Mich. Admin. Code R. 408.12407 - Definitions; L to P
Rule 2407.
(1)
"Liftout" means the mechanism also known as knockout.
(2) "Manual feeding" means feeding where the
material or part being processed is handled by the operator on each stroke of
the press.
(3) "Operator" means an
individual who performs production work on a press.
(4) "Operator's station" means the complete
complement of controls used by or available to an operator on a given operation
for stroking the press.
(5) "Part
revolution clutch" means a type of clutch that can be disengaged at any point
before the crankshaft has completed a full revolution and the press slide has
completed a full stroke.
(6) "Pinch
point" means any point, other than the point of operation, at which it is
possible for a part of the body to be injured by being caught between the
moving parts of a press or auxiliary equipment, between moving and stationary
parts of a press or auxiliary equipment, or between the material and moving
part or parts of the press or auxiliary equipment.
(7) "Point of operation" means the area of
the die where material is actually positioned and work is being performed
during any process, such as shearing, punching, forming, or
assembling.
(8) "Presence-sensing
device" means a device that is designed, constructed, and arranged to create a
sensing field or area and to deactivate the clutch control of the press when a
hand or other body part of an operator is within such field or area and
activate the brake of the press.
(9) "Press," as referred to in this part,
means a mechanically powered machine that shears, punches, forms, or assembles
metal or other material by means of cutting, shaping, or combination dies
attached to slides and is commonly referred to as a mechanical power press. A
press consists of a stationary bed or anvil and a slide having a controlled
reciprocating motion toward and away from the bed surface, the slide being
guided in a definite path by a frame of the press.
(10) "Pull-out device" means a mechanism that
is attached to the operator's hands and connected to the upper die or slide of
the press and that is designed, when properly adjusted, to withdraw the
operator's hands as the dies close if the operator's hands are inadvertently
within the point of operation.
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