Earthmoving equipment

Trenches were constructed using conventional earthmoving equipment. During construction, air monitoring was continued to assure that explosive conditions were not present. However, odors persisted from the freshly excavated soils but disappeared within a few days. Operation of this trench system continues throughout frost-free seasons and has proved very successful. Initially, approximately 5 bar-... 

Lantern rings for pumps, bellow-type seals for centrifugal pumps hydraulic, pneumatic, earthmoving equipment cylinder valves for O2, CO2, refined gases, chlorine, ammonia... 

Operationally, the feedstock is loaded into the TDU with earthmoving equipment and then mixed, heated, and conveyed with one to four screws arranged either in series or parallel. Multiple screws are operated in series to increase the soil s residence time, and are operated in parallel to increase the system s throughput up to 25 tons per hour (tph). The residence time is highly variable and depends on the soil moisture content, soil type, and contaminants being treated, but residence times up to 90 min have been reported. Once the contaminants are removed from the soil, they are carried to the APC system by a sweep gas such as steam. 

The thicker a cord is, the stiffer it will be. Thinner eords tend to show better fatigue resistance. Heavier cords tend to And use in the larger tires such as heavy-duty truck tires and tires for earthmoving equipment. 

This necessitated the construction of massive foundations. Remotely controlled earthmoving equipment was used to clear the area and a prefabricated method of construction was used on the external walls. Heat exchangers were installed to remove the decay heat. An open ventilation system was provided with filters for the building with the necessary control and surveillance equipment to monitor the conditions within the building. 

Earthmoving equipment —includes scrapers, loaders, crawler or wheel tractors, bulldozers, off-highway trucks, graders, agricultmal and industrial tractors, and similar equipment. Some OSHA rules for this type of equipment are ... 

Brakes — All earthmoving equipment must have service brakes capable of stopping and holding the equipment when fiilly loaded. 

Earthmoving equipment.Heavy Equipment — Materials Handling Equipment... 

Vibrations from tracked earthmoving equipment can travel through the soil and cause the walls of nearby excavations to collapse. Nearly every rainy season in southern California, homes slide down hUls because wet and saturated soils can no longer support the loads. Stacking cartons too high may cause the carton at the bottom to collapse. Then the... 

Laterite nickel deposits are mined from open pits using earthmoving equipment. 

Whether skid loaders are covered under 1910.178 depends on whether the equipment was designed primarily as earthmoving equipment. If it is primarily earthmoving equipment, then 1910.178 does not apply. See the following two OSHA Letters of... 

October 21, 1999 - Earthmoving equipment is not covered by 1910.178 skid-steer equipment may be covered... 

Computer-aided earthmoving equipment Contractors are increasingly requesting digital files that were prepared by the designer to facilitate grading and other... 

For cleaning oil from beaches, farm machinery and earthmoving equipment have been used to good effect. In many cases, a layer of straw is spread across the oil. After a few days, the oil-laden straw is raked onto a conveyor, screened to drop out sand, and sent to wringer. Recovered oil is trucked away to a refinery. The spent straw, which still contains some oil, can be blended with coal and burned in a power plant, or simply incinerated. The separated sand is washed and returned to the beach. 

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