1910.216(f) Stopping Limits

All measurements on mills and calenders shall be taken with the rolls running empty at maximum operating speed. Stopping distances shall be expressed in inches of surface travel of the roll from the instant the emergency stopping device is actuated.

All mills irrespective of the size of the rolls or their arrangement (individually or group-driven) shall be stopped within a distance, as measured in inches of surface travel, not greater than 1 ¹/₂ percent of the peripheral no-load surface speeds of the respective rolls as determined in feet per minute.

All calenders, irrespective of size of the rolls or their configuration, shall be stopped within a distance, as measured in inches of surface travel, not greater than 1 ³/₄ percent of the peripheral no-load surface speeds of the respective calender rolls as determined in feet per minute.

Where speeds above 250 feet per minute as measured on the surface of the drive roll are used, stopping distances of more than 1 ³/₄ percent are permissible. Such stopping distances shall be subject to engineering determination.

[39 FR 23502, June 27, 1974, as amended at 49 FR 5323, Feb. 10, 1984; 61 FR 9227, March 7, 1996]