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Document ID (ISN)101018
CIS number 03-104
Year 2002
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Vieira Sobrinho F.
Ministério do Trabalho e Emprego
Title Local exhaust ventilation in electroplating
Original title Ventilação local exaustora em galvanoplastia [in Portuguese]
Bibliographic information Fundacentro, Rua Capote Valente 710, São Paulo, SP 05409-002, Brazil, 2nd ed., 2002. 85p. Illus. 2 ref. Price: BRL 7.00.
Abstract Electroplating operations require good local exhaust ventilation in order to avoid health problems among workers. This manual, which replaces the edition of 1995 (see CIS 01-731), covers the following topics: basic principles of industrial hygiene, electrolytic processes and industrial ventilation; toxicity of products used in eletroplating; components of a local exhaust ventilation system; dimensioning of aspiration equipment and ducts; general ventilation (dilution of pollutants, air circulation); assessment of the efficiency of a captor; exhaust in cleaning and polishing operations.
Descriptors (primary) occupational hygiene; local exhaust; training material; electroplating; ventilation systems; Brazil
Descriptors (secondary) description of equipment; description of technique; training manuals; toxic substances
Document type C - Training manuals, audiovisual material
Country / State or ProvinceBrazil
Subject(s) Mines and quarries
Broad subject area(s) Chemical safety
Browse category(ies) Surface treatment
Ventilation
OSH training