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
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.