Revision of the Indian Standards on Passenger and Goods Lifts, Part 2

by Abhijit Dandekar and Pravin Tipnis

Editor’s Note: Part 2 provides Annexures 1-4 of the article’s Part 1, which was published in ELEVATOR WORLD India, 4th Quarter 2021.

Annexure 1

Existing Indian Standards on Lifts:

IS 14665: ELECTRIC TRACTION LIFTS

PART 1 GUIDELINES FOR OUTLINE DIMENSIONS OF PASSENGER, GOODS, SERVICE AND HOSPITAL LIFTS

PART 2 CODE OF PRACTICE FOR INSTALLATION, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE

• Section 1 Passenger and Goods Lifts

• Section 2 Service Lifts

PART 3 SAFETY RULES

• Section 1 Passenger and Goods Lifts

• Section 2 Service Lifts

PART 4 COMPONENTS

• Section 1 Lift Buffers

• Section 2 Lift Guide Rails and Guide Shoes

• Section 3 Lift Car frame, Car, Counterweight and Suspension

• Section 4 Lift Safety Gears and Governors

• Section 5 Lift Retiring Cam

• Section 6 Lift Doors and Locking Devices and Contacts

• Section 7 Lift Machines and Brakes

• Section 8 Lift Wire Ropes

• Section 9 Controller and Operating Devices for Lifts

PART 5 INSPECTION MANUAL

• IS 15785-INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE OF LIFT WITHOUT CONVENTIONAL MACHINE-ROOMS: CODE OF PRACTICE

• IS 14671-CODE OF PRACTICE FOR INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE OF HYDRAULIC LIFT

• IS 15259-INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE OF HOME LIFTS – CODE OF PRACTICE

• IS 15330-REQUIREMENTS OF LIFTS FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

Annexure 2

Newly Published Related Standards on Vertical Transportation:

• IS 17106 (Part 1): 2019/ISO 22201-1: 2017 Lifts (Elevators), Escalators and Moving Walks – Programmable Electronic Systems in Safety Related Applications Part 1 lifts (Elevators) (PESSRAL)

• IS 17386:2020 Electric Traction Lifts — Replacement of Existing Passenger and Goods Passenger Lifts in Existing Buildings

• IS 17491:2020 Safety Norms for Existing Lifts — Risk Assessment and Risk Reduction

• IS 17515:2021 Energy Performance of Lifts, Escalators And Moving Walks: Part 1, Energy Measurement and Verification

• IS 17515:2021 Energy performance of lifts, escalators and moving walks: Part 2, Energy calculation and classification for lifts (elevators)

• IS 17515:2021 Energy performance of lifts, escalators and moving walks: Part 3, Energy calculation and classification of escalators and moving walks

• IS 17518 -2:2021/ISO 3008-2:2017 Fire-resistance tests: Part 2, Lift landing door assemblies

• IS 15330: 2020 Requirements of Lifts for Persons with Disabilities (First Revision)

• IS 4591 (Part 1/Sec 1): 2020 Escalators and Moving Walks: Part 1/Section 1, Safety Requirements

• IS 4591 (Part 1/Sec 2): 2020 Escalators and Moving Walks: Part 1/Section 2, Guide for Planning and Selection

• IS 4591 (Part 1/Sec 3): 2020 Escalators and Moving Walks: Part 1/Section 3, Inspection and Test

• IS 17615-1:2021 – Measurement of Ride Quality: Part 1 – Lifts (elevators)

Annexure 3

Related Indian standards under development:

1. Measurement of Ride Quality: Part 2 – Escalators and Moving Walks
2. Guide for Maintenance of Lifts
3. Guide for maintenance of Escalators and Moving Walks
4. Electrical Requirements for Lifts, Escalators and Moving Walks: Part 1 – Electromagnetic Compatibility With Regard to Emission
5. Electrical Requirements for Lifts, Escalators and Moving Walks: Part 2 – Electromagnetic Compatibility With Regard to Immunity
6. Electrical requirements for lifts, escalators, and moving walks: Programmable Electronic Systems in Safety-Related Applications for Escalators and Moving Walks (PESSRAE)
7. Lifts Elevators Escalators and Moving Walks Programmable Electronic Systems in Safety-Related Applications: Part 3 – Life Cycle Guideline for Programmable Electronic Systems Related to PESSRAL and PESSRAE
8. Passenger lifts and Service Lifts: Guide Rails for Lift Cars and Counterweights, T-type
9. Electrical Requirements for Lifts, Escalators and Moving Walks: Electromagnetic Compatibility With Regard to Emission
10. Electromagnetic Compatibility: Product Family Standard for Lifts, Escalators and Moving Walks — Immunity
11. Inspection Manual Based on IS 14665 Part 5, Updated as Per the Revision of Adopted Document ISO 8100- 1

Annexure 4

Future Plan of Work:

1. Lifts For the Transport of Persons and Goods — Class I, II, III and VI Lifts Installation

2. Lift (Elevator) Installation — Class IV Lifts

3. Passenger Lift Installations — Service Lifts Class V

4. Lift (Elevator) Installation — Control Devices, Signals and Additional Fittings

5. Lifts for the Transportation of Persons and Goods — Planning and Selection of Passenger Lifts to be Installed in Office, Hotel and Residential Buildings.

Epilogue

Here is a brief update on the topic:

• The drafts of the revision documents were circulated to more than 2,000 persons.

• Two webinars were conducted in the duration of wide circulation of revision documents and were attended by more than 250 concerned stakeholders.

• Several comments, the majority of them editorial, from various organizations were received, discussed and decided upon with consensus.

• There will be no major changes in the draft revision documents based on ISO 8100-1 and ISO 8100-2 as circulated.

• There would be a period of approximately one year during which the IS 14665, IS 15785 and IS 14671, along with the revision documents based on ISO 8100-1 and ISO 8100-2, would run parallel. This period can be further extended by one more year, upon request. At the end of that period, the IS 14665 series of standards (except Part 5), IS 15785 and IS 14671 shall stand withdrawn.

Pravin Tipnis

Pravin Tipnis holds a degree in mechanical engineering from Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute, Mumbai, as well as a post-graduate degree from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, and has experience of more than 36 years in the vertical-transportation (VT) industry. This includes 19 years at Olympus Elevators in the technical/product development areas, which he headed, and, subsequently, 10 years at KONE, where he was responsible for various large infrastructure projects, such as metros, airports, etc.; and high-rise buildings. An active post-retirement VT consultant offering his services to various small and big, Indian and multinational companies, Tipnis specializes in technical training, code training and product/components consultancy. He is an active member in code committees of Elevators, Escalators, and Moving Walks “ETD 25,” as well as the National Building Code of India “CED 46” for several decades. Currently, he is the convener of the Working Group Panel P4 of the ETD 25 committee. His relevant publications include “Occupant Evacuation Lifts: Fire India 2019 Conference” and “Elevator Car Ventilation Design to Mitigate the Risk of Spread of COVID 19: Research Square.”