Machine safety
Protect your people and productivity with our proven machine safety services.
A Complete Understanding of Your Safety Needs​
Armed with deep expertise in machine safety best practices and applicable industry safety standards, Polytron partners with safety-forward manufacturers to identify risks to people and plant assets. Through our team-based approach to machine safety, we take the time to first understand each stakeholder’s interests.
Powered by our comprehensive suite of machine safety services, we are well prepared to identify and prioritize risks and safeguard assets across your existing process, packaging, material handling, and end-of-line systems. Also, by engaging with our team early in the procurement process for new equipment purchases, we can identify safety compliance issues before equipment leaves an OEM’s facility, saving time and money and expediting your startup process.
Safety is Serious Business​
By applying decades of machine safety expertise in manufacturing, we can help you achieve your machine safety goals, protecting your assets and productivity. We do this by evaluating equipment to the highest standards and investing heavily in our team, with many of our resources possessing TĂśV machine safety certifications. While our machine safety experts were among the first in the industry to join Rockwell Automation’s Machine Safety Integrator Program, we also take an open approach to providing solutions from a range of world-class safety technology providers. Therefore, you can rest assured that your safety projects will be delivered with proven competence, best-in-class machine safety practices, and a thorough understanding of industry safety standards.Â
A Comprehensive Suite of Safety Services​
For your new or existing equipment, we offer a suite of machine safety services to meet every challenge. When it’s time to invest in new equipment, we stand ready to support your capital procurement process, ensuring applicable industry safety standards are specified to the machine OEMs. Then, we provide standards compliance services to verify the OEM’s designs, as well as on-machine risk assessment and validation services prior to turning the equipment over to production operations.
For your existing and even legacy equipment, we support the complete machine safety lifecycle. Typically triggered by some type of qualifying event such as a recent accident or near miss, the machine safety process will start anew to identify risks, evaluate current safeguarding, and implement appropriate risk-reduction measures to mitigate identified risks. After any equipment changes, validation is performed to ensure the safety of your production operations team.
Explore our comprehensive suite of machine safety services for new and existing equipment below.
Machine Safety Services for New Equipment
Standards Compliance
Standards Compliance
• Engage early during the OEM’s design and build phases
• Review all safety-rated machine documentation
• Verify compliance with industry and client standards
• Strive for the OEM to address non-compliance prior to shipment
Risk Assessment
Risk Assessment
• Define the required performance level
• Evaluate current safeguarding measures
• Provide risk-reduction recommendations
Validation
Validation
• Verify the design and construction of machine guarding
• Ensure safe operation prior to production operations
Machine Safety Services for Existing Equipment
Typical Qualifying Events
- Modifications to equipment functionality
- Modifications to equipment safeguarding
- Changes in operator or maintenance tasks
- Recent accident or near miss
- Equipment relocation
- Periodic reassessment
- Changes in applicable industry standards
Risk Classification
Risk Classification
• Perform a high-level risk evaluation
• Classify machines based on current risk level
• Prioritize higher risk machines in safety action plan
Design
Design
• Generate electrical and mechanical installation packages
• Create detailed installation scope of work documents
• Perform safety controller, PLC, and HMI programming
Risk Assessment
Risk Assessment
• Define the required performance level
• Evaluate current safeguarding measures
• Provide risk-reduction recommendations
Implementation
Implementation
• Manage construction process
• Implement new safeguarding measures
• Perform checkout and startup services
• Provide operator training
Definition
Definition
• Include details on the planned safeguarding measures
• Provide a bill of materials for key components
• Communicate any changes with machine interaction
Validation
Validation
• Verify the design and construction of machine guarding
• Ensure safe operation prior to production operations
Results-Focused Project Management
With decades of experience managing manufacturing projects, our project managers have both business and technical industry acumen, translating to significantly reduced project risk for our customers.
