Designation:F2376−13StandardPracticeforClassification,Design,Manufacture,Construction,andOperationofWaterSlideSystems1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationF2376;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thispracticeappliestotheclassification,design,manufacture,construction,andoperationofwaterslidesys-tems.Waterslidesystemsshallbedefinedasridesintendedforusebyridersinbathingattirewheretheactionoftherideinvolvespossibleandpurposefulimmersionoftherider’sbodyeitherinwholeorinpartinwater,andusescirculatingwatertomobilizeorlubricatetherider’stransportationalongapurposebuiltpath.Thisincludesslidesusedwithorwithoutvehiclesasdefinedbelow.Thetermswaterslides,waterslides,andslidesshallbeconsideredequivalentwhenusedinthispractice.1.2Forthepurposesofthispractice,awaterslidesystemincludes:1.2.1Theflume,1.2.2Thewater-circulationsystem,1.2.3Thestartingplatformwithassociatedmeansofaccessandegress,1.2.4Thestructuralsupports,1.2.5Vehiclesorotheraquaticaccessoriesthatarepartofthewaterslideasdefinedbythemanufacturer,and1.2.6Meansofslidetermination.1.3Thispracticeshallnotapplyto:1.3.1Anywaterslidesinstalledinprivateresidences,1.3.2Waterflumeamusementrideswherecontactwithwaterismerelyincidental(forexample,logflumerides,shoot-the-chutes),1.3.3AmusementridesanddeviceswhosedesigncriteriaarespecificallyaddressedinanotherASTMstandard,1.3.4Lazyrivertypeattractionsoperatingatconstantelevation,constructedintheground,and1.4Pre-existingdesignsmanufacturedaftertheeffectivedateofpublicationofthispracticeifthedesignisserviceprovenorpreviouslycompliant,asdefinedinSection3.1.26ofPracticeF2291,andthemanufacturerprovides:1.4.1Ahistoricalsummaryofthewaterslide,ormajormodificationasdefinedinTerminologyF747,and1.4.2Astatementthatthedesignisserviceprovenorpreviouslycompliant....
