Nortec NHTC Matches, Meat and Fish, Mushrooms, Oil Paints Paint Spraying Pharmaceuticals, Plywood

Table 7. Design Indoor Conditions For Various Places, Products and Processes (cont)

		Temperature			Relative
Product and/or Process					Humidity
					%RH
		°F	°C
Libraries and Museums	70	– 74	21	– 23	40	– 50
Normal Reading and Viewing Rooms
Rare Manuscript Storage Vaults	70	– 72	21	– 22	45
Art Storage Areas	65	– 72	17	– 22	50
Matches
Manufacture	72	– 74	22	– 23	50
Drying	70	– 75	21	– 24	60
Storage	60	– 62	16	– 17	50
Meat and Fish
Beef (Fresh)	32 –34		0	– 1	88	– 92
Beef, Fish, Lamb and Pork (Frozen)	-10 – 0		-23	– -18	90	– 95
Fish (Fresh)	33	– 35	1	– 3	90	– 95
Lamb and Pork (Fresh)	32	– 34	0	– 1	85	– 90
Mushrooms
Sweating-out Period	120	– 140	49	– 60		–
Spawn Added	60	– 75	16	– 24	Nearly Sat.
Growing Period	48	– 60	9 – 16		80
Storage	32	– 35	0	– 2	80	– 85
Oil Paints: Paint Spraying	60	– 90	16	– 32	80
Pharmaceuticals	75		24		35
Manufactured Powder Storage and Packaging Area
Milling Room, Table Compressing and Coating	75		24		35
Effervescent Tablets and Powders	75		24		20
Hypodermic Tablets	75		24		30
Colloids	70		21		30	– 50
Cough Drops	80		27		40
Glandular Products	76		24		5 – 10
Ampoule Manufacturing	75		24		35	– 50
Gelatin Capsules and Storage	76		24		35
Microanalysis	76		24		50
Biological Manufacturing and Liver Extracts	76		24		35
Serums	76		24		50
Animal Rooms	75	– 80	24	– 27	50
Plastics	80		27		35	– 30
Manufacturing Areas Thermosetting
Molding Compounds	75	– 80	24	– 27	45	– 65
Cellophane Wrapping
Plywood
Hot Pressing (Resin)	90		32		60
Cold Pressing	90		32		15	– 25
Printing
Platemaking	75	– 80	24	– 27	45	Max
Lithographic Press Room	76	– 80	24	– 27	43	– 47
Letterpress and Web Offset Press Rooms and Paper Storage	76	– 80	24	– 27	50
Paper Storage (Multicolor Sheet Feed Lithography)	76	– 80	24	– 27	5	– 8
					Higher than
					Press Room
Rubber Dipped Goods
Cementing	80		27		25	– 30
Dipping Surgical Articles	75	– 90	24	– 32	25	– 30
Storage Prior to Manufacture	60	– 75	16	– 24	40	– 50
Laboratory (ASTM Standard)	73.4		23		50
Tea Packaging	65		18		65
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