China Electric Power Planning and Engineering Association

Technical Code for Fixed Steel Platform and Ladders Design

of Fossil-Fuel Power Plant

DLGJ 158-2001

Chief development organization:

Northeast Power Design Institute of the State Power Corporation
Approval department:
China Electric Power Planning and Engineering Association
Implementation date: December 1, 2001

China Electric Power Planning and Engineering Association

DIANGUIXIEBIAOZHI [2001] No. 52

Notice on Issuing DLGJ 158-2001 "Technical Regulations of

Designing the Steel Platform Escalator of the Thermal Power Plant"

All the electric power design institutes:

According to the arrangement of the power survey and design standardization task, D L G J l58 200l "Technical Regulations of designing the steel platform escalator of the thermal power plant",
editored chiefly by the Northeast Electric Power Design Institute of the State Power Corporation
of China, has already been censored, now is approved to be issued and to be implemented on Dec.
1st, 2001.
All relevant organizations are kindly requested to inform or write to the Technical Committee of
the Power Planning Standardization [Standardization Quality Ministry of China Electric Power
Planning and Designing Association] and the chief development organization-Northeast Electric
Power Design Institute of the State Power Corporation of China at any time if they find something
incorrect or something to be complemented during the process of implementing this code.

China Electric Power Planning and Design Association

July 16th, 2001

Foreword
This code is established according to the tasks assigned by the Electric Power Planning and
Designing Institute of the State Power Corporation in the "Science, Standardization, Information"
program in 1999. It aims to regulate the steel platform escalator design of the thermal power plant
with a view to be designed safely, beautifully and practically. It is a compulsory code in the
engineering design and is also a basic document for formulating the "Steel Platform Escalator
Design Handbook of the Thermal Power Plant ".
This code specifies the concrete details of designing the steel platform escalators according to the
characteristics of the thermal power plant as well as the safe and technical specification of the GB
4053 fixed designing the steel platform, escalator and rail.
The appendix A and appendix B of this code are Normativees, while appendix C and appendix D
are Informativees.
This code is formulated in the trade for the first time, so any advanced technical skills and any
problems being found during the process of implementing it shall be fedback in time in order to be
revised in time.
This code is proposed by the Electric Power Planning and Designing Institute and is under the
jurisdiction of the China Electric Power Planning and Design Association.
This code is interpreted by the Northeast Electric Power Design Institute of the State Power
Corporation of China.
This code is formulated by the Northeast Electric Power Design Institute of the State Power
Corporation of China.
This code is mainly drafted by Liang Hui.

Contents
Foreword ...........................................................................................................................................3
1 Scope..............................................................................................................................................1
2 Standard References.......................................................................................................................2
3 Terms and Symbols ........................................................................................................................3
3.1 Terms...................................................................................................................................3
3.2 Symbols...............................................................................................................................4
4 Basic Regulations...........................................................................................................................5
5 Platforms ........................................................................................................................................7
5.1 Selection of the Platforms ...................................................................................................7
5.2 Platform Loads....................................................................................................................7
5.3 Stiffness of the Platforms ....................................................................................................8
6 Escalators .....................................................................................................................................10
6.1 The Inclined Ladders.........................................................................................................10
6.2 The Vertical Ladders .........................................................................................................11
7 Protective Rails ............................................................................................................................14
7.1 Installation of the rails.......................................................................................................14
7.2 Height of the Handrails .....................................................................................................14
7.3 Materials of the Rails ........................................................................................................14
7.4 Installation of the Rails .....................................................................................................15
8 Combinations and Installation of the Platform Escalators ...........................................................16
9 Welding ........................................................................................................................................16
9.1 Welding Requirements ......................................................................................................16
9.2 Splice of the Materials ......................................................................................................17
Appendix A (Normative).................................................................................................................20
Appendix B (Normative) ................................................................................................................25
Appendix C (Informative)...............................................................................................................27
Appendix D (Informative) ..............................................................................................................28

1 Scope
1.0.1 This code is applicable to the operation, maintenance and connection of the steel platform
escalators designed for the operation, inspection and repair service of the technology professional
of the thermal power plant. It also can be taken for the minimum standard of procuring the
platform escalators and their related equipments.
1.0.2 This code is applicable to the following conditions:
1 The Conventional Island of the nuclear power station without prejudice to the nuclear power
safety condition;
2 when the foreign projects implement China Standard after coming to an agreement;
3 The boiler body or other equipments supplementing the platform escalators could apply this
code, but the styles of them should be consistent with the original.
1.0.3 This code is not applicable to the platform escalators utilized in the civil work, other civil
transportation, fire protection, communication tower, telegraph pole, and chimney, etc.

2 Standard References
The provisions in the following standard become part of this code by quotation of it. At time of
publication of this code, all editions indicated are valid. And all standards are subject to be revised.
All the parties applying this code should study the possibility of applying the latest edition of the
following standards.
GB 4053.1-93 safety requirements for fixed steel vertical ladders
GB 4053.2-93 Safety requirements for the fixed steel inclined laddersGB 4053.3-93 Safety
requirements for the fixed industrial protective railings
GB 4053.4-83 Safety requirements for the fixed industrial steel platform
GBJ 17-88 Code for the Design of Steel Structures
GBJ 9-87 Load Code for the Design of Building Structures
GBJ 205-83 Code for Construction and Acceptance of Steel Structure Engineering
JGJ 8l-91 Specification for Welding of Steel Structure of Building
DL 5007-92 Code for Construction and Acceptance of Electric Power Erection
Welding piece of the thermal power plant
DIANANSHENG [1994] No. 227 Working regulation of power safety

3 Terms and Symbols

3.1 Terms
3.1.1 Platform: the horizontal place which is higher than the relative datum plane and is provided
for the staff to pass, maintain, inspect and repair.
3.1.2 Passing platform: platform provided only for the staff passing.
3.1.3 Maintenance platform: platform provided for the maintenance.
3.1.4 Staircase platform: platform provided for the rest or change of marching direction between
the benches.
3.1.5 Fixed steel inclined ladder: steel ladder fixed on the building or equipments with 3075
angle horizontally.
3.1.6 Ladder beam: the side beam on both sides of the steel inclined (vertical) ladder.
3.1.7 Pedal (rung): horizontal member when going upstairs/downstairs.
3.1.8 Riser: the vertical distance between the adjacent pedals (rungs).
3.1.9 Ladder height: the vertical distance from the ladder beam top to the bottom datum plane.
3.1.10 Ladder width: space between of the inner sides of the two ladder beams.
3.1.11 Support: member of fixedly connecting the steel vertical ladders to buildings or equipments
as to vertical ladders; the supporting structure set on the maximum span scope as to the platform.
3.1.12 Fixed steel vertical ladder: steel vertical ladder installed fixedly on the buildings or
equipments and vertically with the horizontal plane.
3.1.13 Escalator: the general designation of inclined ladders and the vertical ladders.
3.1.14 Rail: safety protective facilities installed fixedly along the platform passage and the open
edge of the workplace.
3.1.15 Column: the vertical member of the rail.
3.1.16 Handrail: the protective member fixed to the top of the column, or the safety handle set on
the top of the steel vertical ladder.
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3.1.17 Cross beam: the connecting member fixed to the middle of the column.
3.1.18 Baffle: the protective plate fixed to the bottom of the column.
3.1.19 Safety cage: safety member which is fixed on the vertical ladder beam and is used to
protect the climbers.
3.1.20 Gradient: the angle between the inclined ladder beam and the horizontal plane.
3.1.21 The handrail height of the inclined ladder: the vertical distance from the handrail upper
edge to the pedal front edge.
3.1.22 Pedal width: the pedal dimension corresponding to the marching direction of the human
footplate when climbing the stairs. In convenient for the stairs climbing, the ghost of upper/down
pedal should not be larger than 30 mm, so this dimension decreases whereas the inclined ladder
angle increases.
3.1.23 Bench: one section of the ladder among the segmental escalators sectioned by the staircase
platform.
3.1.24 Terrace: cantilever short platform on one end without setting support.
3.2 Symbols
3.2.1 De--the flexural member allowed maximum bending deflection.
3.2.2 l--the flexural member span.
3.2.3 --the inclined ladder angle, generally refers to the angle between the inclined ladder and
the horizontal plane.
3.2.4 R--the inclined ladder riser.
3.2.5 T--the inclined ladder tread.
3.2.6 h--the platform rail height, generally refers to the vertical distance from the platform plane to
the handrail's top edge.

4 Basic Regulations
4.0.1 The design of the platforms, escalators and rails should have enough strength and stiffness
with attractive appearance, convenient fabrication, economic and rational materials in use.
4.0.2 The platform escalators should be installed according to the actual demand and the
engineering entire arrangement of such equipments of the thermal power plant as all kinds of
rotating mechanics and pumps; all kinds of tanks and wares; all kinds of doors, holes and valves;
all kinds of monitoring, measurement and control equipments as well as samples. And the
installation should meet the following requirements: be able to arrive at every operation and
inspection site of the equipments and pipe components safely and conveniently, also be able to
satisfy the demand of operation, maintenance, inspection and repairment.
4.0.3 The technical requirements of installing the platform escalators
1 The platform should be installed and connected on the firm supporting structures and should
also have enough stability, the staircase platform should not be hung on the bench. To platform
suspended under the civil work structures, the support, when necessary, should be added to avoid
shaking.
2 Except for the following conditions, the platforms and the escalators all adopt fixed connection.
1) One end of the platforms or the escalators between the equipments connecting to the relative
displacement could adopt oval screw and bolt connection.
2) The platform needing disassembling when inspected and repaired should be designed in
detachable form.
3 All the members like the platforms, inclined ladders, vertical ladders, rails and support, etc.
should have smooth surface and should not have such defect as distortion, deflection, deformation
and so on after the installation.
4.0.4 The materials of the platforms, escalators and rails should be selected according to the
following principles:
1 Adopt the steels with their performance not lower than Q235 A.F or Q235-A when the winter
calculated temperature is higher than -20.
2 Adopt the steels with their performance not lower than Q235-D or the low alloy steels Q345
when the winter calculated temperature is equal to or is lower than -20.
4.0.5 The platform escalators and their corresponding parts should adopt the general design and
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factory fabrication according to the operating conditions. When the complicated platforms and
special angular escalators could not adopt the general design, they can be designed by the design
handbook provided method, and at the same time the construction drawing should be given
detailedly.
4.0.6 Where there is inadvisable or is hard to install fixed maintenance, inspection and repairment
platforms, there can install mobile lifting platforms.
4.0.7 Except for special indication, all the steel structure of the platform escalators should adopt
welding connection which should comply with the "Specification for Welding of Steel Structure of
Building", "Code for the Design of Steel Structures" and "Code for Construction and Acceptance
of Steel Structure Engineering".
4.0.8 To all the platforms, escalators and rails with the equipments supply of the manufacturers,
the limitations on their type, carrying capacity, applied materials, strength and stiffness should
comply with the power station's requirement and should be defined in the technical agreement.
And special parts (for example, the platforms front the boiler drum, soot blower or attemperator
platforms, fuel oil operating platform, electrostatic precipitator, etc.) should put forward definite
requirements in the technical agreement according to the actual demand.
4.0.9 The steel platform escalators should adopt antisepsis measures according to their located
environment. The indoor platform escalators should be painted 2 degrees anti-rust paint first and
then be painted 12 degrees silver gray mixed paint; The outdoor platform escalators should be
painted 2 degrees mica ferric oxide phenolic aldehyde primer first and then be painted 2 degrees
mica ferric oxide finish coat; while the platform escalators in the coastal salt mist regions or in the
corrosive gas environment should adopt surface zinc-soaking antisepsis measures.
4.0.10 Regulations for the Design of the Construction Drawing
1 Each professional platform escalator forms one volume solely and the location dimension of it is
shown in the head page of the figure.
2 The position of the rail columns should be shown proportionally using the black spot in the plan
according to the design idea. It is not necessary to sign the concrete dimension of the column
space between, but the requirements for column design should be mentioned.
3 The design load of the platforms should be signed respectively in the figure.

5 Platforms
5.1 Selection of the Platforms
5.1.1 The fabrication of the platforms should not adopt common smooth steel plates.
5.1.2 No matter the conditions in 5.1.3 exist or not, such platforms should all adopt checkered
steel plate compact platforms, for example, platforms used in special places (for instance, the top
of the explosion-proof door), platforms with liquid likely to leak and injure people (for instance,
the places of the boiler drum or other pressure vessels installing liquid level meter which is prone
to crack), or platforms for the operation and maintenance of the fuel oil regulating valves, etc.
5.1.3 The platforms in the places prone to accumulate powdered coal and dust as well as places
arranging the outdoor boilers and other outdoor equipments should adopt grid plate platforms.
5.1.4 The platforms except the ones mentioned in 5.1.2 and 5.1.3 should adopt either grid plate
platforms or checkered steel plate platforms.
5.1.5 The width of the passing platforms should not be less than 700 mm and the vertical
clearance should not be less than 1800 mm; while the width of the staircase platforms should not
be less than the bench width and the length of the marching direction should not be less than 850
mm.
5.2 Platform Loads
5.2.1 To the platforms for the production and operation without materials and equipments on them
and only with the staff and few visitors stopping on them (for instance, passage, throttle and valve
operation platforms, flash tank platforms, terrace, monitoring, measurement, control, sampling
platforms and so on), the standard equivalent uniformly distributed static loads of them should
adopt 2kN/m2.
5.2.2 To platforms for the inspection and repairment with materials and equipments on them, or
platforms with crowd (for instance, the deaerator, medium speed coal grinding mill, thickness
powder separator, powdered coal conveyor, hot net heater, small metal coal scuttle platforms and
so on) as well as the staircase platforms, the uniformly distributed static loads of them should
adopt 4kN/m2.
5.2.3 The platforms designed according to the normal value 2kN/m2 or 4kN/m2 of the standard
equivalent uniformly distributed loads should adopt typical design.
5.2.4 The design loads of the platforms with specific purpose and larger loads should be confirmed
according to the actual conditions and should be designed according to the calculation method
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provided by the design handbook and the type of the typical design.
5.2.5 The calculation of the platform structures, strength, stability and connection strength of the
members should adopt load design value (the load normal value multiplies by the partial load
factor); and the calculation of the deformation should adopt the load normal value. And the partial
load factor should be adopted according to the "Load Code for the Design of Building Structures".
5.3 Stiffness of the Platforms
5.3.1 The stiffness of the grid plate: the maximum bending deflection of the grid plate in its
longitudinal direction (the direction of the flat steel length l) should be Del/150 and should not be
larger than 20 mm. The standard grid plate should be adopted ensuring the technology quality and
performance.
5.3.2 The stiffness of the checkered steel plate: the maximum bending deflection should be
Del/150 according to the calculation simply supported on four sides of the equivalent uniformly
distributed loads, and the thickness of the checkered steel plate should be larger than 4 mm and
better be 5 mm.
5.3.3 In order to meet the requirements of the deflection of the grid plate or checkered steel plate,
the angle steel stiffener should be installed in the following positions along the frame length
direction:
1 the maximum span place allowed by the checkered steel plate frame calculation.
2 The grid plate frame
1) In the maximum span place (namely the adjacent place between two grid plates) allowed by the
flat steel bar calculation when the flat steel bar is paralleled to the frame length direction.
2) The angle steel stiffener should be installed when the flat steel bar is vertical to the frame length
direction; the platform length is larger and there needs improving the stability of the frame. This is
shown in appendix D.
3 The allowed maximum deflection of the stiffener should be Del/150.
5.3.4 The stiffness of the frame: the maximum deflection of the frame should be DeL/250 when
the platform length is L. There needs installing supporter and hanger within its limit span when
the platform span exceeds the limit span. And when the engineering hanger and support points
cannot but exceed the limit span, the larger channel steel can be selected as the frame through
calculation.
5.3.5 The liaison platforms should gain the agreement of the manufacturers to be installed on the
platforms of the boiler or other equipments, or should meet the requirements of the strength and
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deflection carrying capacity of the original platform, or else the corresponding reinforcement
should be made in the joint of the original platform.
5.3.6 The platform brackets can be used directly when they satisfy the operating conditions of the
typical design, or else they should be confirmed by calculation. And the members can be designed
according to the handbook provided method and should also comply with the "Code for the
Design of Steel Structures".

6 Escalators
6.1 The Inclined Ladders
6.1.1 The inclined ladder is composed by ladder beam, pedal and handrail. The design, fabrication
and installation angle of the inclined ladders should be confirmed by the following principles:
1 As a rule, the standard angle 45, 50 and 60 of the typical design are applied. Only in certain
particular cases could the inclined ladders of other angle be applied.
2 Adopt the inclined ladders of 45 or

50 when frequently used

3 Adopt the inclined ladders of 60 when seldom used by the staff, seldom used for the materials
handling and limited by the arrangement conditions;
4 Adopt the vertical ladders when the inclination is larger than 75.
6.1.2 The width of the inclined ladders should be confirmed by the following principles:
1 The maximum width of the inclined ladder should not be larger than 1100 mm while the
minimum width should not be less than 600 mm;
2 Adopt 800 mm when the inclined ladder is used both for the materials handling and the staff
passing;
3 Adopt 600 mm only when seldom used by the staff, seldom used for the materials handling and
limited by the arrangement conditions;
4 The inclined ladder should better adopt the typical design. If they could not be used directly due
to the concrete conditions or they are ones with larger width, the inclined ladders should be
calculated and designed according to the handbook provided method and should be consistent
with the type of the typical design.

Table 6.1.3 Numerical Table of the Inclined Ladder Riser R and Tread T
30

35

40

45

50

55

60

65

70

75

R(mm)

160

175

185

200

210

225

235

245

255

265

T(mm)

280

250

230

200

180

150

135

115

95

75

6.1.4 The inclined ladder height should not exceed 5 mm, if so, there should install staircase
platforms and install ladders sectionally.
6.1.5 The live load and stiffness of the steel inclined ladders should adopt the value according to
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the following standards:

1 The live load on the horizontal projection plane of the inclined ladders should adopt 3.5kN/m2;
2 The concentrated live load of the pedal midpoint should adopt 1.5kN;
3 The horizontal live load of the top of the handrail should adopt 0.5kN/m;
4 The deflection should not be larger than L/250 of the flexural member span.
When necessary, the value can be designed according to the practical required live load but should
not be less than the above mentioned normal value.
6.1.6 The vertical clearance on the top of the footboard of the inclined ladders should not be less
than 2000 mm. For pipes above the inclined ladders, the vertical distance from their incubation
external surface to the inclined surface of the inclined ladders should not be less than h mm.
The vertical distance h 1800 1700 1500

6.1.7 The inclined ladder pedals should better adopt the grid plate finished products produced by
the manufacturers and should also be made by the steel plates when seldom or not ordered. And
when there are on steel plates, the pedals can be made by the flat steel bars of 254 or the
checkered steel plates with their basic thickness no less than 4 mm.
6.2 The Vertical Ladders
6.2.1 Structural regulations for the vertical ladders
The vertical ladder is composed by ladder beam, stuck, support, handrail and safety cage.
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1 Width: adopt 500 mm. It can be reduced if limited due to some concrete conditions and the
climbing height is less than 5000 mm, but it should never be less than 300 mm.
2 Height: the bench height should not be larger than 9000 mm, if so, there should install staircase
platforms. If the climbing height is 15000 mm or under 15000 mm, the space between of the
staircase platforms is 50008000 mm; If the climbing height is higher than 15000 mm, there
should install one staircase platform for every 5000 mm. All the staircase platforms should install
protective rails and the height of these rails should be designed according to the regulations in
7.2.1.
3 Stuck: The stuck are distributed isometrically with their space between 300 mm. The stuck on
the upper end is paralleled to the platform, as the first step is the adjusting step, so the space
between should not be less than or should be equal to 300 mm. The clear distance between the
stuck center line and the equipments or the building external margin should not be less than 150
mm and also should not be larger than 250 mm.
4 Handrail: The upper end of the vertical ladder needs installing handrail with its height no less
than 1200 mm.
6.2.2 Component Regulations for the Vertical Ladders
1 Ladder beam: adopt the flat steels of no less than 608 or the equal-leg angle steels of 505 to
fabricate the ladder beams. The distances from the beams outer side to the wall, equipments and
other objects should not be less than 750 mm;
2 Stuck: adopt round steels of no less than 20. The length of the stuck is 5 mm through the
outer sides of the two adjacent ladder beams. The ends of the stuck should be spot welded with the
ladder beam, but every 1500 mm of the stuck needs full welding as well as the first stuck and the
last one.
3 Support: The footless steel vertical ladder should adopt the equal-leg angle steels of no less than
756 as the support and the support should be welded fixedly with the equipments or embedded
parts. The bottom support is 300 mm away from the ground (the platform), the space between of
the support should be less than 3000 mm and should not be less than two pairs of support;
4 Safety cage: safety cage should be installed if the bench height exceeds 3000 mm, the bottom
end of it is 2200 2400 mm away from the ground (the platform), while the height of the upper
end higher than the datum plane should be consistent with the rail height regulated in 7.2.1. The
diameter of the safety cage is 700 mm and the center of it is 350 mm off the stuck center line. The
horizontal circles adopt the flat steels of no less than 404 and the space between of them is 450
~750 mm, and there need welding five vertical flat steel bars of no less than 254 uniformly
distributed in the inside horizontal circles.

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6.2.3 Load regulations for the design of the steel vertical ladders
1 The ladder beam load should be calculated by the 2kN concentrated live load beared by the
upper end after its combination, and there need installing support, the space between of which
should be confirmed by its height and the slenderness ratio of which should better not be larger
than 200;
2 The load of the stuck should be calculated by the 1 kN concentrated live load beared by the
midpoint and the deflection of it should not be larger than l/250 of the stuck length.
6.2.4 Combination and installation of the steel vertical ladders
1 The combination of all the steel vertical ladders should adopt welding connection and should
comply with the requirements in GBJ 205- 83 and the third clause in 4.0.3 of this code.
2 To the steel vertical ladders fixed on the ground (or the platforms), when the upper ends of them
have not relative displacement, the support of them should be fixed with the platform beams or the
equipments.
3 To the steel vertical ladders fixed on the equipments, when the upper ends of them have relative
displacement, one fixed support should be installed and the other support should set up slotted
hole on the ladder beams and adopt bolted splice.

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7 Protective Rails
7.1 Installation of the rails
7.1.1 Except for the conditions in 7.1.3 in the thermal power plant, all the platforms, pedestrian
passageways, hatchways and places with falling danger should install the protective rails.
7.1.2 The rail is composed by column, handrail, cross bar and baffle, and the rails of the inclined
ladder needn't installing baffle.
7.1.3 The environment round the platforms should install the rails except for the up/down passages
close to the wall or the equipments or connecting to the platforms. Only the platforms of less than
1000 mm off the ground need not installing the rails.
7.1.4 Both sides of the inclined ladders should install rails, only when the inclination angle is less
than or is equal to 50 and one side is close to the wall could the other side solely install the rails.
7.1.5 Utilize other facilities (for instance flue duct) as the temporary walkway, and when the
height of them off the ground is larger than 1000 mm, there need installing the protective rails.
7.1.6 The top of the steel fuel oil drum should install rails round the drum, loose wire netting
should be installed between the cross bar and the oil drum , and the wire netting and the rails
should be lashed together fixedly.
7.2 Height of the Handrails
7.2.1 The height of the handrails should not be less than 1000 mm. The height of the handrails in
the platform, pedestrian passageways, hatchways and places with falling danger of 20 m off the
ground should better be 1050 mm; while the height of the handrails in these places of equal to or
larger than 20 m off the ground should not be less than 1200 mm.
7.2.2 The handrail height of the inclined ladders should better be 1050 mm.
7.3 Materials of the Rails
7.3.1 The materials of all the members of the rails should be confirmed by the regulations in 4.0.4.
7.3.2 The columns and handrails of the rails should adopt the steel pipes of 33.53.25; the
cross bars should adopt the round steels of no less than 16; and the baffles should adopt the flat
steels of 1203.
7.3.3 Materials with their performance superior to and their specification larger than the above
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mentioned materials can also be adopted after reasonable argumentation and approved by the
related departments according to the engineering actual situations.
7.4 Installation of the Rails
7.4.1 The connection of the all the members of the rails should adopt welding.
7.4.2 Installation regulations for the columns
1 Columns on the platform rails should be installed on the outside and be vertical to the platforms.
They should be distributed uniformly and the space between of them should not be larger than
1000 mm.Columns should also be installed near the corner or on the top, or connected to the
buildings fixedly.
2 Columns of the inclined ladder rails should be welded on the ladder beams and be vertical to the
ground. The installation of the first column should make top of the handrails about 900 mm off the
ground (the platforms) (shown in appendix A). And the space between of the columns should not
be larger than 1000 mm.
7.4.3 The handrails should be welded fixedly with the columns, and after the welding, they should
be burnished smoothly by the grindstone and by the clearance of welding slag and burr. The
welding corner should take on the circular arc (by using the fire simmering or thermocompressing
the elbows), and the connection of the handrails of both the platforms and the inclined ladders
should be transited smoothly. The handrails origin of the inclined ladders should be bent
downward and be vertical to the ground.
7.4.4 Installation regulations for the cross bars
1 The platform rails should install two cross bars and should be divided equally into three parts
each with h/3 height, and these two cross bars should be spot welded through the columns. And
the clear space between of the cross bars and the up/down members should not be larger than 380
mm.
2 The inclined ladder rails should install one cross bar in the middle which should be spot welded
through the columns. And this cross bar begins with the first column and ends with the platform
column, and should be welded fixedly with them.
7.4.5 Installation regulations for the baffles
1 The baffles should be installed on the inner side of the columns and should be welded fixedly
with these columns.
2 The lower side of the baffles indoor should be flush with the platform surface; while that
outdoor should be 1020 mm higher than the platform surface.
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3 All the inclined ladders and platforms of less than 1500 mm off the ground could not install
baffles without special requirements.

8 Combinations and Installation of the Platform Escalators

8.0.1 Escalators, with their height exceeding 5 m or demanding to change the marching direction,
should install the staircase platforms, the dimension of which should be confirmed by the
regulations in 5.1.5.
8.0.2 When the platforms connect to the platforms or to the terraces, the joints need adding the
stiffening channel steels with their specifications similar to the connection platform channel steels
(shown in figure 4 of appendix A) as well as calculating whether the platforms are within the limit
span or not, or else brackets should be added under the platforms.
8.0.3 When struts connect to the platforms, the centroid axles of the platform channel steels should
be coincided with that of the struts (shown in figure 2 of appendix A). The base plates of the struts
should be installed on and welded fixedly with the pre-embedded steel plates (shown in figure 11
of appendix A).
8.0.4 The schematic diagrams of combination and installation of the platforms, inclined ladders,
terraces, struts, brackets, rails and baffles are shown in appendix C.

9 Welding
9.1 Welding Requirements
9.1.1 The connection of all the members like the platforms, brackets, rails and escalators should
adopt welding, and the applied electrodes are as follows: carbon steels adopt E43 type
(designation J42); Q345 steels adopt E50 type (designation J506, J507). When welded under the
environments of rain, snow and wind, the welding need proper protective measures, and when the
environmental temperature is lower than -20, the weldments need to be preheated. The welding
technology should be implemented by the "The Welding Piece of Technical Code for the
Construction and Acceptance of the Power Erection".
9.1.2 The brackets on the columns could adopt either face-up bonding or side welding. When
adopting the side welding, the lap length of the horizontal channel steels should adopt 100 mm
(shown in figure 12 of appendix A). And when the brackets weld with the load-bearing steel
columns and steel beams the following points should be paid attention to: the welding heat is not
allowed to cause the deformation of the steel columns and steel beams, the welding should be
carried out slowly and intermittently in order to decrease the influence of the welding heat.

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9.1.3 The strength of the welding seam should not be lower than the equivalent design strength of
the weldments and the height of the welding seam should be equal to the minimum thickness of
the weldments. Round welding, both sides welding, one side welding or intermittent welding can
be adopted. When the length of the welding seam is short, the stiffening plates can be added.
9.1.4 Welding of the stuck and the ladder beams of the vertical ladders: except that the two ends
need be fixed by full welding, the middle stuck also need be full welded when the height of the
vertical ladder is less than 3000 mm; and when the height is larger than 3000 mm, the first one of
every five steps need be fixed by full welding; and the stuck and ladder beams of the rest steps can
be fixed by spot welding (shown in figure 7 of appendix A).
9.1.5 The connections of channel steels and channel steels, angle steels and angle steels, channel
steels and angle steels of the platform frames should be welded according to the interlock
dimension (shown in appendix B).
9.1.6 The welding, combination and installation of the platforms, escalators, rails and brackets are
shown in appendix A and appendix C; the welding of the checkered steel plate platforms and the
grid plate platforms are shown in appendix D.
9.2 Splice of the Materials
9.2.1 Splice regulations for the angle steels

Specification of the stiffening plates

Specification of the
angle steels

75508

30

100

75758

40

100

1006310

40

100

10010010

60

100

16010012

Small edge 60; large

edge 100

100

16016016

100

100
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When the thickness of the angle steels is less than 6 mm splice, then the stiffening steel plated
needn't be installed, but the welding seam groove should be opened.
9.2.2 Splice regulations for the channel steels

Channel steel
No.
[10

Dimension of the stiffening plates

Height of the
welding seam

Remark
The stiffening
steel plates are
not required, but

[12.6

the welding
seam groove
should be
opened

[14

140

100

[16

160

120

[20

200

140

9.2.3 Splice regulations for the steel plates

1 All adopt the straight seam welding.
2 When the platform width is larger than 1 m, the longitudinal splice is allowed and the splice
width should not be less than 300 mm. When the checkered steel plates splice, the figure direction
should be consistent, the figure should be aligned, and each piece of the figure should not be less
than 1 m, except the one at the end could be less than 300 mm.

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3 The splice welding seam should be installed above the stiffening angle steels or else the
checkered steel plates need making 50/100 double sides welding or the splice needs adding the
stiffening angle steels.

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Appendix A (Normative)

Welding Figure of Combination and Installation of the

Platform Escalators (Illustration)
A.0.1 Welding of the platform and the bracket

A.0.2 welding of the platform and the strut

A.0.3 welding of the platform and the terrace

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A.0.4 welding of the stiffening channel steels added after the platform adds the terrace

A.0.5 welding of the escalator and the checkered steel plate platform

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A.0.6 welding of the escalator and the grid plate platform

A.0.7 Installation and welding of the climbing ladder

A.0.8 Installation and welding of the handrail and the cross bar

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A.0.9 welding of the bottom escalator and the rail stake/the ladder column

A.0.10 Installation and welding of the platform, column and the protective plate

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A.0.11 welding of the bottom of the strut

A.0.12 welding of the bracket and the strut

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Appendix B (Normative)

Interlock and Splice

B.0.1 Splicing interlock dimension of the channel steels and channel steels

Common channel steels

Channel
steels

Hl

80

40

39

28

10

100

56

43

31

12

120

74

48

36

14a

140

90

52

40

16a

160

108

57

45

20a

200

148

66

54

25a

250

196

10

71

60

30a

300

236

12

78

64

Note: The imaginary line in the figure indicate the interlock dimension only allows opening the
interlock of one side when the channel steels of different height splice to other channel steels.
The splice of the angle steels and the channel steels could refer to the corresponding interlock
dimension.
B.0.2 Splicing interlock dimension of the equal-leg angle steels

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Appendix C (Informative)

Combinations and Installation Schematic Diagram of the

Platform Escalators

Note: The serial number names in the can refer to the terms in 3.1.

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Appendix D (Informative)

Welding of the Platforms

D.0.1 Welding of the grid platforms

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D.0.2 Welding of the checkered steel plate platforms

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