Section R. 408.12407 - Definitions; L to PRule 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 and activate the brake of the press.(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 that is attached to the operator's hands and connected to the upper die or slide of the press and that 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.Mich. Admin. Code R. 408.12407
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