Abrasive Wheels Training

Product Description

Abrasive wheel training is for people who use or employ people who use abrasive wheels for their machines.

An abrasive wheel is commonly defined as any wheel, disc, cylinder, or cone consisting of abrasive particles bonded together with various substances. Misuse and mishandling of this material can result to injuries and can even be life-threatening. The perils that come with the use of this material include wheel breakage/bursting, contact or entanglement with running wheel, physical injury from component being ground, noise and dust inhalation. The danger of breakage is intrinsic in every abrasive wheel. According to statistics, nearly half of all accidents which involved this material are due to an unsafe system of work or operator error.

Since the dangers of using abrasive wheels in the work place commonly lie in the hands of its user or operator, safety precautions and preventive measures are essential. One, to minimise the risk of bursting it’s important to run it within the specified maximum rotation speed.  Two, only trained, competitive, and properly orientated workers are permitted to manipulate it. Another is to ensure that the fragments of the wheel will not fly off if it does burst, to avoid injuries in the workplace. The most vital part is to provide adequate instructions and information to the workers -specifically the person assigned to the operation of the abrasive wheels - about its parts, details, and use.

In this course, you will know the different and wide range of tools and processes that use abrasive wheels and how to use them. You will learn how to utilise them correctly to be most effective and, most importantly, to ensure the safety of the people who use them. The applications that will be used range from hand grinding to disc cutting which are essential for all stages of a work process, particularly for making preliminary cuts and scores in materials, or for fine polishing and finishing of products.

Every distinct wheel has its own specific properties and characteristics, therefore having its own strengths and weaknesses.  Because of this, you should know which wheel you should use in particular situations to be able to do the tasks more efficiently. Using the wrong wheel might cause several risks and hazards in handling and use.

This course will discuss the anatomy of an abrasive wheel, the dangers it might cause, safest places for it to be stored, how to handle the machine and so much more.