BRANDON HIRE choose TOOLMINDER for customer safety
Brandon Hire, the national network of tool hire depots, has decided to install the TOOLMINDER Safety & Maintenance software package that will give their depots the ability to provide customers and operators with comprehensive data on power tools. Toolminder makes the calculations and comparisons needed for power tool risk management easy. Toolminder has been developed by Earlsmere in partnership with Makita, Britain's number 1 professional power tool manufacturer.
The TOOLMINDER software has been loaded onto the multiple servers that support the Brandon Hire depot network which is a clear indication that Toolminder is a very powerful multi-user package for housing data, processing and outputting accurate risk assessments for the depots.
Toolminder can carry comprehensive tool data including tri-axial vibration rating, noise pressure details, PPE and any dust risks. Toolminder is delivered with Makita machine data already loaded from the EN67045 testing regime. It is planned to add EPTA productivity data on all Makita tools to the TOOLMINDER software.
Toolminder automatically calculates EAV, ELV and illustrates the HSE points total for a specific machine. If Toolminder has been loaded with comparable data for additional tool brands alongside the Makita input, a list of these performance levels can show the best tool with the lowest risk, in a particular class assisting with tool procurement and risk assessment.
Brandon Hire is enthusiastic about the additional service that can now be given to the customer: "Toolminder will be extremely beneficial to our depot staff who get an increasing number of enquiries from operators needing to prepare accurate risk assessments. Now, with Toolminder carrying our fleet machine data we can answer these questions accurately and when the tool goes out on hire we can print and issue one of TOOLMINDERS unique product safety reports. We will initially list the main power items on the fleet and eventually have all the fleet on record in all Brandon depots. Toolminder is easy to understand and very easy to use."