ASME A17.1 Safety Code for Elevators & Escalators 2025: Study Guide & Exam Prep

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ASME A17.1 Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators

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ASME A17.1 .....Answer.....Safety Code for Elevators and

Escalators.


First Edition .....Answer.....Published in January 1921 by ASME.


ASME .....Answer.....American Society of Mechanical Engineers.


AESC .....Answer.....American Engineering Standards Committee.


Sectional Committee .....Answer.....Group responsible for revising

the Code.

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1940 Suspension .....Answer.....Work halted due to Second

World War.


Supplement 1953 .....Answer.....Private residence elevator

requirements added.


Fifth Edition .....Answer.....Completely rewritten and approved in

1955.


Subcommittee on Research .....Answer.....Established in 1926 for

elevator safety tests.


Executive Committee .....Answer.....Formerly the Subcommittee on

Research post-war.


Tenth Edition .....Answer.....Approved by A17 Standards

Committee.


ANSI .....Answer.....American National Standards Institute.

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Moving Walks .....Answer.....Included in A17 Code in 1958.


Part V .....Answer.....Revised to include private residence inclined

lifts.


Safety Code for Moving Walks .....Answer.....Approved in 1962

as Part XIII.


1963 Supplement .....Answer.....38 changes approved for Parts

I-XII.


Reorganization .....Answer.....Restructured committees under ANSI

method.


National Bureau of Standards .....Answer.....Formerly a co-

secretariat in A17.


Code Title Change .....Answer.....Shortened to ANSI/ASME A17.1

for convenience.