Keeping your meters safe with right electric meter security seals to protect revenue.

Safcon Seals Pvt Ltd, a Kolkata based ISO 9001:2015 certified security seal company, offers a wide range of innovative patented security seals for energy meters, meter boxes, meter terminal covers, CT-PT and transformers etc., to provide highest level of protection and prevention of meter tampering and power theft. Safcon is a professional manufacturer of tamper evident security seals in India and exports their quality products worldwide. Safcon is the first manufacturers of Polycarbonate security seals and their patented Metgrip Polycarbonate security seal is most popular meter security seal.

Safcon’s three varieties of seals - (a) Metgrip Polycarbonate Security Seals; (b) Meter Sentry Cable Security Seals and (c) Securelab Tamper Resistant Security Label Seals (popularly known as Paper Seals or sticker seals) - have combined to design a system that provides ultra-high security to all energy meters.

Metgrip Polycarbonate Security Seal is a low cost combination of high strength transparent, polycarbonate body and non-corrosive non-magnetic pull-resistant stainless steel sealing wire that offers great strength and security, tool-less application and transparent tamper indicative locking mechanism. It is especially developed for electric meters, meter box applications. The Metgrip Polycarbonate seal is designed for single use and cannot be accidentally opened. Cutting pliers required to cut the sealing wire for removal. Its transparent body gives a complete visualisation of its sealing mechanism. This mechanism is the most critical part of the seal, since most of tampering occurs at this part. Moreover, if the body is transparent, the sign of internal tampering will be easily detected. Each seal is provided with hi-relief embossed customer’s logo and non-repeat highly visible seven digit unique highly visible serial numbering. The seals are provided with hi-relief embossed in-moulding utility’s logo to resist duplication of security seal. The serial numbering is thermo engraved which is deeply penetrated into seal body and cannot be manipulated for malpractice. Metgrip Seal is a patented seal and cannot be copied by other manufacturers.

Meter Sentry Cable Security Seal is a patented barrier security seal to secure utility meters, for HT/LT connections, transformers; meter boxes etc., for protecting them from tampering and prevent power theft. Each seal is supplied with a locking key. Just insert cable end through cross-drilled hole and tighten the locking key until locking key handle breaks. Once locked it is a key-less lock and can be opened only by cutting the cable. These can withstand 8000 F temperature and there is no way to open the seal with the use of any chemical, petrol, etc. The body is made of aluminum alloy and the stainless steel cable is used for sealing wire purpose. The cable seal is provided with customer logo, unique consecutive seven digit serial number, barcode and hidden security mark. The shear-off locking mechanism is foolproof.

Securelab Tamper Resistant Security Label Seals informs the public of the safety risks and legal implications of tampering with electric meters and utility apparatus, plus provides an auxiliary seal. Use of the ‘right material’ ensures over 10-year life, wide temperature extremes and exposure to UV light. The security seal is imprinted with the utility’s logo and a warning message in any language. Each Security Label is serialised for unique identification. The tamper evident label seals provide an indication of tampering when removal is attempted. The security seal is provided with invisible unique security marks readable by special hand-held detector devices for authentication and to make out duplicate seals.

The success of meter protection and power theft control largely depends on: Selection of right security seal; selection of reliable professional manufacturer; procurement procedures; safeguarding of specifications; storage and issuing; correct application and disposal; inspection protocol; motivation; auditing techniques.

These are individual links of a chain and if any one link is weak, desired or expected results cannot be achieved.

Rajesh Kumar Banka is Director of Safcon Seals Pvt Ltd, Kolkata and has more than two decades’ experience in international security seal business. He can be reached by email sales@safcon.co.in