Protecting employees and business

Master has recently been made a major UK distributor for Curotec Team, the manufacturer of this system. In light of the HSE’s Control of Vibration at Work Regulation, released in 2005, the ‘Curo’ has been developed as a PPE product that not only accurately monitors vibration exposure levels but also actively reduces the risk of contracting HAVS.

The HSE regulations have forced the industry to re-evaluate the threat of over-exposure to vibration in order to keep its employees safe. Today the need for a vibration management system to be put in place in an industry where safety is key has finally filtered down from the blue chip companies to smaller, local businesses. As a result, the ‘Curo’ fits well into Master comprehensive range of services, complimenting the HAV testing offer with an affordable, effective, easy-to-use vibration management system.

The vibration levels conducted from tools such as sanders, grinders and chipping hammers used daily by various manufacturing industries are amongst the most dangerous if not controlled. The Curo is able to quantify the daily exposure of, and therefore the risk to, each member of the workforce, enabling preventative action to be taken for those who are identified as being at risk. This enables pre-existing HAVS sufferers to continue work in a controlled environment where exposure levels are safely reduced, preventing further deterioration.

In addition to increasing productivity for pre-existing sufferers, the Curo measures vibration on trigger time rather than live vibration or ownership time. As a result, productivity is extended, making the necessity for time-consuming and unreliable manual paper methods obsolete. The Curo can also prevent operators underestimating their exposure and prevent claims of overexposure, thus reducing an organisation’s liabilities to litigation.

The Curo has on average a 16–18-month battery life. In order to maximise the efficiency and use of the product, the Curo can simply be reprogrammed time and again for a number of operators. The user-friendly approach created by the Curotec engineers ensures that no recharging is required. Operators can be issued with the Curo – which stores 30 days’ worth of vibration exposure data – until the time when all data can be swiftly downloaded onto a mains supply (laptop, computer), adding flexibility to your data collection.