The american society of mechanical engineers publishes the construction standards for elevator equipment rooms.
Elevator machine room door hardware.
Elevator safety is a critical consideration for builders who have state safety codes to follow permits to obtain and regular inspections to pass.
Passage to enclosed equipment installed within the elevator machine room to provide the ventilation required by section 3011 f 2 a.
A single disconnecting means for the car light and accessories shall be located in the control room and arranged to be locked in the open position.
Elevator hoistway door openings shall be protected in accordance with section 3006 3 where an elevator hoistway connects more than three stories.
Elevator machine room control room and control space ventilation and cooling equipment.
We usually have a large 4 0 single door.
Hardware on opening protectives shall be of an approved type installed as tested.
We always put an exit device on the inside of the door and swing the door out of the room so that if someone is injured while working on the elevator equipment they can get out without trying to grasp the hardware and pull the door open.
4 elevator machine rooms or enclosed areas shall be kept free of all materials except those used for repair or maintenance of the elevator.
Building the rooms to code means following the proper asme.
Only elevator related equipment is allowed inside the control room.
Size and configure the elevator machine room so that there is a minimum clearance of 18 between any building component and a traction elevator drive machine.
In traction elevator machine rooms install a beam above the elevator machine and motor that is sufficient in size and capacity to support the removal of elevator equipment.
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Machine rooms shall be kept reasonably clean.