ASME B30.27:2009 pdf free download Material Placement Systems Safety Standard for Cableways, Cranes, Derricks, Hoists, Hooks, Jacks, and Slings
(b) Existig Installations. Equipment manufacturedand facilities constructed prior to the effective date ofthis Volume of the B30 Standard shall be subject to theinspection,testing, maintenance,and operation re-quirements of this Standard after the effective date.
It is not the intent of this Volume of the B3 Standardto require retrofitting of existing equipment. However,
when an item is being modified,its performance re-quirements shall be reviewed relative to the require-ments within the current volume. The need to meet thecurrent requirements shall be evaluated by a qualifiedperson selected by the owner (user). Recommendedchanges shall be made by the owner (user) within 1 year.
SECTION VI: REQUIREMENTS AND
RECOMMENDATIONS
Requirements of this Standard are characterized byuse of the word shall. Recommendations of this Stan-dard are characterized by the word should.
SECTION VI: uSE OF MEASUREMENT UNITS
This Standard contains Sl(metric) units as well as U.S.Customary units. The values stated in U.s.Customaryunits are to be regarded as the standard. The SI unitsare a direct (soft) conversion from the U.S Customaryunits.
SECTION VIIl:REQUESTS FOR REVISION
The B30 Standards Committee will consider requestsfor revision of any of the volumes within the B30 Stan-dard. Such requests should be directed to
Secretary,B30 Standards CommitteeASME Codes and Standards
Three Park Avenue
New York, NY 10016-5990
Requests should be in the following format:
Volume:Cite the designation and title of the volume.Edition:Cite the applicable edition of the volume.
Subject:Cite the applicable paragraph number(s)
and the relevant heading(s).
Request:Indicate the suggested revision.
Rationale: State the rationale for thesuggested
revision.
Upon receipt by the Secretary , the request will be for-warded to the relevant B30 Subcommittee for consider-ation and action. Correspondence will be provided to the requester defining the actions undertaken by the B30Standards Committee.
SECTION IX:REQUESTS FOR INTERPRETATIONThe B30 Standards Committee will render an inter-pretation of the provisions of the B30 Standard.Such re-quests should be directed to
Secretary, B30 Standards CommitteeASME Codes and Standards
Three Park Avenue
New York, NY 10016-5990
Requests should be in the following format:
volume:Cite the designation and title of the volume.Edition:Cite the applicable edition of the volume.Subject:Cite the applicable paragraph number(s)
and the relevant heading(s).
Question: Phrase the question as a request for an in-
terpretation of a specific provision suitablefor general understanding and use, not asa request for approval of a proprietary de-sign or situation. Plans or drawings that ex-plain the question may be submitted toclarify the question. However, they shouldnot contain any proprietary names or in-formation.
Upon receipt by the Secretary , the request will be for-warded to the relevant B30 Subcommittee for a draft re-sponse, which will then be subject to approval by theB30 Standards Committee prior to its formal issuance.Interpretations to the B30 Standard will be publishedin the subsequent edition of the respective volume,andwill be available online at http: / / cstools.asme.org.
SECTION X: ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE
The equipment covered by the B30 Standard is sub-ject to hazards that cannot be abated by mechanicalmeans, but only by the exercise of intelligence, care, andcommon sense. It is therefore essential to have person-nel involved in the use and operation of equipment whoare competent, careful, physically and mentally quali-fied, and trained in the proper operation of the equip-ment and the handling of loads. Serious hazards in-clude, but are not limited to, improper or inadequatemaintenance, overloading, dropping or slipping of theload, obstructing the free passage of the load, and us-ing equipment for a purpose for which it was not in-tended or designed.
ASME B30.27:2009 pdf free download
