Sponmech design and manufacture bespoke machine guarding solutions to the recycling industry. We’ve guarded shredding machines, plastic recycling machines, separating machines and we’ve reduced noise pollution on loud granulator machines with our acoustic enclosures.
Organisations have a legal and moral obligation to ensure that their machines and processes are safe and compliant for their operators to use. UK businesses including recycling plants should all have machines with risk assessments and compliant machine guarding in place.
The accident statistics published by the HSE (Health and Safety Executive) show that waste and recycling is one of the most hazardous processes in the UK. The very nature of the operations and machinery is such that accidents are often severe or fatal. A simple solution which companies can utilise to reduce the risk of accidents is by ensuring all machinery and conveyors are adequately guarded.
If in doubt, Sponmech can provide PUWER 98 inspections and reports for companies who are unsure how safety-compliant their machine and processes are. Our NEBOSH certified engineers travel UK-wide at cost to survey your machinery.
With 40+ years of machine safety experience, Sponmech is a trusted UK manufacturer of machinery guarding systems for the waste management industry.
Our engineers are NEBOSH certified and our hands on industry experience sets us apart from other guarding companies because there is literally no machine that we haven’t guarded before!
For your machinery to be PUWER 98 compliant, we need to see copies of your PUWER 98 survey, or we can do this for you at cost. All machinery guarding designed and manufactured by Sponmech come with certificates of conformity, are fully HSE compliant and where the application requires it, will also be CE marked.
Our machine guarding systems comply with the following standards:
2006/42/EC
BS EN ISO 14120:2015
BS EN ISO 12100:2003+A1:2009
The Provision and use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 (P.U.W.E.R 98)*
*Subject to provision of a suitable PUWER 98 Risk Assessment
All of our engineers are accredited, safety trained and all carry national safety passports.
The demands of the recycling industry require a more robust guarding system. Depending on your application and requirements, we will supply one or more types of machine guard:
Modular perimeter guarding with steel framing and wire mesh or sheet steel infill panels.
Heavy duty guarding or enclosures comprising these can be fabricated from sheet steel or wire mesh.
We can also offer barriers and bollards to separate pedestrian walkways from operational areas and machinery, thereby reducing the risk of people being struck.
In addition, we can offer:
Acoustic enclosures for noisy machinery, Conveyor guarding, interlocks, key-capture systems, light guards, pressure-sensitive mats, floor scanners and other safety devices, custom designed stairs, fixed access ladders and access platforms.
We will ensure that your guarding is compliant with all relevant British standards for machinery guarding. We will also always do our best to ensure that your new guarding system does not hinder production or manufacture.
Sponmech can also arrange the electrical integration of your machinery guarding. To quote for this, we ask you to fill in one of our questionnaires. Please get in touch to find out more.
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