management feature | Safe working practices


to prioritize safety as an overall policy. This training needs to be done on a regular basis since both employ- er and employee have a vested interest in continuously updating and improving the engineering controls and procedures. Of all the five senses, common sense should prevail when it comes to safety.


Safety glasses should be an absolute requirement in any plant


In summary – providing good engineering controls, procedures and appropriate PPE is only one part of a complete solution to ensure the safe operation of twin-screw compounding equipment. A comprehensive training program is also necessary to caution operating and maintenance staff of the hazards involved as well as


More information Adam Dreiblatt is director, process technology at CPM Century Extrusion, and he is well known for his educational seminars and webinars covering the practicalities of twin-screw extrusion. He will be running a free live webinar on “Working safely with twin-screw extruders” at three different times on 18 December 2013. To book your place visit: http://bit.ly/CPMsafe. Dreiblatt will also be giving a presentation on “Optimizing screw configurations for twin-screw compounding extruders” at the Compounding World Forum, which takes place on 10-11 December 2013 in Philadelphia, PA, USA. For details of this event, go to: http://bit.ly/CWF2013p. ❙ www.centuryextrusion.com


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