Industrial safety through “the Yellow line”

The yellow line in manufacturing safety has been known for around from a long period. A yellow line in manufacturing is frequently tested in comparison to a yellow line on train platform. Both the yellow line theory has high potential hazards levels.

While standing on a busy train platform and seeing people obliging disembark from the board yellow line from the whole platform, where trains stop to let people disembark from and board the train, there are no signs showing these danger areas or police around for the guidance for people to step behind the yellow line or are regulations present to check his high risk areas. The crowds get often distracted by conversations, children, cell-phones etc and are found speeding to catch a scheduled train. These incidents rarely occur over hampering the line and those who somehow fall over the yellow line for an oncoming train and have likely to make their trip very risky.

Response from people to this theory of risk on seeing the level of risk

Industries have a different yellow line approach over a train platform line. The potential known hazards in manufacturing units are identified through regulations, codes, standards and companies policies as yellow lines are the hazards designated especially for industries.

Hazards in industry are perceived differently in relation to a platform of train. People when operating machinery have yellow lines along walkways and aisles in manufacturing facilities to make sure about the safety aspect.

 Some people are restricted to cross over these yellow lines, while some permitted. And those permitted to cross have undergone special training that includes special personal protective equipment protection and have been given special authorization to cross. Even after many policies and rulings, so many incidents still occur in industries in comparison to the platform of train.

Permanent yellow lines in industries involve shot-blasting the floor where the lines are to go. It is a method of preparation where small steel balls are propelled at the floor t strip off the top 8-12 mils of concrete, thus giving the floor a clean and roughened surface for the epoxy to bond to securely. Machines have recycling vacuum system so there is no dust or other mess created.

A warehouse line painting contractors, we get this question all the time. Usually it boils down to what you want to spent to get the job done, and how long you want it to be the job done, and how long you want the lines to last. To sum it up, the word we can refer is “value”.  There are three basic systems that are available, which can be referred to as temporary, permanent, semi permanent and realizing of course that permanent really depends upon what is done to the lines and how much abuse they get. Here we can use the abuse word for a lift operator who pulls a steel bin loaded with 4000 lbs on the floor.

In last, the conclusion to say is what should be the ultimate safety policies, marking, signs, guards or safety technologies that make us aware but still we fall for it?

Principle parts of Shaper Machine

One may have heard about shaper. But what exactly it constitutes? Let’s begin with basic information; Shaper machine is principally a type of machine tool used on relatively linear motion between the cutting tool and work piece to operate on a linear tool path. The cut is analogous to lathe though the plane is linear yet can also produce helical cutting. The Shaper Machines help produce flat surfaces, which might be vertical, horizontal or at an angle. What is more, it is used for making slot cut and cutting keyways, grooves. Other industrial units employ this product to form convex or concave contours to particular jobs or sometimes the combination of both of them. Industrial shaper machines are manufactured under the best quality as well as fine metal according to the quality approved for industrial machines for giving the best performance and long last working. Wood working machines and industrial machine tools are used on the large scale industries.

 The work-piece is held fixed to rigid worktable. Then the single point cutting tool is held with proper angle in the tool post mounted on a ram member. In standards shaper, this back and forth movement is obtained at faster rate. Feed the job and the RAM reciprocates, the tool starts its work and cuts the material in its forward cutting stroke. As the stroke returns, no cutting action is performed. This backward stroke is also described as idle cutting stroke.

 The main segment of this machine constitutes important parts include body, column, and rigid base, cross rail, RAM and head. If you jump to conclusions, first get enough information about the about the mechanism parts.
 

Body: The machine body is made of frame pillar and column and is mounted upon the base. It too houses a feed shaper drive compressing the main drives, the gear box and quick return mechanism for successful ram motion. The top part is provided with guide ways for the ram and the front face facilitates with its guide ways for cross rail.
 

Base: This part is useful or casting heavy iron bases and is attached to the shop floor. This provides hold up the body frame and entire machine load. When the work-in-progress, the base system is able to survive the mechanical vibrations/forces.
 

Cross rail: Another important part is cross rail in Shaper Machines on body frame and could move up or down directions. The vertical movement set up the workpieces of different heights to be put under the tool. Saddle keeps the workpiece firmly on the table and secures over the pressure.
 

Tool head and ram: The head and ram tool are the inseparable parts of the machine. Here, the ram moves forward and backward motion through slotted link mechanism. In general, this action is called stroke and this movement involves adjustment of long work piece length for machining operations.

Once you have been through the parts and working mechanism, it would be easy to pick the best item from diverse types. Further, you can better get knowledge about machines how they are useful for industrial purposes.