Accidents caused by slips on floors are one of the United Kingdom's biggest health costs. The Health and Safety Executive estimates that the cost in treatment and lost productivity caused by slips and trips is over £600 million every year.

People tend to take floors for granted and don't give much thought to how to keep them safe. It's not often realised that to design a floor surface that will stand heavy traffic and which can be kept clean and safe is not an easy task!  Inventor and Industrial Chemist, Mark Collins has taken advantage of his experience as a flooring expert and created a system that will rapidly analyse floor surfaces to improve safety and encourage more effective cleaning practices.

Introducing the SlipGuardian from Surface Control Limited - the company that we have set up with Mark to take his brilliant invention to market. The clever device is specially developed to be easily portable and can take floor measurements which are processed and fed back to a central computer over the internet.

 The system can be used effectively with minimal training. The software analyses the results and decides whether the floor is within safe limits or whether it needs cleaning. By tracking the readings over time the system produces regular reports for the floor owners and cleaning companies to predict problems before they get serious. SlipGuardian has been designed specifically to meet the needs of supermarkets, airports, leisure centres, shopping malls and industrial premises. The problem up until now has been the difficulty of getting simple and reliable measurements of floor surface quality. Our SlipGuardian is the unique solution to that problem!

 

 

 

 

 



To get SlipGuardian under way, Mark approached TBBplc by downloading our inventor pack and submitting his idea for evaluation. Our patent attorneys established that protection could be gained for the idea and with the thumbs-up from our commercial review team we helped Mark to set-up a company, apply for a patent and take the product to market. We have been working closely with the Building Research Establishment in proving the concept behind the SlipGuardian system. Pictured below is engineer Ian Rance during recent product trials at the BRE testing and development centre in Watford, England.

TBBplc is delighted to announce that Surface Control Limited has been awarded a major grant by the East of England Development Agency (EEDA). This funding is to complete proof-of-concept work and test SlipGuardian for market readiness. For more information about EEDA and proof-of-concept funding, click here.

To find out more about Surface Control Limited and the SlipGuardian product, please click here to visit the company website.

For commercial enquiries, please contact:
Robert Fairall, Commercial Director
TBBplc. The Enterprise Centre (West Wing) - Spelthorne Borough Council Offices - Knowle Green - Staines - Middlesex - England - UNITED KINGDOM  TW18 1XB
E: robert.fairall@baylisbrands.com / T: +44 (0) 5601 290240



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