CAR ENCLOSURE

• Cars should be fully enclosed with metals at

sides and top
• Glass, or other transparent materials – shall
comply with the requirements of subsection
2525.2
• Minimum clear height shall be 78 in.
(1.98m)
• Each car shall be provided with an electric light and a light
control switch
• the illumination of light must be at least 2 ½ foot candle.

one foot-candle = 10.76 Lumens*

2 ½ x 10.76 = 26.9 Lumens

One lumen is = 0.001496 watts.

26.9 x 0.001496 Unit of illumination

= 0.0402424 Watts
Where the machine or control panel
are located on top 1. Standard guardrails and toeboard;
2. Worklight, light switch and
convenience outlet;
3. Car top operating station
conforming to subsection 2531.1
(4) –
During adjustment, inspection,
maintenance, or repair.
CAR DOOR OR GATES
• Shall be provided at each entrance to
the car which, when closed, shall guard
the opening to its full length.
• Constructed of steel tube framing with
Car Safeties and Governors
• Shall be actuated by an approved speed
governor.
• This device must be installed in the traction
elevators and roped hydraulic elevators.
• Speed governor shall be located
where it cannot be struck by the car
or counterweight in case of over
travel.
The motor-control circuit and
the brake-control circuit shall be
opened before, or at the time, the
safety applies.
CAPACITY AND DATA PLATES
• Shall be provided
conforming to the
requirements of
subsection 2528.3

• Conspicuous sign shall

be posted.
2569.22 LIMITATION OF LOAD,
SPEED AND PLATFORM AREA
• Rated load shall not exceed 650 lbs (294kg)
• The inside net platform area shall not
exceed nine 9 ft2 0.84 m2
• minimum rated load-
• Shall not be less than based on 70 lb/ft2
(3.35kPa) –
• Or 250 lbs (113kg) whichever is greater
• Rated speed
• Shall not exceed 100 fpm (0.51 m/s)
2569.23 DRIVING MACHINES AND
SHEAVES
• Driving machine shall be of the
traction, drum, screw, or rack and
pinion type.
• Friction-gearing or clutch mechanisms
shall not be used for connecting the
drum or sheaves to the main driving
mechanism.
• A permanent, safe and convenient
means of access to elevator machine
rooms and overhead machinery spaces
shall be provided for authorized
personnel.
2569.24 SUSPENSION MEANS
• Consists of not less than two wire ropes
• ONLY iron (low-carbon steel) or steel wire ropes having the
commercial classification “ELEVATOR WIRE ROPE” shall be
used for the suspension of counterweights.
• Minimum diameter – shall not be less than 3/8 in. (9.5mm)
• Rope data tag shall be provided that meets the requirements
of subsection 2533.3.
VERTICAL AND RECIPROCATING
CONVEYORS
2570.0 APPLICATION
• Equipped with a platform or carrier
and intended for moving inanimate
objects and/or material only.
DEFINITIONS
• Actuator – a manually operated device that initiates the
action of controls or controllers.
DEFINITIONS
• Antirunaway (Safety Shop) – safety device to STOP and
HOLD the uncontrolled descent of a platform or carrier.
DEFINITIONS
• Backstop – to prevent reversal of a loaded vertical or
inclined reciprocating conveyor under action of gravity
when upward travel is interrupted.
DEFINITIONS
• Bracing – structural members used to
stabilize the supporting structure.

• Brake – a friction device for slowing

down components, bringing conveyor
equipment to a controlled stop,
holding travelling equipment at a
selecting landing, preventing reverse
travel, and controlling overspeed due
to the action of gravity.
DEFINITIONS
• Carrier or Platform – the moving part of a vertical or inclined
reciprocating conveyor that supports the load.

• Control – the system governing the starting, stopping, direction of

motion, acceleration, speed, retardation identification, and function
of the moving member in a predetermined manner.
DEFINITIONS
• Controller – an electromechanical device or assembly of devices
for starting, stopping, accelerating, or decelerating a drive, or
serving to govern in the predetermined manner the power
delivered to the drive.

• Conveyor vertical or inclined – hydraulically or mechanically

powered reciprocating device exclusively designed for moving
freight(not to carry passengers or an operator) vertically or on
an incline between two or more landings and/or between
different levels on a single floor.
• Counterweight – weights in a structural frame used to balance or
impose a load.

• Emergency stop – a stop resulting from a sudden and

unexpected need, and not as part of the normal operation.
• Emergency Stop Switch – a device that must be actuated
in an emergency situation to stop a conveyor.

• Enclosed – describes the guarding of moving parts in such a

manner that physical contact by parts of the body is precluded
as long as the guard remains in place.

• Guard – a covering or barricade to prevent entry into operating

components such a gear, chain, or nip points.
• Guarded – shielded, fenced, enclosed, or otherwise
protected by means of suitable enclosure, covers, casing
shields, troughs, railings, or by nature of location as to
reduce forseeable injury.

• Guarded by Location – describes moving parts so

protected by their remoteness from the floor, platform,
walkway, or other working level, or by their location with
reference to frame, foundation, or structure, as to reduce
the forseeable risk of accidental contact by persons or
objects.
• Nip point – a point at which moving or rotating machinery
components may entrap persons or objects by nipping, pinching,
or squeezing.

Conveyor-related injuries:

• Cleaning or maintaining a
conveyor, especially when it is still
operating.

• Reaching into an in‐going nip point

to remove debris or to free
jammed material.

• A cleaning cloth or clothing gets

caught in the conveyor and pulls
fingers or hands into the conveyor.
Combination of rotating and sliding parts and
reversing parts, creating two
in-running nip point hazards.
(A) Rack and pinion gears. (B) Conveyor belt spool.
SAFETY CONSIDERATION
• ELECTRICAL CODE
• All electrical installations and wiring shall conform to the latest
Philippine Electrical Code and the National Electrical Code.

• CONTROLS
• Shall be remotely installed so as to be inaccessible from the platform
or carrier.
• Shall be kept free of obstruction to permit ready access.

• OPERATION
• All electrical installations and wiring shall conform to the latest
Philippine Electrical Code and the National Electrical Code.
• GUARDING
• Vertical or inclined conveyors
• shall be guarded.
• Shall equipped with doors or gates
• MAINTENANCE AND SERVICE
• shall be performed by qualified and trained personnel.
Screw Type Elevators
This drive system is usually seen on wheelchair lifts.
Escalators
Escalator = Scala Elevator
re-designed by Charles Seeberger in 1897
which is Latin STEPS and the word
“ELEVATOR”

• Escalators in department stores rise at an

angle of between (30°-35°). The 35°
escalator is MORE ECONOMICAL, as it
takes up less surface area.
 Escalators

• An escalator is a conveyor type

transport device that moves people.
• the width of the step :
60 cm (for one person width)
80 cm (for one- to two people
width) ; and
100 cm (for two people width)
Arrangement of Escalators
• Handrail shall be a minimum of
4 in. (102 mm) horizontally and
1 in. (25mm) vertically away
from the adjacent surfaces.
ARTICLE 9. Special Access
Elevators
2575.0. PRIVATE RESIDENCE TYPE
ELEVATORS
• use of the elevator shall be restricted to a
physically disabled individual(s) only and
it shall not be used to transport materials
and equipment.
2575.0. Authority Having Jurisdiction
• Shall inspect the elevator, witness a safety
test(s) and issue a permit to operate, prior
to it being into normal service.
Hoistway Enclosure Construction
1. Shall be fully enclosed meeting the requirements of
section 2509.
2. Exterior windows within the hoistway shall be protected
by grillwork.
3. Enclosure shall be of sufficient strength to support true
alignment, the hoistway doors, gates and their locking
requirement.
 PITS (RULE 500.2)

• shall be provided and the pit

depth shall not be less than is
required for the installation of
buffers and all other necessary
elevator equipment.
TOP CAR CLEARANCE
• shall NOT BE LESS THAN 6 in.
(152mm) plus 1 in. (25mm) for
each 3 1/3 fpm (0.0717
HOISTWAY ENCLOSURE
CONSTRUCTION
• Exterior windows within
the hoistway shall be
protected by grillwork.
• Shall be of sufficient
strength to support in
true alignment, the
hoistway doors, gates
and their locking
equipment.
PIPES IN HOISTWAY
- Would endanger life and
SHALL NOT be INSTALLED
KEY-OPERATED SWITCHES AS
REQUIRED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF
LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT(DOLE)
Keyed switches prevent
unauthorized stoppage of the
elevator which can prevent crime
and vandalism.