The 20-page, A4 brochure comprises five sections covering Air Tools, Personal Protection, Services, Machinery Safety and Noise Levels. Each section provides a wealth of information for compressed air users on relevant problems, legislation and regulations, and simple methods of ensuring compliance in all working areas. 

The Air Tools section, for example, illustrates a selection of low vibration impact wrenches, sanders, grinders, chisel and needle scalers, plus useful accessories, and discusses the effects of Hand Arm Vibration & Carpel Tunnel syndrome, noise level and vibration regulations. 

Personal Protection opens with important information on industrial application hazards, compressed air contaminants and current H&S legislation, then illustrates a range of air breathing equipment, air testers and air purifiers which are available to combat all possible personal protection dangers. 

Thorite is far more than a box-shifting operation, as the third section on Services demonstrates. These include details of the Written Scheme of Examination, 2 Day Practical Pneumatics training courses, the BCAS Working Safely with Compressed Air online training course and Air Quality Testing to guarantee compliance with mandatory requirements. 

The Machinery Safety section discusses the prevention of physical damage when operating machinery, safety solutions and integrity levels, with comprehensive details of the types of valves and control elements available to ensure system safety. 

Section five provides guidance on industrial noise, explaining both the problems and regulations, with illustrations of some of the most effective silencing products available. 

The brochure is aimed at management and staff in virtually every engineering, manufacturing and processing industry.