Guarding requirements for Slitters
Guarding requirements for Slitters
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The slitting knifes in a slitter...should they be guarded?why?
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Guarding requirements for Slitters
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RE: Guarding requirements for Slitters
Document Number: ANSI B11.14-1996
American National Standards Institute
David Baird
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Sr Controls Engineer
EET degree.
Journeyman Electrician.
RE: Guarding requirements for Slitters
Realistically, you need to guard in both instances. If they are stationary knives, they are likely to be sharp in which case they create a hazard because their surface is hazardous. Also with material flowing into cutting area, there is an opportunity for the material to convey a person into the cutters. If you have rolling slitters, you need to guard the entrance to the cutting heads because it creates a pinch point. Without more specifics, I have be fairly general.