ICS 91.140.90                         ETD 25

New Standard from Last Update.

1 SCOPE

1.1 This standard gives rules for improving the safety of existing lifts with the aim of reaching an equivalent level of safety to that of a newly installed lift by the application of today's state-of-the-art safety norms.

This standard applies for permanently installed electric lifts with traction and hydraulic lifts (where applicable), serving defined landing levels, having a car designed for the transportation of persons or persons and goods and moving between guide rails inclined not more than 15° to the vertical.

NOTE - Due to situations such as the building design, etc., it may not be possible in all cases to reach today's state-of-the-art safety.

1.2 This standard includes the improvement of safety of existing passenger and goods passenger lifts for:

a) Users;

b) Maintenance and inspection personnel;

c) Persons outside the well, machine room and the pulley room (but in their immediate vicinity); and

d) Any authorized persons.

1.3 This standard is not applicable to:

a) lifts with drive systems others than those defined in IS 14665, IS 15785, IS 15259, IS 14671, IS 15330 and any other relevant Indian Standard introduced from time-to-time.

b) lifting appliances such as paternosters, mine lifts, theatre lifts, appliances with automatic caging, skips, lifts and hoists for building and public works sites, ships' hoists, platforms for exploration or drilling at sea, construction and maintenance appliances;

c) installations where the inclination of the guide rails to the vertical exceeds 15°;

d) safety during transport, installation, repairs and dismantling of lifts; and

e) firefighting operation.

2 REFERENCES

The standards listed below contain provisions which, through reference in this text, constitute provisions of this standard. At the time of publication, the editions indicated were valid. All standards are subject to revision, and parties to agreements based on this standard are encouraged to investigate the possibility of applying the most recent editions of these standards.

14665 Electric traction lifts (Part 2/Sec 1 and 2) : 2000 Part 2 Code of practice for installation, operation and maintenance, Section 1 Passenger and goods lifts, Section 2 Service lifts

(Part 3/Sec 1 and 2) : 2000 Part 3 Safety rules, Section 1 Passenger and goods lifts, Section 2 Service lifts

(Part 4/Sec 1 to 9) : 2001 Part 4 Components, Section 1 Lift buffers, Section 2 Lift guide rails and guide shoes, Section 3 Lift car frame, car, counterweight and suspension, Section 4 Lift safety gears and governors, Section 5 Lift retiring cam, Section 6 Lift doors and locking devices and contacts, Section 7 Lift machines and brakes, Section 8 Lift wire ropes, Section 9 Controller and operating devices for lifts

SP 7 : 2016 National Building Code of India (NBC): Part 8 Building services, Section 5 Installation of lifts, escalators and moving walks, 5A Lifts - Annex C

14671 : 1999 Code of practice for installation and maintenance of hydraulic lift

15259 : 2002 Installation and maintenance of home lifts - Code of practice

15785 : 2007 Installation and maintenance of lift without conventional machine rooms - Code of practice

15330 : 2020 Requirements of lifts for persons with disabilities (first revision)

17386 : 2020 Electric traction lifts - Replacement of existing passenger and goods passenger lifts in existing building