Strip curtains help to improve health and safety
General purpose strip curtains offer a means of improving workplace health and safety by offering solutions for controlling dust, insects and temperature fluctuations.
Large volumes of pedestrian and vehicular traffic in food manufacturing facilities and retail stores lead to an associated ingress of unwanted elements, such as dust and insects.
Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) strip curtains are suitable for use in the food, pharmaceutical and heavy engineering industries, as control mechanisms against various foreign elements.
General purpose strip curtains from Apex are transparent, allowing improved visibility aimed at preventing accidental collisions between pedestrians and vehicles. In addition, the PVC material aims to provide durability and extend longevity.
Specific elements controlled by strip curtains include:
- Humidity
- Noise
- Temperature
- Hygiene
- Dust
- Insects
- Health
- Safety
In sensitive environments such as the pharmaceutical or printing industries, control of the level of humidity is critical to ensure the quality of finished products.
Noise pollution from machinery, such as in the printing and engineering environments, can be contained with PVC strip curtains with minimal obstruction or hindering of production.
Temperature control is crucial in food processing and handling facilities, such as the dairy industry, as well as in food preparation and storage, cold storage, freezer areas and in refrigerated trucks. In addition, the maintenance of hygiene in such facilities is also paramount. Strip curtains have been found to contribute towards both improved levels of hygiene and effective temperature control.
Local manufacturer, Apex, explains that its general purpose strip curtains have a patented reinforced edge, referred to as the Balledge, which provides an overlapping secure seal aimed at keeping in cold air while reducing the inflow of warm air, thus maintaining thermal control.
In pharmaceutical and chemical plants, PVC strip curtains are used to help ensure dust-free and hygienic manufacturing areas. The curtains are also used around pill packaging areas, in powder rooms, mixing rooms and warehouses.
In the food processing sector, strip curtains are used in wash areas, deboning sections, mixing rooms, vacuum packing facilities, holding and freezer rooms or delivery trucks, in order to reduce the influx of insects that are attracted to raw meat products.
Open areas at dust filtration and extraction units can also be enclosed using PVC strips. Additional applications are found in mine hostels, kitchens, food preparation areas and workshops.
Comments
Press Office
Announcements
What's On
Subscribe to improve your user experience...
Option 1 (equivalent of R125 a month):
Receive a weekly copy of Creamer Media's Engineering News & Mining Weekly magazine
(print copy for those in South Africa and e-magazine for those outside of South Africa)
Receive daily email newsletters
Access to full search results
Access archive of magazine back copies
Access to Projects in Progress
Access to ONE Research Report of your choice in PDF format
Option 2 (equivalent of R375 a month):
All benefits from Option 1
PLUS
Access to Creamer Media's Research Channel Africa for ALL Research Reports, in PDF format, on various industrial and mining sectors
including Electricity; Water; Energy Transition; Hydrogen; Roads, Rail and Ports; Coal; Gold; Platinum; Battery Metals; etc.
Already a subscriber?
Forgotten your password?
Receive weekly copy of Creamer Media's Engineering News & Mining Weekly magazine (print copy for those in South Africa and e-magazine for those outside of South Africa)
➕
Recieve daily email newsletters
➕
Access to full search results
➕
Access archive of magazine back copies
➕
Access to Projects in Progress
➕
Access to ONE Research Report of your choice in PDF format
RESEARCH CHANNEL AFRICA
R4500 (equivalent of R375 a month)
SUBSCRIBEAll benefits from Option 1
➕
Access to Creamer Media's Research Channel Africa for ALL Research Reports on various industrial and mining sectors, in PDF format, including on:
Electricity
➕
Water
➕
Energy Transition
➕
Hydrogen
➕
Roads, Rail and Ports
➕
Coal
➕
Gold
➕
Platinum
➕
Battery Metals
➕
etc.
Receive all benefits from Option 1 or Option 2 delivered to numerous people at your company
➕
Multiple User names and Passwords for simultaneous log-ins
➕
Intranet integration access to all in your organisation