ANSI B151.5:2000 pdf download.Manufacture, Care and Use.
The requirement of ANSI B151.5this standard shall apply to all film and sheet winding machinery (Machinery).
Safety requirements of ancillary equipment used with the Machinery are not covered by this standard.
1.2 Purpose
The purpose of this standard is to identify and address known hazards to personnel working on, or adjacent to the Machinery.
1.3 Application
1.3.1 New Installation
The requirements of this standard pertaining to manufacture shall apply to all new or remanufactured Machinery installed in the United States of America. Compliance shall be achieved within one year of the approval date of this standard. Date of shipment (month and year) shall be affixed to the Machine permanently and legibly along with the name of the manufacturer or remanufacturer.
1.3.2 Existing Installations
The employer is responsible for bringing existing Machines into compliance with the requirements of this standard within three years of the approval date of this standard.
By the end of the three-year transition period, the 4- inch opening referred to in 5.3.1.1 shall be changed to 3 inches.
It is not the intent of this standard to require existing installations to be in total compliance with the latest revision of ANSI/N FPA 79-1997, Electrical Standard for Industrial Machinery. Only those requirements that address personnel safety require updating.
1.3.3 All Installations
An employer shall not operate a Machine or permit it to be operated unless It is in compliance with this standard.
2 Normative References
The following standards contain provisions which, through reference in this text, constitute provisions of this American National Standard. At the time of publication, the editions indicated were valid. All standards are subject to revision, and parties to agreements based on this American National Standard are encouraged to investigate the possibility of applying the most recent edition of the standards indicated below.
ANSI/NFPA 79-1997, Electrical Standard for Industrial Machinery
ANSI Z535.4-1 991, Product Safety Signs and Labels
OSHA 1910.93
3 Definitions
3.1 Alarm
A visual or audible signaling device.
3.2 Arbor
Any shaft or spindle over which is placed a core or tube on which the web is wound, or on which the web is wound directly without a core.
3.3 Arbor Cradle
A device that will support the ends of the arbor
when in the loading/unloading position.
3.4 Block
Any type of spacer or device that prevents movement of a member under its own weight or when actuating the normal movement control.
3.5 Chuck
A device used to support an arbor, or core, for rotation to wind the web; generally used in pairs, one supporting and driving and one supporting and idling, at the ends of the arbor, or core.ANSI B151.5 pdf download.