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Document ID (ISN)25216
CIS number 76-947
ISBN(s) 0-11-361077-7
Year 1975
Convention or series no.
Author(s)
Health and Safety Executive, London, 1975.
Title Foundry dust control - Fettling benches and small adjustable hoods.
Bibliographic information H.M. Stationery Office, P.O. Box 569, London, S.E.1, United Kingdom, 1975. 25p. Illus. Price: £0.45.
Abstract This second report by the Subcommittee on Dust and Fume of the Joint Standing Committee on Health, Safety and Welfare in Foundries in the United Kingdom is concerned with particular applications of the principles of local exhaust ventilation to some types of benches for the fettling of castings. The different types are described and illustrated (without and with partial or full enclosure, extraction through the working surface and/or rear slot). Benches with almost full enclosure and extraction through the working surface provided the best results. It is recommended that mechanical cleaning should precede hand fettling of castings to reduce the amount of dangerous dust. The report further surveys small adjustable hoods designed for the control of dust produced by hand-held power-driven abrasive wheels on large castings. Because of the dynamic working conditions these exhaust systems never control the whole of a dust cloud. French translation may be obtained from INRS, 30 rue Olivier-Noyer, 75680 Paris Cedex 14, France.
Descriptors (primary) dust control; United Kingdom; fettling; foundries; exhaust ventilation
Descriptors (secondary) exhaust hoods; cleaning of castings; directive; respirable dust; translation; report
Document type F - Information notes, codes of practice, standards
Subject(s) Dust, aerosols and related diseases
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Foundries, metalcasting and forging operations
Ventilation