Machine Guarding from Procter Machine Guarding

Procter Machine Guarding designs, manufactures and supplies a very wide range of high quality machine guards, including bespoke guarding, standard machine guards and modular systems. All are designed and manufactured in accordance with the latest health and safety requirements.

Our comprehensive range of services ensures we can fulfil every aspect of a machine guarding project, from survey, advice on technical and regulation issues, design, manufacture and installation - for which we always use our own skilled and experienced team.

The total Procter Machine Guarding service is accredited to BS EN ISO 9001:2008, reflecting our commitment to deliver products and services meeting the highest possible standards.

All type of Machine Guarding

Procter Machine Guarding designs include bespoke machine guards, automatic machine guards, food industry machine guards, industrial machine guarding, interlocked guarding, bowling alley guards, conveyor guarding, industrial guarding including CNC machine enclosures and machining centre enclosures, lift guards, aluminium guards, mesh machine guarding, NC machine enclosures, pin spotter guarding, sheet metal guards and captive fixed guards.

Machine Guarding Services

Our machine guarding services includes: machine guard survey to achieve guard compliance, machine guarding design, manufacture and installation plus providing a machine guarding declaration of conformity.

Bespoke Guarding Solutions

As a UK machine guarding specialist, we also provide more bespoke guarding solutions such as: special purpose guards, powered machine guards, automation guarding, adjustable guards and robot enclosures. Machine guard presentation is also very important to us and this is key factor in our success with OEMs.

For machine tool guards, we have both standard products and can design and manufacture bespoke guards.

For general advice or to discuss your requirements for Machine Guarding, please call us on 02920 855 758 or fill out this simple machine guarding request form.

Machine guarding - South Wales supplier with a national reputation

Based in South Wales, Procter Machine Guarding is the UK's leading machinery guards specialist
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8th edition of guide to machinery guarding standards - OYG23

Procter Procter Machine Guarding has updated its publication On Your Guard - A Designer's Guide to Machinery Guarding Standards following the introduction of the new Machinery Directive and numerous revised standards.
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Procter introduces Satech low-cost modular guarding - OYG23

Having signed an exclusive distribution agreement, Procter Machinery Guarding is now able to supply the Satech low-cost modular perimeter guarding system to customers in the UK and Ireland. This includes a comprehensive range of panels, posts, doors, bracketry and accessories. Versatile and economical, the system will appeal to anyone using perimeter guarding, including end-user manufacturers, warehousing OEMs and automation line builders.

BSI has published BS 4163:2007 to replace BS4163:2000. Jeremy Procter, Convenor of the European Standards Committee responsible for Machine Guards, and Managing Director of Procter Machine Guarding, reviews the aspects of this updated Code of practice relating to machine safeguarding.
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OYG v20 Machine accident investigation kit

A Machine Accident Investigation Kit (MAIK) is available free of charge from Procter Machine Guarding. This fourth edition of the popular resource for managers incorporates a number of changes to bring it up to date following changes in, for example, standards references and website addresses.
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Safeguarding Machinery in schools and Colleges

On 31 May 2007 BSI published BS 4163: 2007 'Health and safety for design and technology in schools and similar establishments - Code of practice', which supersedes the 2000 version of the same Code of practice (CoP). Throughout the CoP there are references to machine guarding, so this present article highlights those and, in particular, the changes introduced in the latest edition of the CoP.
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New guards for old machines - extending operating life

Fitting new guards to old machines can be a cost-effective way to ensure that machinery meets current regulatory requirements so that its service life can be extended. In this article Jeremy Procter, a Member of BSI's MCE/3 committee, former Convenor of the European Standards Committee responsible for Machine Guards (CEN TC114 WG11), and Managing Director of Procter Machine Guarding, explains what needs to be considered when upgrading machinery guards.