AS 1418.13-1996

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Cranes (including hoists and winches), Part 13: Building maintenance units

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Specifies requirements for building maintenance units and supporting structures permanently provided for use and which incorporate power-operated suspension equipment. It does not include requirements for suspended scaffolding. It gives guidance to manufacturers, statutory authorities and users in the form of minimum engineering requirements which are necessary for the design manufacture, installation and commissioning of building maintenance units. It includes a section on loads tests to be conducted and an appendix gives details of those items to be inspected and tested during commissioning. It is intended for use with AS 1418.1.

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PREFACE

1 SCOPE AND GENERAL

1.1 SCOPE

1.2 INNOVATION

1.3 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS

1.4 DEFINITIONS

1.5 TYPES

2 DESIGN

2.1 GENERAL

2.2 DESIGN LOADS

2.2.1 General

2.2.2 Load combinations

2.3 DESIGN FOR STRENGTH

2.4 DESIGN FOR LIFE

2.4.1 Wear

2.4.2 Corrosion

2.4.3 Lifting tackle and gear

2.4.4 Davits and building attachments

2.4.4.1 Type B building maintenance units

2.4.4.2 Type C building maintenance units

2.5 PLATFORM

2.5.1 Type A and Type B building maintenance units

2.5.2 Safety harness anchorages

2.5.3 Access

2.5.4 Platform pick-up points

2.6 STABILITY OF PLATFORMS

2.7 ROPES AND PROTECTIVE DEVICES

2.7.1 Hoist ropes

2.7.2 Safety ropes

2.7.3 Rope terminations (end fittings)

2.7.4 Rope storage

2.8 HOIST DRIVES

2.8.1 Serial hoists

2.8.2 Hoist drive mechanisms

2.8.3 Sheave and drum ratios (minimum winding diameter)

2.9 LANDING

2.10 SUSPENSION HEIGHT

2.11 STABILITY

2.11.1 General

2.11.2 Roof rig stability

2.12 HOLD-DOWN AND TIE-DOWN FASTENINGS

2.12.1 Hold-down fastenings

2.12.2 Tie-down fastenings

2.13 RETRIEVAL SYSTEM

2.14 RESTRAINT SYSTEMS

2.14.1 General

2.14.2 Types of restraint systems

2.14.3 Restraint forces

2.14.4 Distance between points of restraint

2.14.5 Detachable restraint assemblies

2.14.6 Transferring between restraints

2.14.7 Emergency restraint

2.14.8 Interlocking of restraint systems

2.15 GENERAL ACCESS

2.16 LIGHTNING PROTECTION

2.17 NOISELEVEL

2.18 MARKING

3 MOTIONS OF BUILDING MAINTENANCE UNITS

3.1 GENERAL

3.2 RAIL STOPS

3.3 OPERATION CLEARANCES

3.4 GARAGE AND STORAGE FACILITIES

4 BRAKES

4.1 HOISTING MOTION BRAKE

4.2 HOISTING MOTION OVERSPEED BRAKE

4.2.1 General

4.2.2 Overspeed brake operation

4.3 TRAVEL MOTION BRAKE

4.4 SLEWING MOTION BRAKE

4.5 LUFFING MOTION BRAKE

5 CONTROL

5.1 GENERAL

5.2 ELECTRONIC CONTROLS—HARD-WIRED

5.3 RADIO AND ELECTRONIC CONTROLS—NON-HARD-WIRED

5.4 EMERGENCY STOP DEVICES AND SYSTEMS

5.5 OPERATIONAL CONTROLS

6 LIMITING DEVICES

6.1 GENERAL

6.2 LIMITING DEVICE FUNCTIONS

6.2.1 General

6.2.2

7 ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT

7.1 GENERAL

7.2 POWER OUTLETS

7.3 CONTROL EQUIPMENT ENCLOSURE

7.4 MAIN ISOLATING SWITCH

7.5 PHASE REVERSAL AND FAILURE PROTECTION

7.6 FLEXIBLE CABLES

8 COMMUNICATION

8.1 GENERAL

8.2 COMMUNICATION PROVISIONS FOR BUILDING MAINTENANCE UNITS TYPES A AND B

8.3 CELLULAR PHONE REQUIREMENTS

8.4 COMMUNICATION PROVISIONS FOR BUILDING MAINTENANCE UNITS TYPE C

9 LOAD TESTING

9.1 GENERAL

9.2 DYNAMIC TEST

9.3 MOTOR STALL OR LOAD-LIMITING DEVICE TEST

10 COMMISSIONING

11 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE INSTRUCTION MANUALS

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