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Document ID (ISN)34154
CIS number 80-1730
ISSN - Serial title 0465-546X - Medicina y seguridad del trabajo
Year 1979
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Rodríguez Gonzáles E., Gómez Gonzáles J.A.
Title Welding in shipbuilding
Original title La soldadura en la construcción naval [in Spanish]
Bibliographic information Oct.-Dec. 1979, Vol.27, No.108, p.23-28.
Abstract Contents: welding techniques used in Galicea (Spain) shipyards; hazards of metal fume emissions (prefabrication, plate cutting and welding, assembly of hulls in the building-berths); factors influencing the quantity of fumes inhaled (layout of welding post, length of exposure, number of electrodes consumed); protection measures (work organisation, training, ventilation).
Descriptors (primary) welding fumes; welding and cutting; shipbuilding industry
Descriptors (secondary) workplace design; ventilation; metal fumes
Document type D - Periodical articles
Subject(s) Metal production and metalworking
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Shipbuliding and ship repair
Welding and cutting