Bell & Gossett Offers New
ANSI/OSHA-Compliant Coupling Guards for Pumps
Morton Grove, IL -- April 22, 1999.
Bell & Gossett has introduced a new line of ANSI and OSHA-Compliant Coupling Guards
that offer increased protection against potential injuries and conform to the specific
requirements of ANSI B15.1, section 8 and OSHA 1910.219.
Engineered to provide personnel with the highest possible level of safety and protection
from rotating equipment, the guards are available in numerous sizes to cover all B&G
frame mounted centrifugal pumps. The new guards features slotted viewing windows for easy
inspection and are also available in easy-to-install change-out kits for units already
installed in the field.
The coupling guards are now standard on all Series VSC/VSCS, Series HSC and Series 1510
centrifugal pumps from Bell & Gossett.
The Bell & Gossett guards conform to these specific ANSI and OSHA requirements:
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ANSI b15.1, Section 8:
8.1: The guard shall prevent inadvertent placing of any part of the body in, on or over
edges of the guard where it may contact a moving part.
8.5: The enclosure shall conform to …a maximum size opening of 1/4” up to
1-1/2” from a moving part
8.5.2: When the guard is partially open on the machine side…the distance to the
moving part…based upon the opening…shall not be more than 1/4”.
OSHA 1910.219:
C.2: All exposed horizontal shafting…shall be protected by a stationary casing
enclosing shafting completely…on the sides, top and bottom of the shafting.
Bell & Gossett, a unit of ITT Industries, is a leading manufacturer
of centrifugal pumps, hydronic specialties, heat exchangers, condensate handling
equipment, and packaged systems for variable and constant speed pumping, heat transfer and
pressure boosting. For more information contact Bell & Gossett, 8200 N. Austin Avenue,
Morton Grove, IL 60053; phone 847/966-3700; fax 847/966-9052. Or visit the Bell &
Gossett website at www.bellgossett.com
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