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Document ID (ISN)39128
CIS number 83-42
Year 1982
Convention or series no. ANSI B152.2-1982
Title Safety requirements for the construction, care and use of permanent-mold casting machines (other than gray iron)
Bibliographic information American National Standards Institute, 1430 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10018, USA, 1982. 8p. Illus.
Abstract These safety requirements, which were approved as an American national standard on 11 Sept. 1981, lay down safety criteria for the construction, care and use of permanent-mould casting machines (other than those used for grey iron). Sections deal with: design, construction, rebuilding, modification and installation; design and construction of moulds; care and maintenance of permanent-mould casting machines and equiment; and operation (instruction and training of operators, work area, feed tubes, personal protective equipment).
Descriptors (primary) safety engineering; permanent mould casting; USA; aluminium industry
Descriptors (secondary) safety devices; preventive maintenance; safety by design; machinery guarding regulations; standard; safe working methods
Document type F - Information notes, codes of practice, standards
Subject(s) Machinery and tools
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Foundries, metalcasting and forging operations
Smelting and refining operations