C-MON-SAFE stems from a defining feature of MAT: it has been designed, over the years, as an enabling technology stack. Not just a platform that connects machines and collects data, but a foundation on which new value can be built. Within this context, Accessafe chose the MAT architecture to leverage its expertise in safety and turn specialized know-how into practical solutions for customers.
This is the most interesting aspect of the project. C-MON-SAFE shows that MAT is not a closed platform, but a modular ecosystem capable of integrating specific functionalities developed together with partners with deep domain expertise. Accessafe strengthened the safety component, 40Factory enabled the technological development, and the customer benefits from a more complete and effective solution. Around the software, Accessafe also delivers services, consulting, regulatory support, products, and operational assistance. This is how a platform truly grows: not by simply adding features, but by enabling other players to create value on a shared foundation.
From standards to operations
The need was clear: ensure operational continuity of risk analysis in line with ISO 12100. The starting point is always the same: hazards are identified, risks are assessed, and mitigation measures are defined. But once these activities are completed, a key question remains: how can you verify over time that those measures actually work? How do you detect a bypass? How do you document what happened in a reliable and verifiable way?
To answer these questions, Accessafe chose the MAT technology framework and 40Factory’s expertise to make it possible to bring safety into a data-driven approach.
C-MON-SAFE and SECURE-SAFE: two layers, one logic
From an architectural standpoint, the solution is structured into two components. C-MON-SAFE is the software integrated within the MAT environment that detects and manages safety events. SECURE-SAFE is a separate environment that collects and certifies high-severity events, along with their associated data and documentation.
This distinction is important because it clearly defines their roles: the first operates as an active module within MAT; the second acts as a certified repository, used when an event requires a higher level of retention, integrity, and evidential value.
“With C-MON-SAFE, we brought data into a field where it is still often managed in a fragmented or purely document-based way,” says Filippo Ghelfi, CTO of 40Factory. “The solution does more than flag an issue: it helps interpret it, track it, and manage it on a much more solid information base.”
How C-MON-SAFE works in practice
In operational terms, monitored events are configured based on risk analysis: they can be standard or tailored to the specific machine. Once defined, they are tracked over time, notified when needed, contextualized with process data and, in the most critical cases, stored in a certified form. The system not only detects anomalies, but places them within a clear, traceable, and verifiable technical history.
This approach is particularly useful for phenomena that do not appear as sudden failures, but as gradual deterioration or unauthorized changes. A practical example: a maintenance technician intervenes on a machine by bypassing a safety device or making a software modification. The system detects the software change, generates a high-severity event, and keeps a warning active until a supervisor formally acknowledges the anomaly and justifies its cause. The change is not just flagged: it is tied to a specific responsibility and a verifiable trace.
From detection to evidence: the role of SECURE-SAFE
When an event reaches a high level of severity, related data, video, and documents are transferred to SECURE-SAFE and stored in a certified and immutable way using blockchain technology. Each file receives a unique hash recorded on the blockchain, ensuring its integrity over time and strengthening its evidential value. This means the process does not stop at detecting the event: it continues through to building solid, verifiable evidence, useful in the event of audits, inspections, or disputes.
Alongside events, the system also enables certified storage of technical documentation, technical files, software logic, and training records. The repository is not just a passive archive, but an organized and verifiable access point to everything needed to understand the technical and documentary history of a machine or plant. This further enhances the value of C-MON-SAFE, linking event management to a broader service of documentation, traceability, and compliance support.
An ecosystem where partners can also build business
The strength of this development also lies in the model it represents. C-MON-SAFE shows that MAT allows third parties to generate added value through vertical modules, leveraging a platform already designed to accommodate them. For partners like Accessafe, this means not only enhancing their technological offering to customers, but also delivering their own specialized services within an established ecosystem: consulting, regulatory support, configuration, event customization, and commissioning support. C-MON-SAFE is therefore not just software: it is an entry point to a broader value proposition.
For 40Factory, this confirms a clear strategic direction: building an integrated platform where data, connectivity, and artificial intelligence act as the engine for new services and new business opportunities. For partners, it means finding not just a technology to build on, but a concrete space to develop their market. For customers, it means receiving more complete, more specialized solutions that are closer to the real needs of industrial automation.
“With C-MON-SAFE and SECURE-SAFE, we complete something we have been working towards for a long time: creating a system designed to cover the entire lifecycle of machine safety in day-to-day operations. Accessafe has always focused on machinery safety, from design through to ongoing maintenance. Having a software ecosystem capable of recording the real-time status of safety devices and producing verifiable evidence when something goes wrong closes a gap that previously remained open. The partnership with 40Factory allowed us to build on an already solid infrastructure and bring to market a concrete solution to make machine safety an observable, documented, and verifiable system.” Guido Citterio, CEO of Accessafe.
A project set to grow
“From a technical standpoint, C-MON-SAFE is a solution that makes safety more monitorable, traceable, verifiable, and manageable through data. But for us, it represents something more. To grow quickly and sustainably, 40Factory invests not only in the direct development of its own technologies, but also in strategic integrations that enrich the platform with complementary expertise. In this vision, MAT is not just a product: it is a technology enabler that allows other players to bring specialized modules to market, creating new business opportunities for 40Factory, its partners, and end customers,” says Camillo Ghelfi, CEO of 40Factory.
