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Document ID (ISN)31255
CIS number 79-658
Year 1978
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Preis J.
Title Safety requirements for machine tools
Original title Sicherheitstechnische Anforderungen an Werkzeugmaschinen [in German]
Bibliographic information Heft 22, Moderne Unfallverhütung, Vulkan-Verlag Dr. W. Classen, Haus der Technik, 4300 Essen, Germany (Fed.Rep.), 1978, p.53-60. Illus.
Abstract Protection measures to prevent access to the work area of machine tools are reviewed: engine lathes (interlocked guards) and automatic lathes (interlocked moving guards, designed to compensate for inertia); boring and milling machines (railings, photoelectric guards, precautions for toolsetting); conditions for powered chucks; circular saws (blade guard designed for protection in resting position and during cutting strokes); plate shears (guards permitting a view of the cutting line and the cutting operation); sheet-metal bending rolls and press brakes (guards, dead-man's control, pedal-controlled emergency stop device; transfer machines (railings, separate controls interlocked with the main control system).
Descriptors (primary) safety devices; metalworking industry; machine tools
Descriptors (secondary) interlock protection; emergency stop devices; rolling machines for metal forming; press brakes; lathes (metalworking); photoelectric guards; boring machines; transfer machines; metalcutting saws; plate shears; chucks
Document type E - Books, reports, proceedings
Subject(s) Machinery and tools
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Metalworking industry
Safety devices