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Application of Square Metal Mesh in the Field of Industrial Equipment Protection
Jan . 13, 2025 15:11
Square metal mesh is widely used in the field of industrial equipment protection, which is mainly used to protect workers from mechanical equipment. It is often used as a safety shield or fence outside the equipment to prevent workers from touching high-speed mechanical parts or conveyor belts during operation and reduce the risk of accidents.
Square Metal Mesh as a Protective Fence for Machinery and Equipment
Prevent people from touching dangerous parts: In the factory workshop, many machines and equipment contain dangerous parts that rotate at high speed, reciprocate or have high temperature and high pressure. For example, the rotary chuck of lathe, the cutter of milling machine, the punch of punching machine and the clamping mechanism of injection molding machine.
Square metal fence is installed around these devices, and its mesh size has been carefully designed, which can effectively prevent operators' hands, bodies and other parts from accidentally touching dangerous parts. In general, the mesh size will be smaller than the size that human limbs can pass through, such as less than 100mm×100mm, to ensure safety. At the same time, the height of the fence will be set according to the degree of danger and operation requirements of the equipment, usually around 1.2-1.5 meters to prevent people from crossing.
It is convenient to observe the running state of the equipment: the square metal mesh fence has good visibility. Compared with the solid protective plate, it will not completely block the operator's line of sight, so that the operator can clearly observe the movement of internal parts of the equipment, the processing state of materials and various instrument readings during the operation of the equipment. This is very important for finding equipment faults in time, adjusting processing parameters and ensuring product quality. For example, in an automated production line, the operator can monitor the working posture of the robot, the running speed of the conveyor belt and the assembly process of the product through the square metal mesh fence.
Square Metal Mesh Isolates Dangerous Areas
Divide the boundaries of dangerous areas: in industrial production, there are high temperature, high pressure, toxic, harmful or flammable and explosive substances in some areas. Square metal mesh can be used to clearly define the boundaries of these dangerous areas. For example, in the reaction kettle area and storage tank area of a chemical factory, or the furnace area of a metallurgical factory and the electroplating bath area of an electroplating workshop, the metal mesh is used as an isolation facility to isolate the dangerous area from the personnel operation area. Its height and strength can prevent unauthorized personnel from entering the dangerous area, and at the same time play a certain protective role against possible accidents such as leakage and explosion.
Prevent the spread of accidents: When accidents occur in dangerous areas, such as chemical leakage, fire or explosion, the square metal mesh can block the spread of harmful substances or energy to a certain extent. For example, in the oil tank area of petrochemical enterprises, the metal mesh fence can prevent the fuel from flowing in a large area after the oil tank is broken, slow down the spread of fire, and buy time for emergency treatment of accidents. At the same time, in workshops with dust explosion danger, such as flour mills and aluminum powder processing plants, the metal mesh can prevent the shock wave and debris generated by the explosion from causing greater damage to the surrounding areas.