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Benchmarking (A Standard against Which Something Can Be Measured or Assessed) 

A common practice for lean thinkers is to make benchmarking visits to other companies in order to steal ruthlessly any ideas that can be taken back and implemented in their facility. Benchmarking can be a very formal (using 

Weeki Discuss location of safety lock, tags and procedures Demonstrate correct lifting Inspect tools for damage or worn surfaces Review an HMIS label on a product in your cell 

Week 2 Review a lockout procedure Demonstrate how to correctly carry something and set it down Wear protective gloves when using solvents Demonstrate how to get an MSDS from the PC 

Weeks Perform a lockout procedure on the equipment with the most energy sources in your cell Identify the items in your cell that are too heavy for one person to lift Do you need gloves for the job If so, are they the correct fit for the task (ergonomically) Discuss how to get an MSDS or HMIS info and label for a new product 

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Another safety topic could be a review of safety metrics. The number of days since the last accident or incident could be a topic. Or consider combining a lean visual factory tool with the team s safety metric. During the flash meeting, have someone on the team affix a green cross safety sticker onto a monthly calendar each morning, for the previous day, if there were no injuries or incidents. A sample calendar that could be used with individuals was shown in Chapter 4, Figure 4.3. Starting each and every day with safety first topics raises safety awareness. 

Hold daily work cell flash meetings at which safety is an everyday topic. 

Leads discussion on safety topics during team s morning flash meeting... 

Every morning at the cell flash meeting update the safety calendar with a green safety cross if the day before was an injury-free day. 

Review weekly safety focus every morning at cell/department flash meetings. 

The flash point of PPS, as measured by ASTM D1929, is greater than 500°C. Combustion products of PPS include carbon, sulfur oxides, and carbonyl sulfide. Specific hazards are defined by the OSHA Hazard Communication Standard (158). Based on information in 1995, PPS does not meet any of the hazard definitions of this standard. 

Solvent Selection. A thorough knowledge of the requkements of each solvent appHcation is necessary to formulate a solvent system successfully and meet all needs at the lowest possible cost. The most important properties are solvency, evaporation rate, flash poiat, and solvent balance. In nearly every appHcation, these properties are important even though the specific requkements differ greatly from one appHcation to another. Each potential solvent has a particular set of properties, and the solvent chosen and the amount of each depend on the specific appHcation requkements. 

Ground turbine fuels are not subject to the constraints of an aircraft operating at reduced pressures of altitude. The temperature of fuel in ground tanks varies over a limited range, eg, 10—30°C, and the vapor pressure is defined by a safety-handling factor such as flash point temperature. Volatile fuels such as naphtha (No. 0-GT) are normally stored in a ground tank equipped with a vapor recovery system to minimise losses and meet local air quaUty codes on hydrocarbons. 

Since cracking stocks generally do not have to meet the color specifications that lube distillates do, higher flash zone temperatures (up to 8(X)°F) can be tolerated. Fuel units are normally designed to distill material boiling up to 1100°F (at atmospheric pressure) from the feed, and some units have distilled beyond 12(X)°F at low feed rates. 

Hash-fire modeling is largely underdeveloped in the literature there are large gaps in the information base. Hardly any information is available concerning flash-fire radiation the only data available have resulted from experiments conducted to meet other objectives. Many items have not yet received sufficient attention. 

K. E. First and J. E. Huff, Design Charts for Two-Phase Flashing Flow in Emergency Pressure Relief Systems. Paper presented at 1988 AICHE Spring National Meeting. 

The fire flashed back to the sphere surrounding it with flames. The water spray system for the sphere was designed to deliver only half the quantity of water normally recommended, and the supply was inadequate to meet the fire demand. The firefighters believed the relief valve would protect the vessel and so any available water was used to cool the neighboring spheres. 

Make at least five determinations of the flash point of standard n-heptane which meets the specifications set forth in Appendix A2. Average these values. If the average differs from 23 F(—4C) by more than i3F(tl.7C), adjust the height of the taper... 

Make determinations in triplicate on the flash point of standard p-xylene and of standard isopropyl alcohol which meet specifications set forth in Appendix A2. Average these values for each compound. If the difference between the values for these two compounds is less than 15 F (8.5 C) or more than 27 F (l6 C), repeat the determinations or obtain fresh standards (Note 7)... 

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