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Document ID (ISN)37562
CIS number 82-833
Year 1981
Convention or series no. GOST 12.3.027-81
Author(s)
USSR State Standards Committee (Gosudarstvennyj komitet SSSR po standartam)
Title Foundry work - Safety rules
Original title Raboty litejnye - Trebovanija bezopasnosti [in Russian]
Bibliographic information Izdatel'stvo standartov, Novopresnenskij per.3, 123557 Moskva, USSR, 21 May 1981. 17p. Price: Rbl.0.05.
Abstract This standard (effective 1 July 1982) applies to the production of ferrous and non-ferrous metal castings. Sections cover: general requirements (cross-reference to standards on harmful agents and factors, noise and vibration, threshold limit values, etc.; requirements to be met by workplaces); preparation of furnace charges and moulding sand; preparation of mould and core mixtures; pattern making; preparing moulds for casting; melting metals in cupola, reverberating and electric furnaces; casting; knocking-out and fettling; special jobs (pressure diecasting, centrifugal casting, etc.); storage of raw materials; worker selection; job knowledge; personal protection; labour inspection.
Descriptors (primary) USSR; metalworking industry; non-ferrous metal industries; iron and steel industry; foundries
Descriptors (secondary) cleaning of castings; standard; investment casting; moulding and coremaking; die casting; centrifugal casting; knocking out; melting furnaces; cupola furnaces; storage; personal protective equipment; safe working methods; labour inspection; qualifications; casting of metals
Document type F - Information notes, codes of practice, standards
Subject(s) Metal production and metalworking
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Iron and steel industry
Metalworking industry
Foundries, metalcasting and forging operations
Smelting and refining operations