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Program Objectives:
Significantly Increase the knowledge of power press (punch press and/or brake press) operations and requirements through theoretical and practical training and testing
Participants are required to demonstrate their ability to set up a press correctly, safely, and produce a satisfactory finished part
Program Content:
- Understanding the legal requirements of Occupational Health and Safety Act and regulations
- Key points of the Canadian Standards Association Code for Power Press Operation: Health, Safety, and Safeguarding Requirements. (Z142-10)
- Parts of the mechanical press, actual identification of the parts of the press (crankshaft, gears, ram adjustment, counterbalance system, brake monitor etc,) on the shop floor and demonstrate the use of controls
- Parts of the hydraulic press, actual identification of the parts of the press (reservoir, hydraulic cylinders, etc,) on the shop floor and demonstrate the use of controls
- Conducting pre shift inspections
- Lock-out procedures and following the procedures correctly
- Use of blocking devices and proper installation
- Identifying the different types of guards and guarding devices and how they operate
- Entrapment rescue training
- Demonstrating proper set up and clamping of dies in the machine
- Adjusting the air-counterbalance system
- Housekeeping
- Material Handling basics
- Use of auxiliary equipment
Suggested Participants:
Press operators, die setters, supervisors, and group leaders
Program Duration:
Each participant attends two seven hour group sessions of theory training, one four hour group session of theory training, two sessions at two hours each of practical training (group of two participants), and a final individual practical session of four hours. Every participant completes a total of twenty-six hours.
Note: The program can be customized to meet the customer’s specific requirements.
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