A Bit of an Exaggeration
Industrial laser marking machines are usually adorned by some warning stickers, to inform people that there’s laser radiation, and that the machine should be operated without all the necessary precautions.
Today I noticed someone that got a teensy bit carried away with the radiation thing. The machine didn’t have any warning against not operating it with the protective doors close, or about using protective eyeglasses.
What did it have? Something like this:
DANGER – RADIOACTIVE
Which is a total nonsense, of course.
Any
dangers of operating such a machine are solely from the laser beam
itself, and the danger is to the eyes. Lead underpants won’t help, and
are not necessary…
I very much hope that they don’t force anyone to wear protective anti-radiation gear…
January 12th, 2005 at 20:47 EET | Categories: Miscellaneous |
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