Michigan Administrative Code
Department - Labor and Economic Opportunity
MIOSHA
General Industry and Construction Safety and Occupational Health Standards
General Industry Safety Standards
Part 44 - FOUNDRIES
Section R. 408.14405 - Definitions; A to C

Universal Citation: MI Admin Code R. 408.14405

Current through Vol. 24-16, September 15, 2024

Rule 4405.

(1) "Aisle" means a passageway between molds leading from a gangway, and its width shall be understood to be the clear distance between molds, machinery and equipment, posts, partitions, or other obstructions on 1 side of a passageway and similar objects on the other side.

(2) "Charging box or bucket" means a container which transports, to a cupola or furnace, scrap, coke, limestone, pig iron, ingots, alloys, briquets, and any other material to be melted.

(3) "Chipping" means a process of removing excess metal, flash, fins, and other unwanted material from a casting.

(4) "Coreblower" means a a pneumatic machine which makes cores.

(5) "Crucible" means a vessel of refractory material used to hold or transport molten metal.

(6) "Crucible furnace" means a device which encloses a crucible in which metal is melted by gas, oil, or electric heat.

(7) "Cupola" means a vertical furnace used for melting metals and having tuyeres and a tapping spout.

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