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Warehouse Automation Safety

Secure Material Flow & Handling

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In a modern warehouse, nothing moves without material flow. But movement without protection puts people, products, and processes at risk. From conveyor belts and automated material handling systems to high-speed handoffs and crossings, flow safety is critical. Axelent helps secure your warehouse conveyor systems with modular safety solutions that are designed to follow the flow, not interrupt it.

Conveyor and material handling risks

Material flow automation is not a single system. It is a combination of conveyors, transfers, robots, and human activity. Each connection point creates risk. Injuries, damaged goods and downtime are common when movement happens without clear protection.

Each part comes with its own risks:

  • Entry and exit points of conveyor belts
  • Transfer stations and vertical lifts
  • Sorting intersections and crossings
  • Buffer zones with mixed equipment
  • Unprotected access in tight layouts

What is at stake? Injuries, damaged goods, and unplanned downtime. These risks are especially common in greenfield facilities built for scale and in brownfield environments, where people and machines work in close proximity.

Goods often move directly from conveyor systems to palletizing zones. This transition is a key focus in our approach to palletizing and load handling protection.

Integrated safety in warehouse conveyor systems

Material flow doesn’t operate in isolation. It connects to sorting, palletizing, and picking. That means your safety strategy needs to be connected as well. Axelent helps you create safe transitions between systems, protect goods in motion, and build a unified safety setup that supports your entire process. Explore how we support safety across key areas in the flow below.

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Automated Material Handling Systems

Automated material handling systems keep goods moving efficiently and at scale. But high speeds and heavy loads can lead to safety blind spots, especially where people interact with automation such as at vertical lifts, pick zones, and transfer points. Axelent helps secure these areas with modular guarding, impact protection and pedestrian barriers that protect without slowing the flow.

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Warehouse Conveyor Systems

Conveyors are essential for material flow but can create hazards at entry points, crossovers and high-traffic zones. Axelent delivers safety systems that adapt to your layout, safeguard access points and keep people protected while goods keep moving.

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Safety solutions for conveyor systems and material handling

Axelent’s safety solutions make warehouse conveyor systems safer without reducing efficiency. We help secure key touchpoints while supporting smooth operations, regulatory compliance and safe maintenance access. Our modular systems are built to protect without disrupting your flow.

Our safety solutions help you:

  • Block access to hazardous areas using our guard fencing
  • Separate walkways and transfer points with our impact protection barriers
  • Adjust easily to layout changes, expansions, or system upgrades

Conveyors frequently connect to sortation zones where continued flow and protection are critical. We cover this in more detail under sorting systems risk prevention.

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Compliance from the start

Adding safety late in the process often means redesigns, delays and extra costs. Axelent builds conveyor safety to comply with the EU Machinery Directive, EN 619, EN ISO 13855, EN ISO 13857, ISO 14120 and/or ANSI B11.19. We combine guarding, access control and zoning based on EN 619’s area concept to make validation and approval easier without disrupting operations.

Learn more about safety standards in the Axelent Safety Book

Get in touch with us

Any questions about warehouse automation safety? Do you want to discuss your project or get tailored advice? Our safety specialists are here to guide you every step of the way. Axelent helps you create safety that works in sync with your robotics. Send us your layout and we’ll help you design a solution that protects your people without slowing down the process.







Jess Davies
Jess Davies

Axelent Ltd

Customer Success Lead

Johanna Fuller
Johanna Fuller

Axelent Ltd

UK Global Accounts Manager

Sam Hagar
Sam Hagar

Axelent Ltd

Area Sales Manager | East & Midlands

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