Code of Massachusetts Regulations
524 CMR - BOARD OF ELEVATOR REGULATIONS
Title 524 CMR 8.00 - Practical tests and inspections
Section 8.02 - Requirements
Current through Register 1531, September 27, 2024
Practical tests and inspections of elevators, as required by M.G.L. c. 143, §§ 62A, 63 and 64, are subject to the following requirements:
(1) All practical tests and inspections shall be performed by a Massachusetts licensed elevator mechanic under the supervision of a state elevator inspector.
(2) Pursuant to M.G.L. c. 143, § 64 the state elevator inspector has discretion to order a practical test or inspection as he or she deems necessary, independent of other tests and inspections required by M.G.L. c. 143.
(3) A periodic inspection required by M.G.L. c. 143, § 64 shall entail a practical test with no contract-load of all safety devices and equipment to determine that they function as required by the applicable codes. It is further required that every fifth periodic inspection shall entail a full-load safety test. (Refer to 524 CMR 11.00: Elevators Placed out of Service or Decomissioned for elevators placed out of service.)
(4) A biennial inspection required by M.G.L. c. 143, § 64 shall entail a practical test with no contract-load of all safety devices and equipment to determine that they function as required by the applicable codes. It is further required that every third biennial inspection shall entail a full-load safety test.
(5) Car and counterweight safeties and governors shall be tested as follows: Governor operated instantaneous type safeties or sliding type safeties of elevators shall be tested at rated speed by tripping the governor. The governor shall be separately tested for tripping speed.
(6) Each governor shall be sealed directly after testing by the state elevator inspector conducting the test. No person other than a state elevator inspector shall break or remove the seal.
(7) The application of a safety having no speed governor shall be obtained by a free drop test which may be made without detaching the ropes.
(8) Car and counterweight oil buffers, if any, shall be tested periodically as required by M.G.L. c. 143, § 64 with no load on the platform at rated car speed, and with a full contract load every fifth periodic inspection.
(9) Contract Load Test for Hydraulic Elevators. A contract load test shall be made of every hydraulic elevator or dumbwaiter before the equipment is placed in regular service.
V = 3.1416 x R2 x L
Where:
V = volume of oil in cubic inches
R = radius of plunger (in.)
L = movement of car (in.)
Example: 1 = 7", Plunger diameter = 6"
V = 3.1416 x 9 x 7 = 198 in3
(Note: 231 in3 = 1 U.S. gallon)
(10) All escalators will be tested with contract load at the time of acceptance and will have a brake data plate installed. All escalators with brake date plates may be tested thereafter by verifying the brake torque. If the environment in which a unit is operating makes the stopping capability of the brake questionable, a weight test will be used to reconfirm the torque setting of the brake.
(11) All existing escalators without brake data plates or units with more than one driving machine shall be tested with contract load every fifth periodic inspection and whenever the stopping capability of the brake is questionable.
(12) All escalators will require annually a step/skirt performance index test complying with ASME A17.1-2013/CSA B44-13: Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators.