORS › SPECIFICATIONS › Section 7.148 - Protection of hoist cables

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
Hoist and counterweight ropes or suspension chains shall
						be located inside the hoistway enclosure.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 7 - ELEVATORS, LIFTS, ESCALATORS, DUMBWAITERS, HOISTS ANDTRAMWAYS › Subchapter E - PERSONAL SERVICE ELEVATORS › SPECIFICATIONS › Section 7.149 - Hoistway doors

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) Landing
					 openings shall be protected by doors of the horizontally swinging or sliding
					 type. Grille or lattice-type construction shall not be used when fire-resistive
					 hoistway enclosures are required.
(b) When swing-type doors are used the
					 clearance between the hoistway enclosure door or gate and the hoistway edge of
					 the landing sill shall not exceed two inches and the distance between the
					 hoistway face of the landing door and the car door or gate shall not exceed
					 four inches. When sliding-type doors with door closures are used the clearances
					 specified may be increased to 2 1/4 inches and 5 1/2 inches
					 respectively.
(c) The hoistway face
					 of the landing door or gate shall not project into the hoistway beyond the
					 landing sill. No hardware, except that required for door-operating devices,
					 locks, contacts, or signals shall project into the hoistway beyond the line of
					 the landing sill.
(d) Hoistway
					 doors or gates shall be provided with locking devices and electric contacts
					 conforming to the requirements of §§
											7.54 and
					 7.73 (relating to landing doors
					 and locking devices; automatic control passenger elevators).
(e) No means shall be provided to open any
					 landing door from the landing side when the car is not in the landing
					 zone.
(f) Hoistway doors shall be
					 so arranged that it will not be necessary to reach behind any panel, jamb, or
					 sash to operate them.
(g) Means
					 shall be provided to prevent hangers for sliding hoistway doors from jumping
					 the track. Stops shall be provided to prevent the hanger carriage from leaving
					 either end of the track, or suitable stops shall be provided on the
					 door.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 7 - ELEVATORS, LIFTS, ESCALATORS, DUMBWAITERS, HOISTS ANDTRAMWAYS › Subchapter E - PERSONAL SERVICE ELEVATORS › SPECIFICATIONS › Section 7.150 - Elevator cars

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(a)
Construction.
Elevator cars shall have metal or combination
					 metal and wood suspension frames and platforms with a safety factor of not less
					 than five, based on the contract load. Cast iron shall not be used in the
					 construction of any member of the car frame or platform other than for guide
					 shoes and guide shoes brackets, nor shall glass be used in an elevator car
					 except for lights and appliances necessary to the operation of the car. Cars
					 shall have only one compartment.
(b)
Enclosure.
Except at the
					 entrance, cars shall be enclosed at the sides and top. The enclosure at the
					 sides shall be solid or of open work which will reject a ball of 1/2 inch
					 diameter. The car enclosure shall be secured in such a manner that it does not
					 work loose or become displaced in regular service.
(c)
Gates.
A car door or
					 gate shall be provided at each entrance to a car, as follows:
(1) The door or gate shall, when closed,
					 guard the opening to a height of at least five feet, six inches, and, if on an
					 electric or electrically controlled hydraulic elevator, shall be provided with
					 an electric contact which prevents operation of the elevator unless the car
					 door or gate is within two inches of full closure.
(2) The car door or gate may be manually
					 operated, power operated, or closed by a weight or spring. Collapsible gates
					 shall not be power-opened more than nine inches from full closure.
(3) Car gates shall be of such a design that
					 when fully expanded they will reject a three inch ball.
(4) Car door or gate contacts shall be
					 positively opened by a lever or other device attached to and operated by the
					 door or gate.
(5) Car door or gate
					 contacts shall be maintained in the open position by the action of gravity or a
					 restrained compression spring or both, or by a positive linkage.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 7 - ELEVATORS, LIFTS, ESCALATORS, DUMBWAITERS, HOISTS ANDTRAMWAYS › Subchapter E - PERSONAL SERVICE ELEVATORS › SPECIFICATIONS › Section 7.151 - Limitations

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
When the contract load exceeds 700 pounds or the contract
						speed exceeds 50 feet per minute, or the net inside car platform area exceeds
						12 square feet, the elevator shall conform to all requirements of this
						chapter.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 7 - ELEVATORS, LIFTS, ESCALATORS, DUMBWAITERS, HOISTS ANDTRAMWAYS › Subchapter E - PERSONAL SERVICE ELEVATORS › SPECIFICATIONS › Section 7.152 - Machines and sheaves

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(a) Winding
					 drums, traction sheaves and overhead and deflecting sheaves shall be of cast
					 iron or steel, of a diameter not less than 30 times the diameter of the wire
					 hoist ropes. The rope grooves shall be machined. Where eight by 19 plow steel
					 ropes are used, the diameter of drums and sheaves may be reduced to 20 times
					 the diameter of the rope.
(b) The
					 factor of safety based on the static load, that is, the contract load plus the
					 weight of car, ropes, counterweights, and the like, to be used in the design of
					 personal service elevator hoisting machines shall not be less than eight for
					 wrought iron and steel, and ten for cast iron, cast steel, or other
					 material.
(c) Set-screw fastenings
					 shall not be used in lieu of keys or pins at a connection subject to torque or
					 tension.
(d) No friction gearing or
					 clutch mechanism shall be used for connecting the hoist drum or sheaves to the
					 main driving gear.
(e) Gearing
					 having cast iron teeth shall not be used.
(f) Electric elevator machines shall be
					 equipped with electrically-released, spring-applied brakes.
(g) No single ground, short circuit,
					 counter-voltage or motor field discharge shall prevent the brake magnet from
					 allowing the brake to set in the intended manner during normal
					 operation.
(h) An electric elevator
					 machine shall be arranged for manual operation by crank in case of power
					 failure, and a suitable crank shall be provided and kept near the
					 machine.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 7 - ELEVATORS, LIFTS, ESCALATORS, DUMBWAITERS, HOISTS ANDTRAMWAYS › Subchapter E - PERSONAL SERVICE ELEVATORS › SPECIFICATIONS › Section 7.153 - Limit switches

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
Upper and lower normal stopping devices shall be
						provided, set to stop the car at the upper and lower terminal landings. Final
						stopping devices shall be provided and set to operate if the car passes the
						terminal landings. Such stopping devices shall stop the car before it strikes
						the overhead or pit bottom. The final terminal stopping device shall act to
						prevent movement of the car in both directions of travel. The normal and final
						terminal stopping devices shall not control the same switches on the controller
						unless two or more separate and independent switches are provided, two of which
						shall be closed to complete the motor and brake circuit in each direction of
						travel.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 7 - ELEVATORS, LIFTS, ESCALATORS, DUMBWAITERS, HOISTS ANDTRAMWAYS › Subchapter E - PERSONAL SERVICE ELEVATORS › SPECIFICATIONS › Section 7.154 - Operation

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) The following
					 methods of operation are permitted:
(1)
					 Double-button control.
(2)
					 Momentary-pressure operation with "up-down" buttons or switches in the car and
					 "up-down" buttons or switches, or call buttons, at each landing. It is not
					 required that the operation be selective.
(3) Single automatic operation.
(4) Car and landing operating buttons shall
					 be key-operated. The use of such key shall be limited to the individual for
					 whom the elevator was installed.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 7 - ELEVATORS, LIFTS, ESCALATORS, DUMBWAITERS, HOISTS ANDTRAMWAYS › Subchapter E - PERSONAL SERVICE ELEVATORS › SPECIFICATIONS › Section 7.155 - Suspension means

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) Suspension
					 means shall be wire ropes or suspension chains. There shall not be less than
					 two such ropes or chains.
(b) Steel
					 tapes or tiller rope as suspension means is prohibited.
(c) On elevators having a contract load of
					 less than 450 pounds and operating at a contract speed of less than 30 feet per
					 minute, ropes shall not be less than 1/4 inch in diameter. When the contract
					 load exceeds 450 pounds, or the contract speed exceeds 30 feet per minute,
					 ropes shall not be less than 3/8 inch diameter.
(d) The factor of safety of the suspension
					 means shall not be less than seven. When the car and counterweight are
					 suspended by wire ropes and the driving means between the machine and
					 counterweight is an endless chain, the factor of safety of such chain with the
					 rated load in the car shall be not less than eight.
(e) The arc of contact of a wire rope on a
					 traction sheave shall be sufficient to produce adequate traction under all load
					 conditions. The arc of contact of a chain on a driving sprocket shall not be
					 less than 140°.
(f) Wire ropes
					 anchored to a winding drum shall have not less than one full turn of rope on
					 the drum when the car or counterweight has reached its extreme limit of
					 possible overtravel.
(g) No car or
					 counterweight wire rope shall be lengthened or repaired by splicing. Broken or
					 worn suspension chains shall not be repaired but the entire chain shall be
					 replaced.
(h) The winding drum ends
					 of car and counterweight wire ropes shall be secured by clamps on the inside of
					 the drum or by one of the methods specified in subsection (i) for fastening
					 wire ropes to car or counterweight.
(i) The car or counterweight ends of wire
					 ropes shall be fastened by return loop, properly made individual, tapered,
					 babbitted sockets, or attached fittings as recommended by wire rope
					 manufacturers. Clamps of the U-bolt type shall not be used.
(j) A metal tag shall be placed on all wire
					 ropes or chain fastenings, or be permanently fixed on the car frame, upon which
					 shall be stamped the size, the material, the ultimate strength of the rope or
					 chain, as rated by the manufacturer, and the date of installation or
					 renewal.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 7 - ELEVATORS, LIFTS, ESCALATORS, DUMBWAITERS, HOISTS ANDTRAMWAYS › Subchapter F - POWER-OPERATED SPECIAL INDUSTRIAL SERVICE ELEVATORS › GENERAL › Section 7.171 - Applicability

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
This subchapter applies only to elevators installed in
						industrial buildings, such as grain and feed mills, chemical and alcohol
						distilleries, cement storage towers, radio towers and similar industries, which
						are not accessible to the general public, for the exclusive use of certain
						designated operating and maintenance employes when transportation of one or two
						men is required for a distance of several floors to attend machinery or
						equipment requiring frequent attention. No persons other than the employes may
						ride thereon.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 7 - ELEVATORS, LIFTS, ESCALATORS, DUMBWAITERS, HOISTS ANDTRAMWAYS › Subchapter F - POWER-OPERATED SPECIAL INDUSTRIAL SERVICE ELEVATORS › GENERAL › Section 7.172 - Removal from service

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
Power-operated special industrial service elevators shall
						be removed or sealed out of service upon the termination of the service for
						which they were originally installed.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 7 - ELEVATORS, LIFTS, ESCALATORS, DUMBWAITERS, HOISTS ANDTRAMWAYS › Subchapter F - POWER-OPERATED SPECIAL INDUSTRIAL SERVICE ELEVATORS › GENERAL › Section 7.173 - Limitations

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
The following may not be exceeded:
(1) The inside area of car shall be 900
					 square inches or less.
(2) The
					 speed with load shall be 100 feet or less per minute.
(3) The contract load shall be 300 pounds or
					 less.
(4) The operation shall be
					 only by means of pushbuttons.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 7 - ELEVATORS, LIFTS, ESCALATORS, DUMBWAITERS, HOISTS ANDTRAMWAYS › Subchapter F - POWER-OPERATED SPECIAL INDUSTRIAL SERVICE ELEVATORS › GENERAL › Section 7.174 - Approval and operation

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
Plans and specifications for power-operated special
						industrial service elevators shall be filed with the Department and an erection
						permit secured in accordance with §
											7.31 (relating to submission and
						approval of plans) and section 11 of the act of May 2, 1929 (P. L. 1518, No.
						452) (35 P. S. §
												1351), before
						the work of installation is started. On the completion of the elevators, they
						shall be inspected and tested by the Department and not placed in regular
						operation until the Department issues a certificate of operation. The elevator
						shall be subject to reinspection at least once every 6 months, in accordance
						with §§
											7.15 and
						7.16 (relating to inspection; and
						inspectors) and the act of May 2, 1929 (P. L. 1518, No. 452) (35 P. S. §
												1347).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 7 - ELEVATORS, LIFTS, ESCALATORS, DUMBWAITERS, HOISTS ANDTRAMWAYS › Subchapter F - POWER-OPERATED SPECIAL INDUSTRIAL SERVICE ELEVATORS › SPECIFICATIONS › Section 7.181 - Hoistway enclosure

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
The hoistway shall be constructed and enclosed in
						accordance with the requirements of §
											7.51 (relating to shaftway
						construction), except that when a building is of open construction throughout,
						and the elevator does not travel through fireproof floors, grille, or
						latticework, an enclosure 6 feet high shall be provided around the shaftway at
						each floor. An enclosure of full height shall be provided on the open side or
						sides of the car and on other sides where hazards exist, such as stairways. The
						grille or or latticework shall conform to § 7.51.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
													7.191 (relating to
						  limitations).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 7 - ELEVATORS, LIFTS, ESCALATORS, DUMBWAITERS, HOISTS ANDTRAMWAYS › Subchapter F - POWER-OPERATED SPECIAL INDUSTRIAL SERVICE ELEVATORS › SPECIFICATIONS › Section 7.182 - Clearance

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) There shall be
					 a clearance of not less than 3/4 inch between the car and the hoistway
					 enclosure, and between the car and its counterweight.
(b) The clearance between the car platform
					 and the landing threshold shall be not less than 1/2 inch, nor more more than 1
					 1/2 inches.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 7 - ELEVATORS, LIFTS, ESCALATORS, DUMBWAITERS, HOISTS ANDTRAMWAYS › Subchapter F - POWER-OPERATED SPECIAL INDUSTRIAL SERVICE ELEVATORS › SPECIFICATIONS › Section 7.183 - Pits and overtravel

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) The
					 structure at the bottom of a hoistway shall be sufficiently strong to withstand
					 without failure the impact of the car with contract load, and the impact of the
					 counterweight, when either is descending at contract speed, or at
					 governor-tripping speed if a governor-operated safety is used.
(b) A pit not less than two feet in depth
					 shall be provided at the lowest story served and a substantial spring bumper
					 shall be located in such pit, set to strike the steel safety plank of the car.
					 A minimum of one foot clearance shall be provided under the platform when the
					 car rests on the fully compressed bumper.
(c) At the top landings there shall be a
					 clearance between the top of the car crosshead and machine supports, or any
					 other obstruction vertically above the car, of not less than two feet when the
					 counterweight rests on its fully compressed buffers and a clearance between the
					 top of the counterweight and any obstruction vertically above it of not less
					 than six inches when the car rests on its fully compressed buffers. When no
					 counterweight is provided, clearance between the top of the car crosshead and
					 the machines, supports, or other obstruction vertically above it when the car
					 is at its uppermost landing shall not be less than two feet, six
					 inches.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 7 - ELEVATORS, LIFTS, ESCALATORS, DUMBWAITERS, HOISTS ANDTRAMWAYS › Subchapter F - POWER-OPERATED SPECIAL INDUSTRIAL SERVICE ELEVATORS › SPECIFICATIONS › Section 7.184 - Overload support

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) All
					 machinery and sheaves shall be so supported and secured as to effectually
					 prevent any part becoming loose or displaced. The supporting beams shall be
					 composed of steel, sound timber, or reinforced concrete.
(b) In computing the loads on overhead beams
					 and their supports, the total load on overhead beams shall be assumed to be
					 equal to the weight of all apparatus resting on the beams plus twice the
					 maximum load suspended from the beams. The object in doubling the suspended
					 load is to allow for impact, acceleration, stresses, and the like. The load
					 resting on the beams shall include the complete weights of the machine,
					 sheaves, controller, and the like. The load suspended from the beams shall
					 include the sum of the tensions of all cables suspended from the
					 beams.
(c) No elevator machinery or
					 sheaves shall be fastened to the underside of the supporting beams at the top
					 of the hoistway, except the idler or deflecting sheaves with their guards and
					 frames. Supporting members for sheaves and other elevator machinery hung
					 underneath beams shall not be of cast iron in tension.
(d) The factor of safety for overhead beams
					 and their supports shall be five for steel and six for timber and reinforced
					 concrete.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 7 - ELEVATORS, LIFTS, ESCALATORS, DUMBWAITERS, HOISTS ANDTRAMWAYS › Subchapter F - POWER-OPERATED SPECIAL INDUSTRIAL SERVICE ELEVATORS › SPECIFICATIONS › Section 7.185 - Pipes and wiring

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) Wiring shall
					 comply with Chapter 39, Subchapter B (relating to electric safety).
(b) No pipes conveying steam, gas or liquids,
					 which if discharged into the hoistway would endanger life, shall be installed
					 in the elevator or counterweight hoistway.
(c) Voltage of control circuits shall conform
					 with the requirements of §
											7.72 (relating to electric
					 passenger elevators).
(d) Live
					 parts of electrical apparatus in the hoistway shall be suitably enclosed to
					 protect against accidental contact.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 7 - ELEVATORS, LIFTS, ESCALATORS, DUMBWAITERS, HOISTS ANDTRAMWAYS › Subchapter F - POWER-OPERATED SPECIAL INDUSTRIAL SERVICE ELEVATORS › SPECIFICATIONS › Section 7.186 - Counterweights

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Counterweights, when used, shall operate in guides
						located within the elevator shaftway, in accordance with the requirements of
						§
											7.52(d) (relating
						to shaftway equipment). Sides of the counterweight runway exposed to the
						outside shaftway shall be guarded.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 7 - ELEVATORS, LIFTS, ESCALATORS, DUMBWAITERS, HOISTS ANDTRAMWAYS › Subchapter F - POWER-OPERATED SPECIAL INDUSTRIAL SERVICE ELEVATORS › SPECIFICATIONS › Section 7.187 - Guide rail construction

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(a) Car and
					 counterweight guide rails shall be constructed of steel or wood. If wood is
					 used it shall be maple or equivalent and of not less than 1-1/2 by 2
					 inches.
(b) Guide rails shall be
					 securely fastened, in accordance with the following:
(1) Guide rails and their fastenings shall
					 not deflect more than 1/4 inch under normal operation.
(2) Joints of guide rails shall be
					 well-fitted and strongly secured.
(3) Guide rails and their joints and
					 fastenings shall withstand the application of the safety when stopping the
					 fully-loaded car.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 7 - ELEVATORS, LIFTS, ESCALATORS, DUMBWAITERS, HOISTS ANDTRAMWAYS › Subchapter F - POWER-OPERATED SPECIAL INDUSTRIAL SERVICE ELEVATORS › SPECIFICATIONS › Section 7.188 - Protection of hoist cables

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Hoist and counterweight ropes or suspension chains shall
						be located inside the hoistway enclosure.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 7 - ELEVATORS, LIFTS, ESCALATORS, DUMBWAITERS, HOISTS ANDTRAMWAYS › Subchapter F - POWER-OPERATED SPECIAL INDUSTRIAL SERVICE ELEVATORS › SPECIFICATIONS › Section 7.189 - Hoistway doors

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(a) Landing
					 openings shall be protected by manually-operated doors or gates of the
					 horizontally swinging or sliding type or vertically sliding type. Grille or
					 lattice-type construction shall not be used where fire-resistive hoistway
					 enclosures are required. The construction of such doors and gates shall conform
					 to the requirements of §§
											7.275 and
					 7.278 (relating to landing doors;
					 landing gates).
(b) When swing-type
					 doors are used the clearance between the hoistway enclosure door or gate and
					 the hoistway edge of the landing sill shall not exceed two inches and the
					 distance between the hoistway face of the landing door and the car door or gate
					 shall not exceed four inches. When sliding-type doors with door enclosures are
					 used the clearances specified may be increased to 2 1/4 inches and 5 1/2 inches
					 respectively.
(c) The hoistway face
					 of the landing door or gate shall not project into the hoistway beyond the
					 landing sill. No hardware, except that required for door-operating devices,
					 locks, contacts, or signals shall project into the hoistway beyond the line of
					 the landing sill.
(d) Hoistway
					 doors or gates shall be provided with approved interlocks conforming to the
					 requirements of §§
											7.54 and
					 7.73 (relating to landing doors
					 and locking devices; and automatic control passenger elevators).
(e) No means shall be provided which will
					 open any landing door from the landing side when the car is not in the landing
					 zone.
(f) Hoistway doors shall be
					 so arranged as to make it unnecessary to reach in back of any panel, jamb or
					 sash to operate them.
(g) Means
					 shall be provided to prevent hangers for sliding hoistway doors from jumping
					 the track. Stops shall be provided to prevent the hanger carriage from leaving
					 either end of the track, or suitable stops shall be provided on the
					 door.
(h) Gates shall be 5 feet, 6
					 inches, in height.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 7 - ELEVATORS, LIFTS, ESCALATORS, DUMBWAITERS, HOISTS ANDTRAMWAYS › Subchapter F - POWER-OPERATED SPECIAL INDUSTRIAL SERVICE ELEVATORS › SPECIFICATIONS › Section 7.190 - Elevator cars

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(a)
Construction.
Elevator cars shall have metal car frames and
					 outside frames of platforms with a safety factor of not less than five, based
					 on the rated load. Cast iron shall not be used in the construction of any
					 member of the car frame or platform other than for guide shoes and guide shoes
					 brackets, nor shall glass be used in an elevator car except for car lights and
					 appliances necessary to the operation of the car. Cars shall have only one
					 compartment.
(b)
Enclosure.
Except at the entrance, cars shall be enclosed at the sides and top.
					 The enclosure at the sides shall be solid or of open work which will reject a
					 ball of 1/2 inch diameter. The car enclosure shall be secured in such a manner
					 that it may not work loose or become displaced in regular service.
(c)
Gates.
A car door or
					 gate shall be provided at each entrance to a car as follows:
(1) The door or gate shall, when closed,
					 guard the opening to a height of at least five feet, six inches, and, if on an
					 electric or electrically-controlled hydraulic elevator, shall be provided with
					 an electric contact which prevents operation of the elevator unless the car
					 door or gate is within two inches of full closure. Car doors or gates may be
					 horizontal or vertical sliding.
(2)
					 The car door or gate shall be manually operated.
(3) Car gates shall be of such a design that
					 when fully expanded they will reject a three inch ball.
(4) Car door or gate contacts shall be
					 positively opened by a lever or other device attached to and operated by the
					 door or gate and shall not be solely dependent on gravity or springs or both
					 for their opening.
(5) Car door or
					 gate contracts shall be maintained in the open position by the action of
					 gravity or a restrained compression spring or both, or by means of a positive
					 linkage.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 7 - ELEVATORS, LIFTS, ESCALATORS, DUMBWAITERS, HOISTS ANDTRAMWAYS › Subchapter F - POWER-OPERATED SPECIAL INDUSTRIAL SERVICE ELEVATORS › SPECIFICATIONS › Section 7.191 - Limitations

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When conditions do not conform in all respects with the
						requirements of §
											7.181 (relating to hoistway
						enclosure), the elevator shall conform to all requirements of this
						chapter.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 7 - ELEVATORS, LIFTS, ESCALATORS, DUMBWAITERS, HOISTS ANDTRAMWAYS › Subchapter F - POWER-OPERATED SPECIAL INDUSTRIAL SERVICE ELEVATORS › SPECIFICATIONS › Section 7.192 - Machines and sheaves

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(a) Winding
					 drums, traction sheaves, and overhead and deflecting sheaves shall be of cast
					 iron or steel, of a diameter not less than 30 times the diameter of the wire
					 hoist ropes. The rope grooves shall be machined. When eight by 19 plow steel
					 ropes are used, the diameter of drums and sheaves may be reduced to 20 times
					 the diameter of the rope.
(b) The
					 factor of safety based on the static load, that is, the contract load plus the
					 weight of car, ropes, counterweights, and the like, to be used in the design of
					 these elevator-hoisting machines shall not be less than eight for wrought iron
					 and steel, and ten for cast iron, cast steel or other material.
(c) Set-screw fastenings shall not be used in
					 lieu of keys or pins at a connection subject to torque or tension.
(d) No friction gearing or clutch mechanism
					 shall be used for connecting the hoist drum or sheaves to the main driving
					 gear.
(e) Gearing having cast iron
					 teeth shall not be used.
(f)
					 Electric eleavtor machines shall be equipped with electrically-released,
					 spring-applied brakes which apply automatically if the operating device or
					 stopping contacts are in the stop position.
(g) No single ground, short circuit,
					 countervoltage, or motor field discharge shall prevent the brake magnet from
					 allowing the brake to set if the operating device or stopping contacts are in
					 the stop position.
(h) An electric
					 elevator machine shall be arranged for manual operation by crank in case of
					 power failure and a suitable crank shall be provided and kept near the
					 machine.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 7 - ELEVATORS, LIFTS, ESCALATORS, DUMBWAITERS, HOISTS ANDTRAMWAYS › Subchapter F - POWER-OPERATED SPECIAL INDUSTRIAL SERVICE ELEVATORS › SPECIFICATIONS › Section 7.193 - Limit switches

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Upper and lower normal stopping devices shall be
						provided, set to stop the car at the upper and lower terminal landings. Final
						stopping devices shall be provided and set to stop the car before it strikes
						the overhead or pit bottom, if the car passes the terminal landings. The final
						terminal stopping device shall act to prevent movement of the car in both
						directions of travel. The normal and final terminal stopping devices shall not
						control the same switches on the controller unless two or more separate and
						independent switches are provided, two of which shall be closed to complete the
						motor and brake circuit in each direction of travel. Drum-type machines shall
						also be provided with automatic machine terminal stop
						switches.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 7 - ELEVATORS, LIFTS, ESCALATORS, DUMBWAITERS, HOISTS ANDTRAMWAYS › Subchapter F - POWER-OPERATED SPECIAL INDUSTRIAL SERVICE ELEVATORS › SPECIFICATIONS › Section 7.194 - Operation

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(a) The following
					 methods of operation are permitted:
(1)
					 Double-button control.
(2)
					 Momentary-pressure operation with "up-down" buttons or switches in the car and
					 "up-down" buttons or switches, or call buttons, at each landing. It is not
					 required that the operation be selective.
(3) Single automatic
					 operation.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 7 - ELEVATORS, LIFTS, ESCALATORS, DUMBWAITERS, HOISTS ANDTRAMWAYS › Subchapter F - POWER-OPERATED SPECIAL INDUSTRIAL SERVICE ELEVATORS › SPECIFICATIONS › Section 7.195 - Suspension means

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(a) Suspension
					 means shall be wire ropes or suspension chains. There shall not be less than
					 two such ropes or chains.
(b) Steel
					 tape or tiller rope as suspension means is prohibited.
(c) On elevators operating at a contract
					 speed of less than 30 feet per minute, ropes shall not be less than 1/4 inch in
					 diameter. When the contract speed exceeds 30 feet per minute, ropes shall not
					 be less than 3/8 inch in diameter.
(d) The factor of safety of the suspension
					 means shall not be less than seven. When the car and counterweight are
					 suspended by wire ropes and the driving means between the machine and
					 counterweight is an endless chain, the factor of safety of such chain with
					 rated load in the car shall be not less than eight.
(e) The arc of contract of a wire rope on a
					 traction sheave shall be sufficient to produce adequate traction under all load
					 conditions. The arc of contact of a chain on a driving sprocket shall not be
					 less than 140 degrees.
(f) Wire
					 ropes anchored to a winding drum shall have not less than one full turn of rope
					 on the drum when the car or counterweight has reached its extreme limit of
					 possible overtravel.
(g) No car or
					 counterweight wire rope shall be lengthened or repaired by splicing. Broken or
					 worn suspension chains shall not be repaired but the entire chain shall be
					 replaced.
(h) The winding drum ends
					 of car and counterweight wire ropes shall be secured by clamps on the inside of
					 the drum or by one of the methods specified in subsection (i) for fastening
					 wire ropes to the car or counterweight.
(i) The car or counterweight ends of wire
					 ropes shall be fastened by return loop, by properly made individual, tapered,
					 babbitted sockets, or attached fittings as recommended by wire rope
					 manufacturers.
(j) A metal tag
					 shall be placed on wire rope or chain fastenings, or be permanently fixed on
					 the car frame, upon which shall be stamped the size, the material, the ultimate
					 strength of the rope or chain, as rated by the manufacturer, and the date of
					 installation or renewal.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 7 - ELEVATORS, LIFTS, ESCALATORS, DUMBWAITERS, HOISTS ANDTRAMWAYS › Subchapter G - MANLIFTS › GENERAL › Section 7.211 - Applicability

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This subchapter applies only to new manlifts installed in
						parking garages and industrial buildings, such as grain and feed mills,
						chemical and alcohol distilleries, cement storage towers and similar
						industries, for the exclusive use of certain designated operating or
						maintenance employes, when transportation of the persons is required for a
						distance of several floors. No persons other than the employes may be permitted
						to ride thereon.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 7 - ELEVATORS, LIFTS, ESCALATORS, DUMBWAITERS, HOISTS ANDTRAMWAYS › Subchapter G - MANLIFTS › GENERAL › Section 7.212 - Removal from service

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
Manlifts shall be removed or sealed out of service upon
						the termination of the service for which they were originally
						installed.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 7 - ELEVATORS, LIFTS, ESCALATORS, DUMBWAITERS, HOISTS ANDTRAMWAYS › Subchapter G - MANLIFTS › GENERAL › Section 7.213 - Approval and operation

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Plans and specifications for manlifts shall be filed with
						the Department and an erection permit secured in accordance with §
											7.31 (relating to submission and
						approval of plans) and section 11 of the act of May 2, 1929 (P. L. 1518, No.
						452) (35 P. S. §
												1351), before
						the work of installation is started. On the completion of the elevators, they
						shall be inspected and tested by the Department and not placed in regular
						operation until the Department issues a certificate of operation. The elevators
						shall be subject to reinspection at least every 6 months, in accordance with
						§§
											7.15 and
						7.16 (relating to inspection; and
						inspectors), and section 7 of the act of May 2, 1929 (P. L. 1518, No. 452)
						(35
						P. S. §
												1347).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 7 - ELEVATORS, LIFTS, ESCALATORS, DUMBWAITERS, HOISTS ANDTRAMWAYS › Subchapter G - MANLIFTS › SPECIFICATIONS › Section 7.221 - Locked doors

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When manlifts are located in buildings, such as parking
						garages, to which the public has access, they shall be located in an enclosure
						protected by self-closing, spring-locked doors, at all floors to which the
						public has access. Keys to the doors shall be limited to employes. In lieu of
						spring-locked doors, which require a key, a magnetic-type lock is permitted. If
						the actuating pushbutton is located at least 7 feet above the floor in an
						inconspicuous location.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 7 - ELEVATORS, LIFTS, ESCALATORS, DUMBWAITERS, HOISTS ANDTRAMWAYS › Subchapter G - MANLIFTS › SPECIFICATIONS › Section 7.222 - Floor openings

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(a) Floor
					 openings for a manlift shall be uniform in size, be approximately circular and
					 be located vertically above the opening below it.
(b) Floor openings for both up and down runs
					 shall conform to the following:
Belt (in
								  inches)
Floor Opening Width (in inches)
12
28-32
14
34-38
16
36-40
(c) Floor openings shall extend not more than
					 24 inches nor more than 28 inches from the face of the belt.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
													7.223 (relating to
						  landings).