Scope, Translations, Definitions, Personnel Competence, Responsibilities, and ReferencesĪSME B30.2-2016 – Overhead and Gantry Cranes (Top Running Bridge, Single or Multiple Girder, Top Running Trolley Hoist)ĪSME B30.2 applies to the construction, installation, operation, inspection, and maintenance of hand-operated and power-driven overhead and gantry cranes that have a top-running single-girder or multiple-girder bridge, with one or more top-running trolley hoists used for vertical lifting and lowering of freely suspended, unguided loads consisting of equipment and materials.Not included in this Volume are jacks designed for automotive service, trip-lowered jacks, jacks designed for static support rather than load handling, and jacks, industrial rollers, air lifting bags or air casters that are an integral part of other equipment. In this article, we’ll take a look at each volume of the ASME B30 Safety Standards as they apply to material handling equipment, cranes, hoists, rigging equipment, and below-the-hook lifting devices.ĪSME B30 – Safety Standards for Cableways, Cranes, Derricks, Hoists, Hooks, Jacks, and SlingsĪSME B30.1-2015 – Jacks, Industrial Rollers, Air Casters, and Hydraulic GantriesĪSME B30.1 includes provisions that apply to the construction, operation, inspection, testing, and maintenance of mechanical ratchet jacks, hand or power-operated mechanical screw jacks, hand or power-operated hydraulic jacks, air lifting bags, industrial rollers, air casters, telescopic hydraulic gantry systems, and strand jacks. The guidelines set forth by the experts on the B30 committee and sub-committees can help employers, manufacturers, end-users, and contractors keep themselves out of harm’s way and improve the safety performance and compliance of lifting and rigging equipment. Today, ASME B30 exists as a suite of American National Standards with 30 unique volumes related to the design, installation, operation, inspection, and maintenance of different types of equipment utilized in construction processes. Changing environmental and industry needs.The Committee revises the standards based on numerous considerations, including: ASME B30 is identified as the “Safety Standard for Cableways, Cranes, Derricks, Hoists, Hooks, Jacks, and Slings.” Every couple of years, the B30 Committee reviews, revises, and amends their existing standards and releases a new edition.
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