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Coil handling and finish protection · Lesson 1 of 4

Coil handling and finish protection: principles and terminology

What a master coil, slit coil, eye, lap, band and PIW are, how thin a factory finish is, and the OSHA rules that apply to forklifts, slings, cranes and stacked coils.

You will be able to: Name the parts of a coil and its finish, use the words coil handling is described in, and state the safety boundaries for moving, storing and opening a coil.

12 min · 12 slides · 10 questions

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Two things to protect

Coil and sheet stock is heavy, sharp-edged and carries a thin factory finish. Handling it well protects two things: the people around it, and the finish the customer paid for.

This module follows the stock from the truck to the folder and out the door.

Sources

Videos for this lesson

What this video shows: Sheffield Metals, a coil supplier, on handling, stacking, moving and storing master and slit coils; its companion article is a source for this lesson.

Video: How To Handle, Move, & Store Metal Coils Safely & Efficiently by The Metal Roofing Channel, on YouTube. Chosen from the video's published description.

What this video shows: An Oregon workers' compensation insurer on forklift inspection, load safety, moving with a load, pedestrians and tip-overs; the federal rule is 29 CFR 1910.178.

Video: How to operate a forklift safely: Safety procedures and principles by SAIF Corporation, on YouTube. Chosen from the video's published description.

Glossary

Master coil
A wide coil that slitting turns into narrower slit coils.
Slit coil
One of the narrower coils made by slitting a master coil.
Eye
The hole in the middle of a coil; "eye-to-the-sky" means vertical, "eye-to-the-side" horizontal.
Laps
The turns of strip wound in a coil, also called wraps.
PIW
Pounds per inch of width: a coil's weight divided by its width.