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Safety standards like Basic, Intermediate is under operation. Risk assessment consultants and application engineers
and advanced training. As Machine safety helps in identifying the hazards and the visited our customer sites to check
training & awareness is a very important severity of the risks associated with the whether the safety services were being
part for all Industry segments to operate machine. This is performed by our TUV implemented in the right way.
machines in safe mode, we arrange Certified Safety Consultant in accordance We understand the threats posed by the
different types of training for different with relevant safety standards. A team of pandemic and did not ask the employees
levels of the team in each industry like application engineers from the engineering to visit our customer sites. However,
Operator level, middle level and top- department works in close collaboration our teams are highly dedicated to their
level management as well as customize with the safety consultant to mitigate the jobs and understand the significance
training for some specific customers as per risks identified during the assessment of overseeing the customer sites, the
their specific requirements. We arrange to ensure the highest level of safety. pandemic did not sway them from doing
different webinars, seminars & safety Engineering and consulting services their jobs.
workshops to enhance the machine safety warrant the prevention of direct and
knowledge of all users in each industry. indirect losses to the employees and the Q. What are your goals for 2021?
This kind of activity is being done together company. We offer services to prepare a It is the aim of our safety services division
with different agencies & associations customer-specific safety manual that can tec.nicum to support the market and our
like DISH, BIS, VDMA and other Industrial work as guidelines for a company & their customer with the necessary knowledge
associations. machine suppliers. and skills to operate machines in a safe
mode to impart services such as academic
Some of tec.nicum training modules activities under awareness program,
have been indicated below to impart Various safety consulting services like
knowledge on: Risk Assessments, CE conformity, Safety
• Basics of machinery safety, Q. What are the challenges Logic, engineering services, validation,
• New regulations in India, which are in that tec.nicum faced during the preparation of safety document/ safety
implementation phase by Bureau of pandemic? manual and offering Safety Solutions
Indian standard and in cooperation with To conduct audits for the effective including integration in a turnkey project.
Ministry of Heavy Industry, implementation of safety control measures Our current focus is to strengthen our “tec.
• Design of safety Guard as per ISO and to minimize the associated risks, nicum” division in the market with the
standard to impart training and for similar such effective brand image as an independent
• Process to carry a risk assessment requirements, tec.nicum requires visiting machine safety consultant, with
in line with EN ISO 12100 or the customer site. The pandemic restricted acceptance to the market and customers
IS16819:2018 tec.nium from making these important to recognize like trustworthy partner for
• Design of a safety circuit as per required physical visits to our customer sites. enhancing their level of safety.
performance level inline with EN ISO However, we utilized this opportunity to
13849-1 or IS 16810:2018 share our knowledge with our valuable Q. Does the tec.nicum team wish
• SISTEMA Software (To determine customers. We conducted more than 300 to convey a special message to
achieved safety level with the help of a online training and connected with over their readers?
special software) 1800 participants from various customers The pandemic has led us in realising
across India. the significance of documentation. Just
Q. Tell us more about your We conducted virtual risk assessments like the doctors check and document
engineering and consulting for machine manufacturers with the our health parameters before providing
services and how effective is it assistance of their design team and a custom treatment plan, checking and
in providing safety to man and document drawings. We are also working documenting the safety parameters of
machine? with food pharmaceuticals and hygiene machines is also significant for their safe
Safety engineering and safety consultation product manufacturing companies, operation. This helps in minimizing risk for
services play a significant role in man and ensuring their machines never break both man and machine. Team tec.nicum
machine safety. It is important to be aware down or cause accidents because of lack is at your disposal to provide you with our
of and document the severity of hazards of safety measures. Whenever we had knowledge and support on improving the
and risks posed by a machine when it the chance, we made certain that our safety of machines.

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