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USE OF ABRASIVE WHEELS

SUMMARY OF CONTROL MEASURES:-

● Only trained competent persons to operate
and dress abrasive wheels;

● Use the correct type of abrasive wheel for
the material to be cut/grinded;

● A Hot Work Permit is required when using
abrasive wheels;

● Do not use cutting wheels for grinding and
vice-versa;

● Store the abrasive wheels in accordance
with the manufacturers instruction;

● Abrasive wheels should be stored in a dry

environment avoiding extremes of
temperature;

● The competent person should inspect the
wheel BEFORE mounting the wheel to

ensure it is free of defects;

● Ring test the wheel to check that it has no
defects. DO NOT USE DEFECTIVE WHEELS.

● Check for cracking, signs of solvent spillage,
cracking of surfaces, signs of disintegrations
etc;

● Identify danger areas and, where
applicable, provide and the use exclusion

zones;

● The RPM of the abrasive wheel must be
greater than the machine it is used on;

● Keep wheels for grinding true and dressed;

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