Survey & risk review
Hazards, tasks, access routes, interfaces and current safeguards recorded around the actual machine.
Oxford Machine Guarding
Machine safeguarding developed around real production.
We design, manufacture and install bespoke guards, controlled access and safety-system interfaces for conveyors, automated machinery and complete production lines.
Oxfordshire based · UK-wide projectsOur role
Oxford Machine Guarding leads the complete guarding pathway: understand the hazard and task, develop the physical arrangement, define any safety interface, manufacture the package, install it and provide the agreed handover evidence.
Engineering-led delivery
A guard is one part of the safety function.
The machine, person and process meet at the access point. That is why guard geometry, distance, stopping, isolation, reset and foreseeable intervention must be considered together.
Our projects can range from a single replacement panel or drive cover to an integrated conveyor, packaging line or automated cell. We work around installed machinery, new equipment and interfaces between systems from different suppliers.
Practical operation is central to the design. Production, cleaning, changeover, jam clearance, adjustment and maintenance are discussed before guard formats or devices are selected. This helps create a solution that is robust, understandable and less likely to encourage unsafe workarounds.
Oxford Machine Guarding is based in Oxfordshire, supports projects across Great Britain and is part of Oxford Science Group.
Core capabilities
From a clear boundary to a complete installed system.
Mechanical design
Frames, mesh, sheet, clear panels, infills, tunnels, doors and fixing methods developed for the application.
Safety integration
Interlocks, guard locking, reset, restart and the required safe response defined within the agreed scope.
Manufacture & supply
Guard components fabricated and prepared for efficient installation around site and shutdown constraints.
Installation
Mechanical fit, access, reach, interfaces and agreed control connections completed and reviewed on site.
Testing & handover
The installed arrangement and safety functions checked against the agreed project boundary and records.
Start with the hazard and access task
Discuss your conveyor guarding project.
Send photographs, a layout or a short description. We can help define whether the next step is a desktop review, site survey, repair or complete guarding project.
Useful information to send
- Overall photographs of the conveyor and surrounding area
- The hazard, access task and current safeguarding
- Stopping, isolation and restart behaviour
- Site location, shutdown window and timescale