Cut Off Wheel Explosion

Employee cuts his thumb with a grinding wheel.

Cut off wheel explosion. Sure if the careening piece of debris slices through your jugular. I ve never had a 14 wheel come apart but i have had 4 5 disks fragment. Grinding wheels on floor stands pedestals benches and special purpose grinding machines and abrasive cutting off wheels shall have not less than the minimum exhaust volumes shown in table g 4 with a recommended minimum duct velocity of 4 500 feet per minute in the branch and 3 500 feet per minute in the main. Cut rate wheels are cut rate for a reason.

Tom mcelroy wild survival recommended for you. Found everywhere from metal fabrication shops to homeowners garages these wheels are very safe when used correctly. Have a great day brent by dp68 date 01 27 2014 18 17. Worker is killed while operating roll grinding.

On top of that they re often manufactured in places that don t follow the same rigorous testing and quality assurance standards adhered to by american manufacturers. Namely they re usually manufactured with fillers or inferior bonding agents which makes them flimsier and more prone to breakage. Metal cutting disc exploding 13 000 rpm this is why you shouldn t remove the grinder guard. Good reason not to.

Machine operature fractures arm when struck by grinder wheel. However with proper protective gear it s unlikely that an abrasive blade will kill you imho. Usually a chunk comes off of one side and flies off usually hitting me in the gut. If the bar or tubing cut is slightly warped it should be clamped in such a manner that the convex side is down and is in contact with the work support.

Beyond the press recommended for you. Abrasive wheel cut off saw breaks and cuts employee s face. How to survive alone in the wilderness for 1 week eastern woodlands duration. Especially with cut off wheels that are so thin anyway that is poor craftsmanship and total lack of thinking.

Test result for many wheels. To allow for detachment and reduce the risk of a full blown explosion of the wheel if in a bind. Portable cut off wheels are among the most common bonded abrasive products in use.