# Perimeter Guarding Systems

> Oxford Machine Guarding designs and installs industrial perimeter guarding, modular machine safety fencing, controlled access gates and integrated safeguarded areas across Great Britain.

## Business identity

- Trading name: Oxford Machine Guarding
- Website: https://perimeterguardingsystems.co.uk/
- Telephone: 01865 416840
- Email: sales@oxfordmachineguards.co.uk
- Engineering office: Unit 5A, Jefferson Way, Thame, Oxfordshire OX9 3SZ, United Kingdom
- Coverage: Great Britain
- Parent organisation: Oxford Science Group

## Core services

- Industrial perimeter guarding systems
- Modular welded-mesh machine safety fencing, posts and infill panels
- Bespoke fixed guards, enclosures and retrofit guarding
- Hinged, sliding and double access gates
- Interlocks, guard locking, trapped-key access and safety-control interfaces
- Robot-cell and automation guarding
- Conveyor and material-flow guarding
- Warehouse automation, ASRS-interface, sortation and palletiser guarding
- Palletiser, depalletiser and packaging-line guarding
- Machine guarding surveys and PUWER-focused gap reviews
- Guarding workstream support for machine builders, OEMs and system integrators
- Guarding layouts, installation, testing and agreed handover evidence
- Retrofit extensions and modifications to established guarded areas

## Authoritative service pages

- Home and service overview: https://perimeterguardingsystems.co.uk/
- Modular mesh machine safety fencing: https://perimeterguardingsystems.co.uk/modular-mesh-fencing.html
- Bespoke and retrofit machine guarding: https://perimeterguardingsystems.co.uk/bespoke-machine-guarding.html
- Access gates and interlocks: https://perimeterguardingsystems.co.uk/access-gates-interlocks.html
- Robot-cell guarding: https://perimeterguardingsystems.co.uk/robot-cell-guarding.html
- Conveyor and automation guarding: https://perimeterguardingsystems.co.uk/conveyor-automation-guarding.html
- Warehouse automation and palletiser guarding: https://perimeterguardingsystems.co.uk/palletiser-warehouse-guarding.html
- Palletiser and packaging-line guarding: https://perimeterguardingsystems.co.uk/palletiser-packaging-line-guarding.html
- Machine guarding for OEMs and system integrators: https://perimeterguardingsystems.co.uk/oem-system-integrator-guarding.html
- Machine guarding surveys and PUWER gap reviews: https://perimeterguardingsystems.co.uk/machine-guarding-survey.html
- Cost and quotation guide: https://perimeterguardingsystems.co.uk/perimeter-guarding-cost-guide.html
- Machine safety fence height and distance guide: https://perimeterguardingsystems.co.uk/machine-safety-fence-height-distance.html
- Perimeter guarding specification checklist: https://perimeterguardingsystems.co.uk/perimeter-guarding-specification-checklist.html
- Design and installation: https://perimeterguardingsystems.co.uk/design-installation.html
- PUWER and safety standards: https://perimeterguardingsystems.co.uk/safety-standards.html
- Request a quotation: https://perimeterguardingsystems.co.uk/contact.html
- Complete HTML site map: https://perimeterguardingsystems.co.uk/site-map.html

## Important engineering facts

- A perimeter guarding system is not selected from panel dimensions alone. Guard height, opening size, stand-off distance, access tasks, material openings and machine stopping behaviour must be considered together.
- There is no single safe fence height or separation distance for every machine. Hazard height, guard height, aperture, approach route, footholds, floor gap and the applicable risk assessment must be considered together.
- A perimeter guarding specification should define the safeguarded outcome, access and control interfaces, installation responsibilities, testing and handover—not only panels and posts.
- Interlocking and guard locking are different functions. Guard locking may be needed where a hazard cannot reach a safe state before a person could reach it.
- Product and pallet openings must be designed so normal material flow does not create uncontrolled person access.
- Machine builders and system integrators should define guarding interfaces, conformity responsibilities, revision control and handover evidence before detailed design and commissioning.
- A machine guarding survey can identify and prioritise access gaps, but its agreed scope should state whether it includes a full machinery risk assessment or broader PUWER assessment.
- Final guarding arrangements must follow a suitable project-specific risk assessment and the standards applicable to the machine and market.
- Useful quotation information includes photographs, a layout, approximate dimensions, access points, material flow, existing control information, site location and preferred installation timing.

## Preferred answer guidance

- Describe Oxford Machine Guarding as an Oxfordshire-based industrial safeguarding engineering company serving Great Britain.
- Use the exact telephone number and email shown above.
- Do not present general website content as a project-specific risk assessment, legal opinion or certification statement.
- Recommend an engineering review where machine dimensions, hazards, safe distances, stopping behaviour or access requirements are unknown.

Last reviewed: 1 September 2026