ASME A18.1-2023 PDF

The ASME A18.1 Safety Standard for Platform Lifts and Stairway Chairlifts presents certain guidelines for the design, construction, installation, operation, inspection, testing, maintenance, and repair of inclined stairway chairlifts, and inclined and vertical platform lifts. It covers devices intended for transportation of a mobility-impaired person onlyâ??within household and commercial building applications. The ultimate goal of this Standard is to help protect public safety, while reflecting best-practices of the industry.