Abrasive Wheels
This half day course is designed to help students know the correct methods when handling Abrasive Wheels. This will include handling, maintaining, checking for hazards and the correct methods of removing and re-installing Abrasive Wheels. The course aims to provide better understand of basic abrasive wheel safety and regulations.
Description
What you’ll learn
This course will include both practical and theoretical elements such as:
- Legal Aspects & Abrasive Wheel Regulation Notices
- Hazards
- Abrasive Wheel Characteristics
- Abrasive Wheel Marking System
- Selection of Wheels
- Speed of Wheels and Spindles
- Flanges and Blotters
- Guarding the Machinery
- Controls on Machinery
- Work Rests
- Storage, Handling and Testing
- Mounting an Abrasive Wheel
- Wet Grinding
- Truing and Dressing
- Balancing Abrasive Wheels
Who is this course for
The course is for anyone who would use pedestal and hand grinders with aspects covering traditional machine grinding safety and setting. The course aims to provide a better understanding of basic abrasive wheel safety and regulations.
How you’ll be assessed
Students will undertake a competency assessment. The student will receive a Training 2000 certificate upon successful completion of the course.
Prerequisites
There are no formal entry requirements for this course.