Mich. Admin. Code R. 408.7099 - Hoisting cables

Rule 99.

(1) Only iron, low carbon steel, or steel wire cables with fibre cores, having the commercial classification "elevator wire cable," shall be used for suspension of an elevator car and counterweights. The wire material for a cable shall be manufactured by the open-hearth or electric furnace process or their equivalent.
(2) Suspension means shall be not less than 2 iron or steel wire cables having a diameter of not less than 1/4 inch.
(3) The factor of safety of the suspension means shall be not less than 7.
(4) The arc of contact of a wire rope on a traction sheave shall be sufficient to produce adequate traction under all load conditions.
(5) A wire rope anchored to a winding drum shall have not less than 1 full turn of rope on the drum when the car or counterweight has reached its limit of possible overtravel.
(6) A car or counterweight wire rope shall not be lengthened or repaired by splicing.
(7) The winding-drum end of a car and counterweight wire rope shall be secured by a clamp on the inside of the drum.
(8) The car or counterweight end of a wire rope shall be fastened by return loop, by individual tapered babbitted sockets, or by an alternate method approved by the board. A clamp of the U-bolt type shall not be used.

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Mich. Admin. Code R. 408.7099
2003 AACS

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