Safety Instructions

Grinding and polishing tools spin at high speeds:

Please protect your workers: available on request are safety information sheets on buffing.
The following precautions should be taken:

• All buffs and mops should run on stable non vibrating spindles.
• The mops and buffs should be mounted with side flanges of the correct size (up to 40% of the buff can be covered, the steel clench ring (type /K buffs) must always be completely covered).
• Safety hoods on the machinery should cover the buffs as they are running.
• The machine operator should wear head-protection, protection-glasses and gloves at all times when working on the machine. Polishing-buffs, mops and rotating discs can break up and fly apart, when incorrectly used.

Effects on the health of workers and environmental considerations with the use of EP-grinding and polishing tool.

Raw material (in use)

• sisal-cord and –cloth
• cotton cloth
• synthetic viscose based materials
• coated abrasive grinding belts, abrasive non-wovens
• tampico fibre
• abrasive and nylon filaments
• steel tubing and staples
• wood
• grey cardboard (centre packing)
• cover cardboard
• epoxy and polyurethane resins
  polyamides, dispersal bonding glues, dispersions on PVA and acrylic basis, polyurethanes, plant oils, resins, orcombination of these

After extensive questioning and the supply of all relevant safety documentation from our raw material suppliers we can confirm, that the use of EP grinding and polishing tools does not lead to detrimental or dangerous effects in terms of Italian legislation concerning dangerous substances. Our tools do not contain any substances that are classified as “dangerous” under this legislation. All synthetic materials are completely bonded in their chemical structure.

We make every effort in the manufacture of our tools to reduce the waste content of our products to a minimum. The processed raw materials in our products are not soluble in water. Therefore, there is no need for a special supervision of waste material disposal, in the sense of need for a standard operating procedure (SOP) for disposal of this technical waste.

We cannot influence the use of complementary materials with our products. These complementary materials are various polishing-grinding compounds, oils, fats, metal “stock” particles etc. As a result of this, we can not be held responsible or liable for the concurrent use of these materials – and are not able to issue information for the correct disposal or the classification of “possibily” dangerous materials.

Here we strongly recommend that the waste disposal authorities are questioned regarding the best means of disposal / recycling.

According to our current knowledge, the disposal of our products without complementary materials – is not problematic- and can be carried out in an incinerat.