Section 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.

(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 which is attached  to   the operator's hands and connected to the upper die or slide of the press and which 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.

History: 1979 AC; 1990 AACS.