Performance Standard for Hand Chain Manually Operated Chain Hoists

AN A MERICAN NA TIONAL S T AND ARD

ASME HST-2–2014

[Revision of ASME HST-2M–1999 (R2010)]

ASME HST-2–2014

[Revision of ASME HST-2M–1999 (R2010)]

Performance Standard for Hand Chain Manually Operated Chain Hoists

AN AMERICAN NA TIONAL S T AND ARD

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Date of Issuance: September 16, 2014

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CONTENTS

Nonmandatory Appendix

A Performance Requirements for Hand Chain Manually Operated Chain Hoists Used in Marine and Other Applications as Required by the

U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) 9

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FOREWORD

This Standard is one in a series that provide performance requirements for hoists and was originally issued in 1983. It was developed by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) HST Standards Committee, Hoists — Overhead. It is intended to serve as a guide to manufacturers of the equipment and to the purchasers and users of the equipment.

Standards in this series are

HST-l, Electric Chain Hoists

HST-2, Hand Chain Manually Operated Chain Hoists HST-3, Manually Lever Operated Chain Hoists

HST-4, Electric Wire Rope Hoists HST-5, Air Chain Hoists

HST-6, Air Wire Rope Hoists

This revision contains a Nonmandatory Appendix that, in conjunction with ASME HST-2, is intended to replace MIL-H-904.

The format of this Standard is in accordance with the 2000 edition of The ASME Codes & Standards Writing Guide. Requests for interpretations of the technical requirements of this Standard should be expressed in writing to the Secretary, HST Standards Committee, at the address below.

Suggestions for improvement of this Standard are welcome. They should be sent to Secretary, HST Committee, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Two Park Avenue, New York, NY 10016-5990.

This Standard was approved as an American National Standard on May 29, 2014.

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ASME HST COMMITTEE

Hoists — Overhead

(The following is the roster of the Committee at the time of approval of this Standard.)

STANDARDS COMMITTEE OFFICERS

W. E. Osborn, Chair

E. K. Marburg, Vice Chair

M. R. Gerson, Secretary

J. R. Burkey, Columbus McKinnon Corp.

B. M. Casey, General Dynamics Electric Boat

J. Davis, Consultant

STANDARDS COMMITTEE PERSONNEL

F. G. Heath, Heath & Associates

E. K. Marburg, Columbus McKinnon Corp.

W. E. Osborn, Ingersoll Rand

1. R. Gerson, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers R. B. Wehrmeister, Advanced Overhead Crane

   
   

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   ASME HST-2–2014

   
   

   PERFORMANCE STANDARD FOR HAND CHAIN MANUALLY OPERATED CHAIN HOISTS

   
   

   Chapter 2-0

   Scope, Definitions, References, and Appendices

   
   

   SECTION 2-0.1 SCOPE

   1. This Standard establishes performance require- ments for hand chain manually operated chain hoists for vertical lifting service involving material handling of freely suspended (unguided) loads, using welded link type load chain as a lifting medium, with one of the following types of suspension:

      1. hook or clevis

      2. trolley

   2. This Standard is applicable to hoists manufactured after the date on which this Standard is issued. Differen- tial pulley and self-locking worm drive type hoists are not covered in this Standard.

   3. This Standard is not applicable to

      1. damaged or malfunctioning hoists

      2. hoists that have been misused or abused

      3. hoists that have been altered without authoriza- tion of the manufacturer or a qualified person

      4. hoists used for lifting or supporting people

      5. hoists used for the purpose of drawing both the load and the hoist up or down the hoist’s own load chain

      6. hoists used for marine and other applications as required by the Department of Defense (DOD)

The requirements of this Standard shall be applied together with the requirements of ASME B30.16. Please also refer to ASME B30.16 for requirements pertaining to marking, construction, installation, inspection, testing, maintenance, and operation.

SECTION 2-0.2 DEFINITIONS

abnormal operating conditions: environmental conditions that are unfavorable, harmful, or detrimental to or for the operation of a hoist, such as excessively high or low ambient temperatures, exposure to weather, corrosive fumes, dust-laden or moisture-laden atmospheres, and hazardous locations.

ambient temperature: the temperature of the atmosphere surrounding the hoist.

beam: an overhead standard structural shape or specially fabricated shape on which a trolley operates.

clevis-suspended hoist: a hoist suspended by means of a clevis or eye at the top of the hoist [see Fig. 2-0.2-1, illustration (a)].

hand chain: an endless loop of chain suspended from the hoist (or trolley) and used to provide motion to the load hook (or trolley) (see Fig. 2-0.2-1).

hand chain drop: the distance to the lowest point of the hand chain measured from the saddle of the load hook at its upper limit of travel (see Fig. 2-0.2-1).

hand chain operated hoist: a suspended machinery unit that, by use of manual operation, is used for lifting or lowering a freely suspended (unguided) load.

hand chain overhaul: the number of feet (meters) the hand chain must travel to raise the load hook 1 ft (1 m).

hand chain pull: the average force measured in pounds (kilonewtons) exerted by the operator on the hoist hand chain to lift the rated load.

hand chain wheel: a wheel with formed pockets on its periphery to allow torque to be transmitted when a force is applied to the hand chain.

hazardous (classified) locations: locations where fire or explosion hazards may exist. Locations are classified depending on the properties of the flammable vapors, liquids, or gases, or combustible dust or fibers that may be present, and the likelihood that a flammable or com- bustible concentration or quantity is present. Refer to ANSI/NFPA 70.

Class 1 locations: locations in which flammable gases or vapors are or may be present in the air in quantities sufficient to produce explosive or ignitable mixtures.

Class 2 locations: locations that are hazardous because of the presence of combustible dust.

Class 3 locations: locations that are hazardous because of the presence of easily ignitable fibers or flyings, but in which such fibers or flyings are not likely to be in suspension in the air in quantities sufficient to produce ignitable mixtures.

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