Dennis Kaplan commented on Linked In about our Pedestal Grinder post from last week. Like all critical thinkers, he reframed the question from “Why did it fail?” to “Why do we hold users accountable instead of certifying equipment like the Germans do?” I have to admire his thinking- if the reason for OSHA is to…
Fluorescent light bulbs. Batteries.
These fall under the Category of Universal Waste, and their disposal is regulated as such.
Was pleased to find PMPASpeakingofPrecision named one of the 5 Top Precision Machining Websites by ITI Precision Toolmakers in Manchester England. With over 130,000 page views and almost 300 views a day, PMPASpeakingOfPrecision has definitely become a web destination for precision machining topics and information.
“Not only is it hard to recruit people into warehousing,” he says, ” but those who do get hired often exhibit an attitude problem about using personal protective equipment (PPE) like ear plugs or safety glasses.It seems as though we’re in a Catch-22. If a company fires workers for PPE non compliance, they can’t readily find replacements.”
The safe use of grinders is a key part of our craft. It is up to us to keep the potential hazards that grinders can present safely controlled by insisting on safe grinder practices and inspections to assure guards are in place and properly adjusted.
Focus on the process. In my experience, it is seldom the people. If you start with the work instructions and compare to the process, you will find the answer.
These safety standards are for you if you are working on or with Machine Automation and Automatic Machinery.
So the July 2011 ISM Manufacturing data of 50.9 indicate that – guess what- manufacturing is still expanding, but just barely so. Why would we expect this to go on forever and ever?
After 23 straight months of expansion, a slow down in that expansion is hardly a sky is falling moment.
Scale is the name given to the oxides of iron that are formed on as wrought products as a result of mill operations (high temperature rolling or furnace treatment). One of the ways that Cold Finished Steel bars aid machinability is by removing these hard abrasive oxides from the workpiece, so that they don’t destroy your tools and contaminate your cutting fluids.
When are savings not savings?
When they are promised but never achieved.