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PRINCIPLES OF GUARDING
TABLE 22-C SPECIFICATIONS OF GUARDS FOR HORIZONTAL OVERHEAD BELTS, ROPES, AND CHAINS 7 FT OR MORE ABOVE FLOOR OR PLATFORM
For Belt Widths 10 to 14 in. 14 to 24 in. Over 24 in.
Material
MEMBERS
Framework Filler (belt guards) Filler and vertical side
member Filler supports
Guard supports
lfexlfeM in 2x2xft m.
l%xft m
2rft in
No 20
No 18
AWG
A W.G
2xft m flat iron 2x% in fiat
iron
2xft in.
2x4k in
3x3x% in. 2xft in. No 18
AWG. 2%x2%x% in
angle 2V4x%m.
Angle iron Flat iron Solid sheet
metal Flat and angle
iron Flat iron
FASTENINCS
Filler supports to framework (2) A m.
(2) % in
(3) Vt w. Rivets
Filler flats to supports
U) An
(1) ft in
(2) % ml Flush rivets
(belt guards)
Finer to frame & supports A in nvets spa :ed 8 m center on sides and t in carters on
(rope & chain guards)
bottom
Cuara supports to frame (2) % in.
(2) ft m
(2) % in. Rivets or
work
bolts
Guard and supports to ttx3Vfc in lag %x4 in. lag %x8 in lag Lag screws
overhead ceiling
screws or
screws or
screws or or bolts
% in bolts % in bolts % in. bolts
DETAILS--SPACING, BTC.
Width of guards
One-quart sr wider than b It, rope, or ch on drive
Spacing between filler
20 in C. to C. 16 m C. to C 16 in. C. to C
supports
Spacing between filler flats 2 in apart 2Vi in apart 3 in apart
(belt miards)
Spacing between guard 38 m C to C 38 in C to C 36 in C. to C.
supports
OTHER BELT CUARD FILLING
PERMiriKU
Sheet metal
No 20
Woven wire, 2 in mesh
AWG. No 12
AWG
No 18 AWG.
No 10 AWG.
No 18 A WC
No 8 AWG.
Solid or per forated
CLEARANCE FROM OUTSIDE OF BELT TO GUARD
Distance center to center Up to 15 ft
of shafts
inclusive
Clearance from belt to guard 6 in
Over 15 to 25 ft me
10 m.
Over 25 to Over 40 ft 40 ft me
15 in.
20 m
From American Standards Association, Safety Cede for Mechanical Poviar-Tnnemiseum Apparatus B1S.1.
should conform to the following stand ards 1 The guard rail should be not less than
42 in. high with a midrail approximately
between the top rail and the floor, plat
form, runway, or ramp, unless the space
between the top rail and the floor is filled in with wire mesh, expanded metal, plywood, or other material of equal strength.
2. Posts should not be more than 8 ft apart Members of the guard rail should
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