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Data on the monthly production of machine tools can be obtained from the National Machine Tool Builders Association, in Cleveland. Occasional publications, such as Machine Tools Todays and Machines—Prices—Jobs, are issued once or twice a year to anyone interested. 

There are organizations that produce standards and guidance for various kinds of machines and tools, and their operations. These are professional societies and standards organizations in various countries. For example, a longstanding machine safety standard produced by the American National Standards Instimte (ANSI) is the B-11 series. What was initially a single standard has grown to more than 40 standards in the B-11 and related groups. Some unions also offer information on safety of machines. 

According to Richard E. Fairfax, director. Directorate of Enforcement Programs at OSHA in an Interpretation Letter from July 15,2(X)3, a circuit that meets the control reliability and control-component-failure-protection requirements of the American National Standards for machine tools (ANSI Bll.19-1990) would provide altCT-native safe guarding measures with respect to the minor servicing exception contained in 1910.147 (a) (2) (ii). ... 

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The large optics diamond turning machine (LODTM), built at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in 1970s, is famous in the field of ultraprecision machine tools. Structural stability is one of the most important issues in designing an ultraprecision machine tool. Figure 2 shows the basic design concept of a thermally and dynamically stable ultraprecision machine tool structure (e.g., Shinno et al. 1992). 

A subcommittee formed by the Machine Tool Safety Standards Committee (Bll) of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) adopted the acronym TR3 to designate its work. TR stands for technical report. The Committee, B11.TR3, has issued a document titled Risk assessment and reduction —A guideline to estimate, evaluate and reduce risks associated with machine tools. The Secretariat for this work is The Association for Manufacturing Technology. TR3 became a registered document at ANSI in November 2000. 

General Requirements for all Machinery OSHA 1910.212 Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Washington, DC Mechanical Power Presses OSHA 1910.217 Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Washington, DC Machine Tools—Manufacturing Systems/Cells—Safety Requirements for Construction, Care, and Use ANSI B 11.12, American National Standards Institute, New York, NY... 

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