P.U.

(A) 6/70
FACTORIES AND MACHINERY (ELECTRIC PASSENGER AND GOODS LIFT)
REGULATIONS, 1970.
PART II - DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, INSTALLATION AND TESTS

Regulation 14. Lift car construction.

(1) Every lift car shall comprise a platform, a roof, a car enclosure, gate or door and a supporting
frame.

(2) Every car platform shall be of framed construction, and in the case of any passenger lift shall
be designed to support the contract load on the basis of such load being evenly distributed. The
platform of any goods lift shall be designed to suit the particular conditions of loading. The factor
of safety shall not be less than five for steel and eight for timber, except that in the case of steel
platform stringers, the factor of safety may not be less than four.

(3) Every car frame shall be made of steel, and of sufficient strength to withstand the operation of
the safety gear when fully loaded without permanent deformation. The factor of safety of any car
frame members and their connections shall not be less than five.

(4) The deflection of any car frame crosshead and any member carrying the platform shall not
exceed one-thousandth of its respective span under static conditions with the contract load
evenly distributed over such platform.

(5) Renewable guide shoes or guide shoes with renewable linings or adjustable roller guides shall
be provided at the top and bottom of both sides of every car frame.

(6) Every car roof shall be of sufficient strength to support a load of two hundred pounds. Any
open work in such roof shall reject a sphere of one inch in diameter.

(7) Every car enclosure shall not be less than six feet and six inches in height and there shall be
no open-work panels except ventilation panels, the openings of which shall reject a sphere
greater than one half of an inch in diameter within a height of six feet from the car floor:

Provided that the enclosure of a goods lift car shall not be less than six feet in height.

(8) Every car enclosure shall withstand a thrust of seventy-five pounds applied normally at any
point without permanent deformation, and shall be securely fixed to the platform and frame.

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