ASME B30.23 pdf download.Personnel Lifting Systems.
Within the general scope defined in Section 1, ASME 830.23 may apply to hoisting and accessory equipment covered within certain volumes of the ASME B30 Standard, which is used to lift, lower, hold. or transport personnel in a platform, by wire rope or chain, from hoist equipment, or by a platform that is mounted on a boom of the hoist equipment. The lifting of personnel is not allowed using some ASME B30 Standard equipment. The ASME B3() volume addressing the hoisting equipment to be used shall be consulted for the applicability of the ASME B30.23 volume.
(O5) SECTiON 23-0.2: INTENT OF B30.23
This volume establishes the design criteria, equipment characteristics, and operational procedures which are required when material handling equipment, as defined by the ASME l3O Standard, is used to lift personnel. Hoisting equipment as defined by the ASME 3() Standard is intended for material handling. It is not designed. manufactured, or intended to meet the standards for personnel handling equipment. such as ANSI/SIA A92 (Aerial Platforms). The equipment and implementation
requirements listed in this volume are not the same as that established for using equipment specifically designed and manufactured for lifting personnel. Hoisting equipment complying with the ASME B30 Standards shall not be used to lift or lower personnel unless it is not possible to accomplish the task by a less hazardous means. The lifting or lowering of personnel using ASME B30-compliant hoisting equipment is prohibited unless all applicable requirements of this volume have been met.
(OS) SECTiON 23-0.3: DEFINITIONS
anti-ht-blockdet’ice: a device that, when activated, disengages all hoisting equipment functions whose movement can cause two-blocking.
attachment point(s): the place(s) on a boom or a personnel platform that is used to connect either the platform to the boom or to a suspension system.
23-2.1.2 Hoisting Equipment
Hoisting equipment shall be inspected in accordance with the defined “Inspection Classification” requirements of the applicable ASME B30 volume.
SECTION 23-2.2: TESTiNG
23-2.2.1 Personnel Lifting Platform
(a) Platform Manufadurer 1’st
(1) Personnel platforms shall be tested by me manufacturer to the extent necessary to verify compliance with the requiremenis of this volume, including items such as the following:
(a) load suspension mechanisms or attachment components
(b) occupant safety features (c) platform rating
Where the complete production platform is not supplied by one manufacturer, such tests shall be conducted at final assembly by the platform assembler or a qualified person.
(2) Rope sling, chain sling, or other leg suspension systems shall be tested, prior to installation, by applying a test load to each individual leg equal to twice the rated load of the leg. If a master link is used in the suspension system, it shall be tested to at least twice the sum of the weight of the platform and the platform rating. All tested components shall be visually inspected after testing. Any component showing damage shall be replaced and the test procedure repeated.
(3) The suspension system attaching points on suspended platforms shall be subjected to nondestructive testing by the platform manufacturer.
(4) Proof Testing
(1) At each new job site, prior to hoisting people in the personnel platform, the platform and rigging shall be proof tested to 125% of the platform’s rating. With the proof test load evenly distributed in the platform, the platform shall be hoisted and held in a suspended position for not less than 5 mm. After the proof testing, the platform shall be inspected by a qualified person. Any damage revealed by the inspection shall be corrected and another proof test conducted.
(2) When feasible, the hoisting equipment to be used for lifting personnel should be the equipment used to perform the proof tests at the job site as defined in para. 23-2.2.1(b).
ASME B30.23 pdf download
