During our September meeting, long time member Dee Swerrie introduced a new educational part of our monthly gatherings. Each month, Dee will ask a new question related to elevators and the ASME safety codes which will be answered during the following month's meeting. The following is the question from our last meeting.

Bring your answer to our next NCEIG meeting to see how well you did!

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EXERCISE NUMBER 22.1
© D Swerrie

GIVEN:
Car weight: 7000 pound
Capacity: 3500 pounds
Speed: 1600 fpm
Rise 661 ft
A Reduced Stroke Buffer is used. It has the stroke that is required for 1000 fpm

QUESTIONS:

1. For the given speed what stroke buffer is required?

2. What is the stroke of the reduced stroke buffer used?

3. Is the reduced stroke length of the buffer used acceptable?

4. What is the minimum stroke buffer length that could be used as the reduced stroke buffer?

5. What device is required to be installed in order to use a reduced stroke buffer in place of the required stroke buffer?