A Study of Explosion-Proof Enclosures

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• Personal Author:
  Burnside OH ; Cox PA ; Esparza ED ; Lin FD ; White RE ; Burnside OH ; Cox PA ; Esparza ED ; Lin FD ; White RE
• Description:
  The purpose of the initial research performed under this contract was to determine the margins of safety in explosion-proof (xp) enclosures that were designed and certified according to schedule 2g. Results from this work provide baseline data on the current schedule, from which a new schedule can be formulated to give equal or greater levels of safety. Results and discoveries in the initial work led to an expansion of the contract to cover, additionally, weld quality in enclosure fabrication, reliability of enclosures with windows and lenses, and performance tests for enclosure qualification. Finite element calculations and hydrostatic tests revealed wide variations in the margins of safety in the enclosures studied; however, only one enclosure had a safety factor of less than one. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Mining Occupational Health Safety Vibration
• Keywords:
  Dynamic Loads Dynamic Structural Analysis Enclosures Explosion Proofing Finite Element Analysis Housings Hydrostatic Tests Mine Safety Mining Equipment Welds
• Series:
  Mining Publications   ; Mining Publications  
• Subseries:
  Open File Report ; Open File Report
• Publisher:
  Bureau of Mines
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Conference Publications ; Final Contract Report ; Conference Publications ; Final Contract Report
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 6 ; Pennsylvania ; Texas
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  PRC - Pittsburgh Research Center ; PRC - Pittsburgh Research Center
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health ; Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America ; North America
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10002903
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB83-205450
• Citation:
  Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, OFR 96-83, 1982 Dec; :1-426
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1983
• Performing Organization:
  Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, OFR 96-83
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:27d771f718ff7bc0ce665567645d23555fb7c7b08fe1900246b1b7fc89dc24637c62fcaaf409bce49c432a607fe8391688398afbf650dfec336e5665fc7ef900
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/206661/cdc_206661_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 9.41 MB ]