Labour Commissioner
Government of NCT of Delhi

Class or Description of Machines

Requirements

Blowing Room Machinery.

1.

(a) Beater covers and the door immediately over the dirt grid shall be fitted with an automatic looking arrangement which renders it impossible to open the covers while the beater is still running, or to restore the machinery until the doors have been closed.

(b) The covers over the porcupine cylinders shall be fitted with an automatic, looking arrangement which renders it impossible to open the covers while the cylinders are still running or to restart the machinery until the covers have been closed.

2.

The nip between the cage wheels and cylinder wheels shall be efficiently protested on all machines. Guards shall be provided extending round the cute edge of both the wheels.

3.

Projecting ends of beater shafts shall be respectively covered.

4.

Spiked or fluted rollers on hand fed crispers or lattices on breakers and openers shall be so covered as to prevent access to intake.

5.

Exposed toothed gar ding on all machines shall be securely covered,

6.

On lap forming southechers with weighing rollers the lap roller shall be so protected that as soon as the weights are ran down the lap roller as completely covered.

1. All feed roller wheels, doffer and narrow wheels, side shaft wheels, cylinder wheels roller wheels, and, all thatched gearing in spite the Boiler head shall be securely covered.

2. All cylinder doors shall be fitted with an automatic leading Section which will prevent the door from being opened until the cylinder has ceased to receive, to restart the machine until the door has again been closed.

3. Liked-it shall be completely covered and the covers shall be screwed down so that they cannot readily be lifted while the machine is in motion.

4; Over the defer, covers shall be extended as far as is reasonably practicable.

5. All driven pulleys shall be plated.

1. Exposed toothed gearing on all machines shall be securely covered.

2. On all machines the lap forming rollers shall be provided with a guard or cover which shall either.

(i) Prevent access to the intake of the lap roller and fluted roller so long as the weighing rack is down, or

(ii) Prevent access to the intake of the lap roller and fluted roller and be so locked that the guard or cover cannot be raised until the machine is stopped and the machine cannot be started until the guard of cover is closed.

Combers.

1.

Exposed toothed gearing on all machines shall be securely covered.

2.

The toothed gearing in side the coiler head shall be securely covered.

3.

The cylinder shall be provided with a guard or guards which shall prevent access too it whilst in motion and the guard or guards shall be so locked that they cannot be raised until the machine cannot be started until all guards have been closed and locked.

Drawing Frames.

1.

The roller gearing shall be effectively covered and the cover shall be so locked that it cannot be raised until the machine is stopped and the machine cannot be started until the cover is closed.

2.

The under shaft of the frame shall be covered and the pulley on the under shift shall be plated.

3.

All toothed gearing and shafts connected with the driving of the roller and sliver cans shall be securely covered.

4.

The calendar roller gears shall be provided with guards independent of the cylinder roller cover and the coils cage and coiler head shall be covered.

Speed Frames.

1.

All jack boxes shall be fitted with automatic locks which shall prevent the doors being opened while the machinery is in motion and shall rends it impossible to restart the machine until the door has been closed.

2.

Draft change wheels, back roller and carrier wheels twist and carrier wheels, bobbin shaft driving wheels and swing wheels, lifter wheels and button cone drum wheels shall be securely covered.

3.

The bobbin skew gear wheels shall either,

(i) Be covered over the top, and their total enclosure be completed by up right metal plates extending at the back from the roller beam to the floor, and at the front from the cover over the top of the wheels to the floor and screen arranged as to from continuous screen at every position of the lifter rail; or

(ii) Be covered over the top and the covers be extended both in front and behind round the edges of the wheels to within not more than one quarter of an inch from the spindles.

4.

Spindle skew gear shall be effectively covered.

5.

Lifts rack wheels shall be securely covered, and the guard to be such that it will effectively protected the nip both as the rail wishes and as it falls.

6.

All balance weights shall be waste with cycles forming part of the weights themselves.

Ring and Throttle Frames

1.

All toothed gearing such as head stock wheels draft wheels and these driving the lifting gear shall be securely covered. The guard covering the draft pinion wheels shall be so locked that the cover cannot be raised until the machine is stopped and the machine cannot be started until the cover is closed. The outer and of the frame shall be filled in with metal plates.

2.

On machines with double tin rollers a guard shall be fitted along the whole length of the nip between the rollers.

Winding Frames.

1.

Traverse motion and mangle rotation wheels shall be effectively covered.

2.

Where there is a double tin roller the nip, shall be provided with a guard.

3.

Bevel wheels driving spindles of Jumbo cop winding frames shall be effectively covered.

4.

Exposed toothed gearing on all types of machines shall be effectively.

Warping

1.

Bevel wheels on all warping machines shall be effectively covered.

2.

All toothed gearing on chain beaming, winding on machines and other types of winging machines shall be effectively covered.

Clay Pans and fize Beeks.

1.

. All toothed gearing and shafting connected therewith shall be effectively guarded.

Taping Machine.

1.

The distance between the periphery of the smaller and large cylinders shall not be less than six inches and where this distance is less than six inches the nip shall be effectively guarded.

2.

The following dangerous moving parts shall be effectively covered.

(a) Bevel wheels on side shaft.

(b) Bevel wheels and upright shaft for driving colored or top box.

(ac) Measuring motion wheels.

(d) Speed change gears.

(e) Intake of drag and measuring rollers.

(bf) Blinder at end of dry taping machines

Looms :-

1.

To prevent shuttle flying out when the loom is running the slay of the loom shall be provided with guard. It is to be fitted as low as possible so that the clearance between the guard and the shuttle when the shuttle is placed on the fall of the cloth with the loom crank shaft on the top centre does not exceed ½ inches and on 1ooms other than velvet looms or looms of 60 inches reed space between the guard and the sample shall not be less .than 5/8 inch unless the guard is so designed and constructed as to prevent injury from trapping between them.

The guard shall extend to at least half the shuttles length from the spindle stud belt on over pick looms, or the trash plate on under pick looms.

2.

Between the hammer head/ and the beam there shall be space of not less than 3/4 inches unless the hammer head always extends over the breast beam.

3.

Duck bills on all loose reed looms shall be effectively protected.

4.

All gearing including tappet and twill motion wheels shall be completely encased. On small and similarly barrel motions the top and bottom pairs of bevel wheel and that portion of Shaft connecting them which above the warp shall be effectively covered

5.

There shall be a space of not less than one inch left between the connecting rode driving the dobby and the framework of the look, and between the stay and the picking stick and picking stick and framework a space of not less than two inches.

Plaiting Machines.

1.

All the toothed gearing including the gearing driving the bottom shaft shall be effectively covered.

2.

At the delivery and between the knife and the card bar a guard shall be provided.

3.

Side arms shall be effectively covered.

Shearing and cropping Machines.

1.

All revealing knives shall be fitted with covers so as to prevent access thereto whilst the machine is in motion and when possible, the covers shall be so locked that no one of them can be raised until the machine is stopped, and the machine cannot be started until all the covers are closed.

2.

All the exposed toothed gearing shall be effectively covered.