ASME A18.1-2014
Safety Standard for Platform Lifts and Stairway Chairlifts (A18.1 - 2014)

Standard No.

ASME A18.1-2014

Release Date

2014

Published By

American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

Status

Be replaced

Replace By

ASME A18.1-2017

Latest

ASME A18.1-2023

Replace

ASME A18.1:2011

Scope

The ASME A18.1 Safety Standard for Platform Lifts and Stairway Chairlifts presents certain guides 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 only?typically within household applications. The ultimate goal of this Standard is to help protect public safety, while reflecting best-practices of industry.

ASME A18.1-2014 history

• 2023 ASME A18.1-2023 Safety Standard for Platform Lifts and Stairway Chairlifts
• 2020 ASME A18.1-2020 Safety Standard for Platform Lifts and Stairway Chairlifts
• 2017 ASME A18.1-2017 Safety Standard for Platform Lifts and Stairway Chairlifts
• 2014 ASME A18.1-2014 Safety Standard for Platform Lifts and Stairway Chairlifts (A18.1 - 2014)
• 2011 ASME A18.1-2011 Safety Standard for Platform Lifts and Stairway Chairlifts
• 2008 ASME A18.1-2008 Safety Standard for Platform Lifts and Stairway Chairlifts
• 2005 ASME A18.1-2005 Safety Standard for Platform Lifts and Stairway Chairlifts
• 2003 ASME A18.1-2003 Safety Standard for Platform Lifts and Stairway Chairlifts