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Document ID (ISN)31047
CIS number 79-353
ISSN - Serial title 0210-6612 - Salud y trabajo
Year 1978
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Vásquez González F.
Title Safety of eccentric presses
Original title Contribución al estudio de la seguridad en el trabajo con prensas excéntricas [in Spanish]
Bibliographic information Dec. 1978, No.16, p.32-45. Illus.
Abstract Contents of this article: guarding of the tool and accessory elements (enclosed dies, fixed guards); feeding at a point remote from the danger zone; types of clutch (mechanical, friction, automatic); brakes; defects (immediate or delayed repeat stroke, accidental starting, breakage of key); preventive maintenance; movable guards or grids; sweep guards; pull-back guards; 2-hand controls; devices for feeding and removal of workpieces; breakage of tool. The hazards and technical prevention measures are summarised in a table.
Descriptors (primary) safety devices; metalworking industry; mechanical power presses
Descriptors (secondary) enclosed dies; clutches; brakes; mechanical feed and ejection; material failure; sweep guards; fixed guards; preventive maintenance; two-hand controls
Document type -
Subject(s) Machinery and tools
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Metalworking industry
Safety devices