Workshop Heat Area Example 1

A Heat Area contains equipment for heating, forming and casting metals The Heat Area may be a space within a workshop, a separate bay off a workshop, or a separate room.

If in a separate area and of sufficient size, the Heat Area may also be a good location for metal forming equipment such as folding bars, bench shears, tube benders and bending rolls.

• Where possible, the Heat Area can be a shared resource between a group of workshops.
• Water should be provided but must be as far as possible away from the casting equipment.
• It must be well ventilated with fume extraction - to include localised extaction over welding and casting.
• It should be located with at least one external wall and ideally, but not essentially, with access to outside

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Note: The light grey shade areas around each machine tool indicate the safety areas which should be left clear between machines. The orange coloured strips alongside the safety areas indicate permissible overlaps between them.

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Description	Code	Notes	Image
Moulding Bench	FESEQ317	position near to casting area - if within a workshop it can be positioned as an island bench and used to screen off the casting area
Crucible Furnace	FESEQ316	position near other heat equipment to share fume extraction - no other work takes place in the area during a 'pour' so can be in corner and safety spaces can overlap
Combination Forge/Brazing Hearth	FESEQ315	position such that fume extraction system can vent to outside wall
Leg Vice	N/A	add if 'heavy' work is contemplated (e.g. for pre-vocational courses) - bench or stand mounted
Anvil	N/A	add if 'heavy' work is contemplated (e.g. for pre-vocational courses) - floor stand needed
Welding Bench	FESPF318	provide both gas and electric welding and ensure fume extraction
Welding Screen	LESEQ637	portable and must be provided in open workshops to protect eyes if electric welding is available
MIG Welding	LESEQ329	for general purpose welding - provide also small portable oxy-acetylene gas welding set (e.g. for brazing, localised heating and welding thin sheet)
Sheet Folder	LESEQ636	fix to substantial bench - also available on floor stand or could be fixed to side bench - an alternative is a Box Folder
Notcher	LESEQ340	fix to substantial bench - also available on floor stand and larger version - alternatively use ordinary Bench Shears

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