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(Cap 59, section 7) [1 January 1976] (L.N. 103 of 1975) Cap 59L reg 1 Citation PART I PRELIMINARY These regulations may be cited as the Factories and Industrial Undertakings (Abrasive Wheels) Regulations. Cap 59L reg 2 Interpretation In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires- "abrasive wheel" (砂轮) means- (a) a wheel, cylinder, disc or cone which consists wholly or partly of abrasive particles held together by mineral, metallic or organic bonds whether natural or artificial; (b) a- (i) mounted wheel or point; or (ii) wheel or disc, having separate segments of abrasive material;(c) a wheel or disc- (i) made of metal, wood or rubber; and (ii) having any surface consisting wholly or partly of abrasive material; and(d) a wheel, disc or saw to any surface of which, in each case, is attached a rim or segments consisting of diamond abrasive particles,and which is, or is intended to be, power driven and which is for use in any grinding or cutting operation;"employee" (雇员) means a person who in an industrial undertaking is employed in using any abrasive wheel in any grinding or cutting operation; "mounted wheel or point" (嵌固轮子或端点) means a wheel or point consisting in either case of abrasive particles held together by mineral, metallic or organic bonds whether natural or artificial and securely and permanently mounted on the end of a mandrel or quill; "overhang" (外露轴段), in relation to a mounted wheel or point, means that part of the mandrel or quill which is exposed between the collet in which the mandrel or quill is held and the part of the abrasive material nearest to that collet. Cap 59L reg 3 Application Subject to regulation 4, these regulations shall apply to any abrasive wheel used for any grinding or cutting operation in any industrial undertaking. Cap 59L reg 4 Exceptions (1) Regulations 5, 6, 9(a) and (b) and 10 shall not apply to any abrasive wheel manufactured of metal, wood or rubber and having any surface consisting wholly or partly of abrasive material. (2) Regulations 9(a) and (b) and 10 shall not apply to any abrasive wheel which consists wholly of abrasive particles held together by natural bonds. (3) Regulation 5 shall not apply to any abrasive wheel having separate segments of abrasive material. (4) Regulations 5, 6, 8(1), 9 and 10 shall not apply to any abrasive wheel which- (i) does not exceed 235 millimetres in diameter; (ii) is manufactured of rubber; and (iii) has any surface consisting wholly or partly of abrasive material,when that abrasive wheel is used in a portable machine. (5) Regulations 6, 8(1), 9 and 10 shall not apply to any abrasive wheel when it is used for the grinding of glass. (6) Regulations 5, 6 and 10 shall not apply to any wheel, disc or saw to any surface of which, in each case, is attached a rim or segments consisting of diamond abrasive particles. Cap 59L reg 5 Speeds of abrasive wheels PART II DUTIES OF PROPRIETORS (1) No abrasive wheel having a diameter of more than 55 millimetres shall be taken into use in any industrial undertaking for the first time in that industrial undertaking after the coming into operation of these regulations unless the abrasive wheel or its washer is clearly marked, in English or Chinese, with the maximum permissible speed in revolutions per minute specified by the manufacturer of that wheel. (2) No abrasive wheel having a diameter of 55 millimetres or less shall be taken into use in any industrial undertaking for the first time in that industrial undertaking after the coming into operation of these regulations unless there is kept permanently fixed in the room in which grinding is ordinarily carried out with that wheel a notice, in English and Chinese, stating the maximum permissible speed in revolutions per minute specified by the manufacturer for that abrasive wheel or for abrasive wheels of the class to which that abrasive wheel belongs and, in the case of mounted wheels and points, the overhang permissible at that speed: Provided that when grinding with such an abrasive wheel is not ordinarily carried out in any one room the notice shall be kept posted at a place and in a position where it may easily be read by employees employed in grinding with that abrasive wheel. (3) No abrasive wheel shall be operated at a speed in excess of the maximum permissible speed in revolutions per minute specified under this regulation for that wheel: Provided that where the diameter of an abrasive wheel has been reduced its said maximum permissible speed may be increased to that speed which bears the same proportion to the said maximum permissible speed as the original diameter of the abrasive wheel bears to its reduced diameter. Cap 59L reg 6 Speeds of spindles (1) There shall be securely affixed to every power driven machine having any spindle on which an abrasive wheel is, or is intended to be, mounted a notice, in English and Chinese, specifying- (a) in the case of each such spindle (other than a spindle to which sub-paragraph (b) or (c) applies), its maximum working speed; |