TetherX for Manufacturing // FACTORIES // PROCESS PLANTS // FABRICATION
From the perimeter fence to the RIDDOR file, on one platform.
Scrap and copper walk off the yard after hours. A forklift near-miss needs signing off for the insurer by Friday. A despatch is disputed and nobody can say what left the bay. TetherX puts the perimeter, the production floor, the loading bay and the plant rooms on one timeline, so the answer is a signed clip away rather than a morning lost to a recorder scrub.
Quote routed direct to a TetherX-accredited local installer who deploys on industrial sites - no central sales call.
A shift on the production floor
Accreditations across the TetherX installer network
TetherX partners hold the accreditations security-procurement buyers and insurers filter on. Coverage varies by partner.
Counts reflect partners currently in the TetherX directory holding each accreditation.
From a near-miss on the line to a signed file the insurer accepts.
A guard removed from a machine, a forklift that came too close to a pedestrian, a slip on a wet line - on a DVR that is half a morning lost to scrubbing and a USB stick nobody trusts. On TetherX it is a bookmarked clip, a signed link and an audit trail, built in the time it takes to write up the incident.
RIDDOR-ready incident files
Bookmark the moment, attach the floor camera and the access event, and share a signed link with the SHEQ manager and the insurer. The audit log records every view and download - the chain of custody a RIDDOR investigation and an underwriter both ask for.
Insurer-friendly chain of custody
Every share is a signed, time-bounded URL with revocable access. The provenance argument with the insurer ends before it starts. No DVR export, no recorder driven to a loss adjuster, no clip that came off a USB stick.
Process & quality disputes
Was the line running to spec? Did the part ship damaged or arrive that way? Pull the floor and goods-out footage against the work order or despatch note, so a customer dispute is settled on evidence rather than on who shouts loudest.
Shift-handover & toolbox review
Review the night shift from anywhere and surface the deviations - a guard left off, a spill not signed off, a forklift on the wrong aisle. Use the clip in the next toolbox talk instead of a memo nobody reads.
PPE in the zone. People out of the machine area. Fire doors where they should be.
On a factory floor the camera is only half the answer. TetherX pairs on-device AI with environmental sensors so the alert lands the moment it matters - a missing hi-vis in a marked zone, a person inside a guarded machine area, smoke building in a process bay - not when someone reviews the footage a day later.
On-device AI: PPE & restricted-area alerts
On-device AI flags a worker without hi-vis in a marked zone, or someone on foot in a forklift lane - the SHEQ lead gets the clip, not a near-miss report after the fact. Draw a zone around a press, robot cell or guarded line and the same analytics that watch the perimeter alert the moment someone steps inside during a run.
Smoke & heat sensor integration
Integrate smoke and heat sensors in process areas, spray booths and chemical stores onto the same timeline as the camera that overlooks them. An overheating bearing or a smouldering offcut surfaces as a named event next to the footage that explains it.
Propped-fire-door & tamper alerts
A fire door wedged open on a hot shift, a camera covered or moved, an after-hours perimeter intrusion at the scrap bay - all surface as named events on the same timeline as the footage, with live audio talkdown a click away.
From a single fabrication unit to a multi-plant group
TetherX is open by design: the cameras already across the plant keep working, and the group sees every site on one login - not a recorder password per factory and a spreadsheet to track them.
Keep The Cameras Already Across The Plant
TetherX is open by design. The TetherBox bridge connects to 1,000+ integrations and any ONVIF device, so the cameras already on the production floor, the gantries and the yard keep working - no rip-and-replace, no capital write-off, no asset register to redo. Add cloud, AI and a signed evidence audit log to the kit you already paid for.
- Works with the cameras already on the wall - 1,000+ integrations and ONVIF
- Open API for MES, ERP and the line - tie a clip to a work order, a batch or a goods-out record
- Health monitoring per camera, per disk, per plant - find a dead camera before the auditor does
Installs Without Stopping The Line
The TetherBox bridge sits next to the existing recorder and installs in 5 min per site - no production shutdown, no line stoppage, no engineer crawling the gantries during a run. Edge recording survives a network drop: footage keeps writing locally on the TetherBox and syncs to the cloud once the link returns, so a switch reboot or a fibre fault on the estate never costs you the clip the insurer wants.
- TetherBox bridge installs in 5 min per plant - no production shutdown needed
- Edge recording survives a network drop - footage writes locally, then syncs when the link returns
- Outbound-only connection - no inbound port on the plant network, no camera on the open Internet
The questions after the safety walk-round
Once the SHEQ lead is happy, the plant manager, the security manager and group IT want the rest: who stops the metal walking off after hours, how do we cover the night shift, where does the data sit, and can we run every plant from one login.
Perimeter & yard against metal theft
Scrap, copper, finished goods and offcuts walk off the yard after hours. Line-crossing, loitering and intrusion analytics on the perimeter and scrap bay alert the keyholder direct - and live audio talkdown through compatible speakers ends most after-hours intrusions before a guard rolls.
Loading bay against the despatch record
Goods-in and goods-out cameras tied to access events on one timeline. A disputed despatch, a short delivery, a damaged pallet - jump straight from the work order or the despatch note to the footage of what actually left the bay, instead of a multi-day recorder scrub.
Lone-worker cover on the night shift
A lone operator in a remote plant room, a night-shift fitter on a quiet line - pair the camera with access events and audio analytics so a slip, a raised voice or a no-show surfaces as an alert. The duty manager gets a notification, not a missing-person worry at handover.
Contractor & visitor sign-in tied to the camera
Visitor-management and access-control integrations log who is on site against the camera that saw them arrive. Lapsed inductions and unbadged contractors surface as exceptions - useful for the audit visit, essential for the incident investigation months later.
Search a shift of footage with smart filters
Smart video search filters across every camera and every plant by object, colour, zone and time - a vehicle near the goods-out door after 6pm - instead of scrubbing four recorders. The audit log captures the query and the named user.
Cloud, on-prem or hybrid - your choice
Store on the TetherBox at the plant, in regional cloud, or both for redundancy. The bridge keeps recording locally if the site link drops, then syncs once it is back. AES-256 at rest, TLS 1.2+ in transit; cloud infrastructure is ISO 27001 / SOC 2 attested at the infra level via Wasabi.
Manufacturers like Aspen Pumps and Oregon already run their sites this way - the perimeter, the production floor and the plant rooms on one cloud dashboard, on the cameras already on the wall. Your accredited installer will scope what the same deployment looks like on your plant.
Adaptive recording for plant uptime
Line, dock, plant room - estate-wide rollup.
Plant exterior, dock and inbound on one timeline.
Manufacturing platform brief
Get the manufacturing platform brief by email.
Perimeter and yard protection, signed health-and-safety evidence, PPE and restricted-area AI, loading-bay audit and multi-plant oversight - the full brief for plant managers, SHEQ leads and group IT. PDF, in your inbox before you go.
No sales call; your email stays with us. We route serious enquiries through accredited local TetherX installers.
How TetherX stands out for manufacturing
Perimeter, line and access on one platform - across one plant or many.
One platform, one bill
Video, access control and intruder alerts on one dashboard, one app, one bill - not three systems from three vendors.
Records through any outage
The TetherBox records full-rate on-site. A plant WAN or 4G drop never loses footage - it syncs when the link returns.
Your retention, full 4K
Set retention per camera at full 4K - long on incident and line-side cameras, short elsewhere. No pricing-band retention cap.
Keep your own ARC
Connect your existing monitoring station for out-of-hours response - Immix, Sentinel, CONXTD, MASterMind, Bold Patriot Manitou, Stages and others. Any ARC software can connect via a generic link - no special integration required. No forced SOC switch.
Built in the UK and Australia
Built in the UK and Australia. Local representatives in Canada and India. EU, North America and APAC supported. Your data stays in your region (UK, AU, CA, IN, EU, NA, APAC).
Ringfence legacy cameras
Existing cameras (including Hikvision and Dahua) stay reachable behind the TetherBox, off the public Internet - phase NDAA-compliant replacement on your budget cycle. NDAA-ready options include Hanwha Vision, Axis, Avigilon, Pelco, Bosch.
What plant managers ask before they switch
SHEQ lead chasing a USB stick off the floor recorder before the insurer call?
Bookmark the near-miss, share a signed link - the audit log writes itself.
A TetherX-accredited local installer scopes your plant and quotes a project price.
Ready to scope your plant?
Tell us roughly how many sites, lines and cameras you have today. We route your enquiry direct to a TetherX-accredited installer who deploys on industrial sites - no central sales call.
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