As a safety measure, the operating lever is protected by a metal guard.

This measure is used to ensure that the lever can only be moved with the use of the fingertips and that it cannot therefore be operated through an involuntary impact or a fall of the operator.

Furthermore, as a further form of safety, the operation of SICMI presses requires that the lever, when pushed forward, raises the cylinder, while if it is pushed towards the operator, the cylinder descends.

This means that even in the event of the operator accidentally falling and involuntarily hitting the lever, the latter would be pushed forward and raise the cylinder and not the other way around.

In fact it is clear that only the descent of the cylinder is dangerous, while its ascent never involves risks for the user.