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(b) Existing installations. Equipment manufactured and facilities constructed prior to the effective date of this Volume of the B30 Standard shall be subject to the inspection, testing, maintenance, and operation requirements of this Standard after the effective date.
It is not the intent of this Volume of the B30 Standard to require retrofitting of existing equipment. However, when an item is being modified, its performance requirements shall be reviewed relative to the requirements within the current volume. The need to meet the current requirements shall be evaluated by a qualified person selected by the owner (user). Recommended changes shall be made by the owner (user) within 1 year.
SECTiON VI: REQUIREMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Requirements of this Standard are characterized by use of the word shall. Recommendations of this Standard arc characterized by the word should.
SECTiON VII: USE OF MEASUREMENT UNITS
This Standard contains SI (metric) units as well as U.S. Customary units. The values stated in customary units are to be regarded as the standard. The SI units are a direct (soft) conversion from the customary units.
SECTION VIII: REQUESTS FOR REVISION
The 830 Standards Committee will consider requests for revision of any of the volumes within the B30 Standard. Such requests should be directed to:
Secretary, B30 Standards Committee
ASME Codes and Standards
Three Park Avenue
New York, NY 1(X)16-5990
The requests should be in the following format:
Volume: Cite the designation and title of the volume.
Edition: Cite the applicable edition of the volume.
Subject: Cite the applicable paragraph number(s) and the relevant heading(s).
Request: Indicate the suggested revision.
Rationale: State the rationale for the suggested revision.
Upon receipt by the Secretary, the request will be forwarded to the relevant B30 Subcommittee for consideration and action. Correspondence will be provided to the requester defining the actions undertaken by the B30 Standards Committee.
SECTION IX: REQUESTS FOR INTERPRETATION
The 830 Standards Committee will render an interpretation of the provisions of the 830 Standard. Such requests should be directed to:
Secretar B30 Standards Committee
ASME Codes and Standards
Three Park Avenue
New York, NY 10016-5990
The requests should be in the following format:
Volume: Cite the designation and title of the volume
Edition: Cite the applicable edition of the volume.
Subject: Cite the applicable paragraph number(s) and the relevant heading(s).
Question: Phrase the question as a request for an interpretat ion of a specific provision suitable for general understanding and use, not as a request for approval of a proprietary design or situation. Plans or drawings that explain the question may be submitted to clarify the question. However, they should not contain any proprietary names or information.
Upon receipt by the Secretary, the request will be forwarded to the relevant B30 Subcommittee for a draft response, which will then be subject to approval by the 830 Standards Committee prior to its formal issuance.
Interpretations to the B30 Standard will be published in the subsequent edition of the respective volume and will be available online at http://cstools.asme.org.
SECTION X: ADDITiONAL GUIDANCE
The equipment covered by the 1330 Standard is subject to hazards that cannot be abated by mechanical means, but only by the exercise of intelligence, care, and common sense. It is therefore essential to have personnel involved in the use and operation of equipment who are competent, careful, physically and mentally qualified, and trained in the proper operation of the equipment and the handling of loads. Serious hazards include, but are not limited to, improper or inadequate maintenance, overloading, dropping or slipping of the load, obstructing the free passage of the load, and using equipment for a purpose for which it was not intended or designed.
The B30 Standards Committee fully realizes the importance of proper design factors, minimum or maximum dimensions, and other limiting criteria of wire rope or chain and their fastenings, sheaves, sprockets.