We have a commercial building to renovate and we want to avoid new building materials that contain asbestos by owner request.
An independent asbestos inspector said he recently found asbestos in new insulation from Canada and new floor tiles from Mexico.
When you buy building materials there...
Why would anybody want asbestos in their new construction materials when it isn't necessary?
The liability is on the property owner, and the regulations stop short of eliminating the problem from everyday building materials like floor tiles, insulation, etc.
Imported construction materials...
Fukushima Daiichi #3 had a second explosion on March 14, 2011. Soon after the explosion the radiation level was measured at 50 microsieverts per hour in the service hall and 20 microsieverts per hour at the plant gate. The allowable dose for a typical nuclear worker is 20 millisieverts per...
We have a manufacturing facility with heavy forklift traffic. Our forklifts weigh about 12K pounds fully loaded. I'm looking at resurfacing some of the floors and raising the elevation about 2 inches in some places. I'm even considering the possibility of asphalt. I have some questions:
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Has anyone come up with a surface coating on concrete that doesn't fail under forklift traffic. Moisture gradient (from vapor transmission through the slab) can casue coatings to form blisters that eventually fail. Epoxy coatings tend to crack at the microscopic level.
Has anyone tried...
I'd like a better understanding of technical leadership in the modular belt market. Some of the big players are Habasit and Interlok.
I'm studying a recent patent by Habasit...
We are looking for spine casting equipment that is capable of processing low antimony lead, and we would appreciate any suggestions or recommendations.
thank you
ref: OSHA Reg 1910.179 Section G5-iii
We need to install some runway disconnect switches and the regulation doesn't read very clearly.
What is/are the purpose(s) of a "runway mainline disconnect switch"?
Apparantly, it is not a lock-out tag-out feature for maintenance because we have that...
I'm trying to come up with a maintenance program that makes sense for our O/H hoists. We have about 80 hoists, and typically they aren't fixed until they stop working. We have an outside service group that performs inspections, but this seems to be a racket.
Anybody have some helpful...
I'm looking for a supplier of stainless splined shaft stock (approximately 3 inch diameter x 5 feet). I need to make a friction roll.
I found this supplier. They can roll a standard stock item for me but I have to buy a minimum of 10 feet at $194/ft...
