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Thermoforming Machine » Safety Tour - Slide 56
Featured areas in the image are numbered and described in the "Featured Areas" section located below the image.
Featured Areas
Canopy hoods provide ventilation and are used to remove gases and vapors emitted from decomposing plastic that may be irritating to eyes and respiratory tract if employees are exposed. [Photo description: Highlighted area includes a silver fume canopy above the thermoforming machine.] View close-up
This is one of the chain rods. [Photo description: Highlighted area includes an area of black metal on either side of the intake area.] View close-up
This is a guarded in-running nip end feed roller. Rolls of plastic sheet that have been loaded on the roll stand are threaded by the worker to the machine through end feed rollers. End feed rollers are guarded or opened to avoid a wide range of injuries that occur from hazards created by the movement of machine parts and/or roll stock. [Photo description: Highlighted area includes a long narrow opening near the front of the machine.] View close-up
Close-up image of a canopy hood.
Canopy hoods provide ventilation and are used to remove gases and vapors emitted from decomposing plastic that may be irritating to eyes and respiratory tract if employees are exposed.
[Photo description: Photo includes a silver fume canopy above the thermoforming machine.]
Close-up image of the feed chain rail.
Shown here is a side view of the feed chain rail. The spikes on the chain puncture the plastic sheet and allow the chain to feed it through the machine.
[Photo description: Photo includes a close-up side view of one of the metal chain rails as it enters the machine.]
Close-up image of the in-running nip end feed roller gap.
This is a guarded in-running nip end feed roller. Rolls of plastic sheet that have been loaded on the roll stand are threaded by the worker to the machine through end feed rollers. End feed rollers are guarded or opened to avoid a wide range of injuries that occur from hazards created by the movement of machine parts and/or roll stock.
[Photo description: Photo of a long narrow opening near the front of the machine.]