ASME B30.25:2007 pdf download

ASME B30.25:2007 pdf download Scrap and Material Handlers
SECTION l:sCOPE
The ASME B30 Standard contains provisions thatapply to the construction, installation, operation, inspec-tion, testing, maintenance, and use of cranes and otherlifting and material-handling related equipment. For theconvenience of the reader, the Standard has been dividedinto separate volumes. Each volume has been writtenunder the direction of the ASME B30 Standards Commit-tee and has successfully completed a consensus approvalprocess under the general auspices of the AmericanNational Standards Institute (ANSI).
As of the date of issuance of this volume, the B30Standard comprises the following volumes:
B30.1Jacks
B30.2Overhead and Gantry Cranes (Top Running
Bridge, Single or Multiple Girder,Top Run-ning Trolley Hoist)
B30.3Construction Tower Cranes_
B30.4Portal,Tower, and Pedestal CranesB30.5Mobile and Locomotive CranesB30.6Derricks
B30.7 Base Mounted Drum Hoists
B30.8 Floating Cranes and Floating DerricksB30.9Slings
B30.10Hooks
B30.11 Monorails and Underhung Cranes
B30.12Handling Loads Suspended From RotorcraftB30.13Storage / Retrieval (S/R) Machines and Asso-
ciated Equipment
B30.14Side Boom Tractors
B30.15 Mobile Hydraulic Cranes.
(withdrawn 1982— requirements found inlatest revision of B30.5)
B30.16Overhead Hoists (Underhung)
B30.17Overhead and Gantry Cranes (Top Running
Bridge, Single Girder, Underhung Hoist)
B30.18Stacker Cranes (Top or Under Running
Bridge, Multiple Girder With Top or UnderRunning Trolley Hoist)
B30.19Cableways
B30.20 Below-the-Hook Lifting DevicesB30.21 Manually Lever Operated HoistsB30.22Articulating Boom Cranes
B30.23Personnel Lifting Systems
B30.24 Container Cranes1
B30.25 Scrap and Material HandlersB30.26 Rigging Hardware
B30.27 Material Placement SystemsB30.28 Balance Lifting Units1
SECTION l:sCOPE EXCLUSIONS
The B30 Standard does not apply to track and automo-tive jacks, railway or automobile wrecking cranes,ship-board cranes, shipboard cargo-handling equipment,well-drilling derricks, skip hoists, mine hoists, truckbody hoists, car or barge pullers,conveyors, excavatingequipment,or equipment covered under the scope ofthe following standards: A10,A17,A90,A92,A120, B20,B56, and B77.
sECTION I:PURPOSE
The B30 Standard is intended to
a) prevent or minimize injury to workers, and other-wise provide for the protection of life, limb, and propertyby prescribing safety requirements
b) provide direction to manufacturers,owners,employers, users,and others concerned with, or respon-sible for, its application
(c guide governments and other regulatory bodiesin the development, promulgation, and enforcement ofappropriate safety directives
SECTION V:uSE BY REGULATORY AGENCIESThese Volumes may be adopted in whole or in partfor governmental or regulatory use. If adopted for gov-ernmental use,the references to other national codesand standards in the specific volumes may be changedto refer to the corresponding regulations of the govern-mental authorities.
SECTION V:EFFECTIVE DATE
a)Effective Date. The effective date of this volume ofthe B30 Standard shall be 1 year after its date of issuance.Construction,installation, inspection,testing, mainte-nance, and operation of equipment manufactured and