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SAFE PLATEN PRESS OPERATION
The User's Responsibility
This section of the Instruction Manual is not intended as a Safety Code. Its purpose is to alert persons associated with
platen presses to the importance of establishing safe operating and maintenance procedures.
Throughout this manual warnings have been inserted calling attention to safe practices and procedures. Day to day
safety is a vital part of everyone's job. A press accident can result in loss of production, damage to the press, personal injury and
breakdown of shop morale.
Make every effort to keep your presses safe for production. Daily press inspections, over and above normal
maintenance, of all guarding and safety devices and brakes is a good way to start.
Guarding the Point of Operation
The "point of operation" is the area created when the platen reaches a position of parallelism with the die face just before
contact between the die and material to be converted. The use of proper "point of operation" devices coupled with a well-trained
operator is the best insurance against mishaps.
It is the responsibility of the employer to provide and insure the use of properly applied and adjusted devices on every
operation performed on a platen press consistent with the dies being used, with the feeding methods being used, or other features
unique to operation, so as to provide maximum protection to the operator.
Safety Devices
The following safety devices are provided with your press and are the minimum required for proper operation. Other
devices may be required if the press is used for a purpose other than that for which it was originally intended.
1. WRAP AROUND SAFETY DEVICE
This device stops normal stroking of the press if the operator's hands are placed in the point of operation as the platen
closes. The die should not be removed except when this device is placed in its back safety position, causing the platen to become
inoperative.
2. PLATEN SAFETY DEVICE
Stops normal cycling of the press, when activated by the operator.
WARNING: This Auxiliary Safety Device & Platen Safety Device must be set and maintained according to the
requirements of ANSI B65.5-1996.
Management Safety Tips
1. Make certain that the press operators are trained and instructed in safe methods of operation and provide adequate
supervision to enforce safe operating procedures.
2. Set up a program of press inspection as required by ANSI 65.5-1996.
3. Establish a preventative maintenance program.
4. Make frequent evaluation checks of all press safety devices during actual production runs. Correct any unsafe conditions
before resuming operation.
5. Provide a clean, safe, uncluttered area around each press.
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