I have a copy of a standard EN 563:1994, "Safety of machinery - Temperatures of touchable surfaces - Ergonomics data to establish temperature limit values for hot surfaces". It is only 18 pages but includes charts and graphs of burn threshold vs contact time for plastic, metal, and ceramic materials.
Patty Elliot Qualcomm, Inc. [email protected] At 12:47 PM 10/7/99 -0400, Peter E. Perkins wrote: > >Here's a post from 1997... > >I don't know where I got the following chart, but >I believe it's from the The Shriners Burn Institute. >Someone else gave it to me. If anyone recognizes >this list, I would really like to know. I assume >I'm quoting someone, so I take absolutely no >credit for it. > > > TEMP | Time to > deg.F | deg C | Serious Burn > ------------------------------------ > 120 49 | over 5 min > 125 52 | 1-1/2 to 2 min > 130 55 | about 30 sec > 135 57 | about 10 sec > 140 60 | under 5 sec > 145 63 | under 3 sec > 150 66 | about 1-1/2 sec > 155 68 | about 1 sec > > > - - - - - > > Peter E Perkins > Principal Product Safety Consultant > Tigard, ORe 97281-3427 > > +1/503/452-1201 phone/fax > > [email protected] email > > visit our website: > > http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/peperkins > > - - - - - > >--------- >This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. >To cancel your subscription, send mail to [email protected] >with the single line: "unsubscribe emc-pstc" (without the >quotes). For help, send mail to [email protected], >[email protected], [email protected], or >[email protected] (the list administrators). > >
