This short guide covers the safety considerations that should be taken into account when using items that use Lithium Ion batteries, such as portable powered tools, e-bikes and other cordless equipment.

Hot-melt adhesives are supplied as sticks of copolymers of ethene and vinyl acetate. Heat is used to melt the adhesive in the ‘glue gun’ so that drops can be applied to the materials to be joined. Bonding results when the glue solidifies on cooling. Many different types of gun are available with electric or butane cartridge heating and supplying glue at different rates.

This guide supplements a number of other documents and outlines the type of checks that should be carried out across the practical spaces of D&T, Food and Art and Design. 

This short guide explains the requirements for using vacuum cleaners to control wood dust in D&T facilities.