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
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10 things you need to know about machine guarding standards
Guarding needs to be well designed if a machine is to operate safely and efficiently. Furthermore, guards should not be expensively over-engineered, nor should they detract from the machine's aesthetics. In all cases, however, they should be designed in accordance with the applicable national and international standards.
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Updated and expanded guide to guarding standards
Procter Machine Guarding has updated its free publication On Your Guard - A Designer's Guide to Machinery Guarding Standards to reflect recent changes to standards.
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Guarding standards for Machine Specifiers, Designers, Production Mgrs
This article presents 10 things that machine specifiers and designers should know about machine guarding standards, and the information will also be useful to production managers, health and safety managers, health and safety representatives and others with an interest in machinery safety. 
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Machinery Safety Standards of British, European and International Standards (Updated)
Procter Machine Guarding has updated the page on its website listing standards and other publications relating to machinery safety, including machine guarding.
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Guarding for automated warehousing is cost-effective using modular system
Guarding for automated warehousing can be implemented remarkably economically when using the Satech system from Procter Machine Guarding, the exclusive UK and Ireland distributor for this low-cost modular perimeter guarding system.
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Guarding for college workshops
Schools, colleges and other educational establishments in the United Kingdom have a duty under the Health and Safety at Work Act, etc 1974 to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the health and safety of their workers and other persons who may be affected by the activities of the establishment.
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CE marking: free White Paper explains requirements
Procter Machine Guarding has published a second edition of its popular White Paper that explains the requirement for CE marking guards under the new Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC. This edition has been produced in the light of clarification provided by the UK's Health and Safety Executive (HSE).
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Machine guards for fast delivery thanks to major investment
Procter Machine Guarding has made a substantial investment in a state-of-the-art LVD Pullmatic 720 CNC punch press and an LVD Easy-Form press brake to increase production flexibility, reduce lead times and enhance quality.
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New advice from HSE on CE marking assemblies of machinery
To clarify the situation relating to CE marking assemblies of machinery under the Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC, the HSE (Health and Safety Executive) has published a new page on its website entitled 'In situ manufacture or assembly of work equipment and plant.'
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Free publications aid compliance with workshop safety regulations
Procter Machine Guarding is offering two free publications that will help readers to comply with workshop safety regulations. The first is entitled ‘Workshop Safety - A Guide to Guarding Small Machine Tools Used in Workshops' and the second is a brochure, ‘Standard Machine Shop Guards'.
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