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Document ID (ISN)32384
CIS number 79-2021
ISBN(s) 0-11-881108-8
Year 1977
Convention or series no.
Title Guarding of foundry machinery - 5th report: guarding of automatic foundries.
Bibliographic information Health and Safety Executive, London. H.M. Stationery Office, P.O. Box 569, London SE1 9NH, United Kingdom, 1977. 10p. Illus. 6 ref. Price: £0.50.
Abstract This report of the Subcommittee on Machinery Safety of the Joint Standing Committee on Safety and Health in Foundries contains sections devoted to: identification of danger; methods of guarding; application of guarding system (total enclosure, localised enclosure, interlocking, key exchange system, drawbacks of the plug and socket system, trip and sensing devices, automatic conveyor safety control); emergency systems; training. For the third and fourth reports, see CIS 76-934 and 76-933.
Descriptors (primary) safety devices; foundries; machinery; United Kingdom
Descriptors (secondary) report
Document type E - Books, reports, proceedings
Subject(s) Metal production and metalworking
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Foundries, metalcasting and forging operations
Safety devices