

Rated Speed (Lift) : The mean of the maximum speed attained by the lift car in the upward and downward direction with rated load in the lift car Rated Load (Lift) : The maximum load for which the lift car is designed and installed to carry safely at its rated speed. Lift Landing : That’ portion of a building or structure used for discharge of passengers or goods or both into or from a lift car. Lift Pit : The space in the lift well below the level of the lowest lift landing served dumb waiter total inside height of 1.2 m, whether or not provided with fixed or removable shelves has a capacity not exceeding 250 kg and is exclusively used for carrying materials and shall not carry any person. The word elevator is synonymously used for lift.ĭumb Waiter : A lift with a car which moves in guides in a vertical direction has a net floor area not exceeding 1 m 2. LIFT (elevator) : Lift An appliance designed to transport persons or materials between two or more levels in a vertical or substantially vertical direction by means of a guided car. NBC 2016 Part 8/Subsection 5A covers the requirements for planning, design, installation, operation, maintenance and inspection of lifts General Terms Relating to Lifts Posted on JJby Front Desk Froum Posted in Building Services Tagged Building Services, Forum, Lift
