Michigan Administrative Code (Last Updated: November 16, 2016) |
Department LR. Licensing and Regulatory Affairs |
MIOSHA |
Chapter Part 44. Foundries |
Part 44. FOUNDRIES |
Section 408.14405. Definitions; A to C.
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(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.
History: 1979 AC.