Sperosens has introduced the Sperosafe system, designed in response to the unacceptably high number of machinery related incidents in industry. It is unique, user friendly, cost effective and can be easily installed on a variety of machines particularly those found in the metalworking industry.
Sperosafe is not only a precautionary measure in itself; it requires confirmation from the employee and supervisor that they comply with the legal and moral statutory requirements for health and safety, as well as the maintenance regime for equipment. This precautionary measurement reduces management’s risk of the inability to control unauthorised use of equipment by under-qualified staff. The ability of the system to record all historic events could also assist management in the case of any legal proceedings as a result of injuries where the employee was at fault.
Purpose
* Limits machine activation to authorised operators.
* Logs all machine activations detail for later review.
* Reminds operator of applicable safety rules and hazards.
* Shares the safety responsibility between management and operators.
Benefits
* Operators are reminded of safety issues every time the machine is activated.
* Management can evaluate operators based on activation results.
* Operator utilisation can be calculated from activation data.
* Machine utilisation can be calculated from activation data.
* Machine maintenance can be pro-actively managed.
* Management can limit machine activations to qualified operators and to authorised activation times.
* Serves as statistical data history for employee productivity, e.g. measurement of individual operator activity, which enables productivity calculations for incentive bonuses and possible promotions.
* Serves as statistical data history for equipment utilisation, e.g. fleet vehicle activity, which enables utilisation calculations and pre-emptive maintenance planning.
Typical applications are found in the operation of bench lathes, milling machines, guillotines and underground and open cast mining vehicles. The units are also suitable for use in access control applications.
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