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Grinder Safety and Precautions Guide

The document outlines safety precautions and methods for using grinding machines, emphasizing the importance of proper wheel mounting, visual inspections, and adherence to RPM ratings. It highlights the need for personal protective equipment and the dangers of using damaged or expired grinding wheels. Additionally, it stresses the significance of maintaining equipment and ensuring safe storage conditions to prevent deterioration.

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Grinder Safety and Precautions Guide

The document outlines safety precautions and methods for using grinding machines, emphasizing the importance of proper wheel mounting, visual inspections, and adherence to RPM ratings. It highlights the need for personal protective equipment and the dangers of using damaged or expired grinding wheels. Additionally, it stresses the significance of maintaining equipment and ensuring safe storage conditions to prevent deterioration.

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GRINDER SAFETY

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Safe Orientation for Grinding Machine

Dead Man
Switch

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Grinding machine & wheels
> Grinding Machine

> Grinding Machine label

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Safe Method
Mounting of Depressed Centre wheel on Grinder

Grinder

Guard

Back flange

Grinding wheel

Adopter Nut

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Unsafe Method
Mounting of Wheel on Grinder

Grinder

Grinding wheel

Adopter Nut

The back flange Not used


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Unsafe Method
Mounting of Wheel on Grinder

M/c RPM 6600 Wheel RPM 6500

Safe Method : Grinding wheel RPM shall be more or equal


to RPM(Revolutions per minute) of the machine.

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MOUNTING
> Wheel must easily fit on the spindle. MUST NOT BE LOOSE

> It bore is tight keep the wheel aside. DO NOT TRY TO


INCREASE BORE SIZE

Precautions Before & During Usage


Check the below mention things:
• Flanges
• Mounting
• Machine
• Visual Inspection
• Labels
• Safety Devices

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MACHINE Precautions
 Machine should be well
maintained. There should be
no vibration

 Bearing should be in good


condition

 Always use correct key to


open adaptor nut

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VISUAL INSPECTION
 Visually inspect wheel for cracks
 Check for damage during storage / transit /
handling
 Do not use such wheel

Guard – must cover 50% of grinding wheel.


Keep guard between your face and wheel.

Installation of New Wheel


Know the rated RPM of grinder and wheel
Perform “Ring Test” – Gently tap new wheel with
non-metal object and listen for ring if you hear a
dead sound or thump – Do not use and discard
the wheel.
Do not over-tighten adaptor nut
Unplug before changing wheel.

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Storage and Expiry
 Grinding wheels are subject to deterioration if
stored in damp or humid conditions. The effects
are a reduction in bond strength caused by the
ingress of moisture; this affects the balance and
causes surface growth, which reduces the
bursting speed.

 Always noticed that there shall an expiry date


stamped into the steel lip of every grinding/cutting
disc.

 On reaching their limits, all grinding wheels


are to be removed from service and destroyed.
Where, however, sufficiently large quantities of
unused wheels are in store, they may be returned
to the manufacturer for inspection and life
extension. Workshops holding or using grinding
wheels are to maintain a register specifying the
life limit date and location of each wheel.

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KAEFER Yard Store

Unsafe Safe

Expiry Date : 03/2013


Expiry Date : 03/2017

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KAEFER Yard Store

Unsafe Unsafe

Expiry Date : No
expiry Date
Expiry Date : 04/2015

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Grinder Machine Safety
The fact that a grinder is portable increases the hazard. Protect the grinder from:
 Being Dropped
 Sharp Blows – Shocks
 High Impact

Know the revolution per minutes (RPM’s) of the grinder wheel of the grinding
wheel to avoid explosion.

Avoid Over Speed


Where the grinder RPM’s exceeds the rated RPM’s of the grinding wheel to avoid
explosion.

Personal Protective Equipment required


Eye Goggles
Face Shield
Hearing protection
Steel Toe Work Boots
Leather Gloves
INSPECT ELECTRICAL CORD, GRINDER
BODY AND WHEEL FOR DEFECTS

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Thank You

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