Fine dust
PM2.5From sanding, cutting, welding and printing. The particles most closely linked to lung and heart disease.
Seeing the unseen.All shift, every shift.
See the air you work in.
Continuous workplace monitoring for dust, mist, vapours and noise. HEXmon tracks conditions on the shop floor around the clock, so you can see when exposure rises, what caused it, and whether your controls are working.
Meet the team
Engineering Lead
Steve Thompson
Time-served mechanical engineer and inventor of the HEXmon sensor.
- Extensive, practical shopfloor experience.
- Problem solver and advocate of process improvements that cut unnecessary waste.
- Patented and patent-pending technologies that reduce cost and risk in metalworking fluid environments, from better swarf recycling to improved fluid management.
- Enabler of IoT technologies for smarter, more efficient factory operations.
Science Lead
Dr Gareth Evans
Ex-Principal Scientist at HSE Laboratories, Buxton. Expert in metalworking fluid health risks.
- Occupational health researcher: toxicology, respiratory and skin disease, and the health effects of workplace hazards.
- Worked closely with manufacturing, the Advanced Manufacturing Centre (Sheffield), the Manufacturing Technology Centre (Coventry) and the Graphene Institute, University of Manchester.
- Technical advisor to the UKLA Product Stewardship Safety Group, authors of the UKLA Good Practice Guide for Safe Handling and Disposal of Metalworking Fluids.
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Where it fits
A monitor, not a compliance test.
What HEXmon does
- Monitors one area continuously, from a fixed position.
- Shows when and where levels change, by shift, by process and over months.
- Gives day-to-day evidence of whether extraction and other controls are working.
What it doesn't do
- Measure what an individual worker breathes. That needs personal exposure monitoring.
- Replace your COSHH assessment, LEV examination or HSE inspections.
- Act as a reference-grade instrument. Its sensors are indicative.
HEXmon tells you when to look and whether your controls are working. Your inspections tell you whether you're compliant. You need both.
- 15 µg/m³
- The WHO 24-hour guideline for PM2.5. The WHO is clear there is no level known to be completely safe.
- 12,000
- Lung disease deaths a year in Great Britain estimated by the HSE to be linked to past exposure at work.
- 24 / 7
- How often HEXmon measures. Spikes happen in minutes, so a once-a-year survey can miss them.
What it measures
One sensor, five readings, all day and night.
PM10
Coarser dust
From machining and material handling. Irritates eyes, nose and throat.
TVOC
Volatile organic compounds
From solvents, adhesives, coatings and heated plastics, as one combined reading.
dBA
Noise
Shows which areas run loud and when, so you know where a proper noise assessment is due.
°C, %RH
Conditions
Temperature, humidity and atmospheric pressure, which affect comfort and how dust and vapours behave.
How it works
From sensor to decision.
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Fit the sensor
Mounted in the area you want to understand. It starts reporting straight away, day and night.
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See every shift
Readings split by your shift pattern, with WHO and HSE reference lines. Add notes to tie a spike to its cause.
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Check your changes work
Long-term trends show whether extraction, process changes or better housekeeping are bringing levels down.
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Seeing the unseen
Find out what your air is doing.
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