CSA Z615 : 1987

Technical Committee for Hot Work Forging Equipment
Preface
1 Scope and Purpose
2 Reference Publications
3 Definitions
4 General Facility Requirements
   4.1 Working Space
   4.2 Aisles
   4.3 Platforms
   4.4 Power Transmission Equipment
   4.5 Lighting
   4.6 Cooling Fans
   4.7 Showers and Locker Rooms
   4.8 Storage of Dies and Die Blocks
   4.9 Use of Lead
   4.10 Facility Maintenance
   4.11 General Ventilation
   4.12 Noise
   4.13 More Than One Worker at Die Area
5 Personal Protective Equipment
   5.1 Eye Protection
   5.2 Head Protection
   5.3 Foot Protection
   5.4 Hearing Protection
   5.5 Other Protective Equipment
6 Machinery and Equipment
   6.1 Inspection and Maintenance
   6.2 Training
   6.3 Foot-Operated Devices
   6.4 Securing Against Falling Objects
7 General Requirements for Hammers
   7.1 Lockouts
   7.2 Stuck Forgings
   7.3 Blocking
   7.4 Tongs
   7.5 Tong Safeguarding
   7.6 Keys and Shims
   7.7 Oil Swabs and Scale Removers
8 Power-Driven Hammers General Requirements
   8.1 General Requirements
   8.2 Safety Cylinder
   8.3 Pressure Piping
9 Gravity-Drop Hammers
   9.1 Air-Lift and Hydraulic-Lift Hammers
   9.2 Board Hammers
10 Forging Presses and Upsetters
   10.1 General Requirements
   10.2 Mechanical Forging Presses
   10.3 Hydraulic Forging Presses
   10.4 Trimming and Coining Presses
11 Other Forging Equipment
   11.1 Forging Rolls
   11.2 Ring Rolling
12 Other Forge Facility Equipment
   12.1 Key Drivers
   12.2 Manipulators
   12.3 Shears
   12.4 Saws
   12.6 Heat Treating
13 Cleaning and finishing Equipment
   13.1 Shot Blast
   13.2 Chemical Treating
   13.3 Grinding
Tables
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Appendix A - Bibliography

Applies to the occupational health and safety requirements for all classes of power forging machinery, both for impression die and flat die forging, power driven and gravity drop hammers; mechanical, hydraulic and screw forging presses, hot trimming presses; upsetters, forging rolls; bolt heading, ring rolling and rivet making machines used in conjunction with a warm or hot forging process are also included.