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Hygienic Design for Food Safety
Hygiene is an important activity in food-producing companies, especially when it comes to cleaning the production machines. When designing the machines BAKON produces, careful consideration is given to cleaning the machines.
Hygiene is a key focus in making the machine as easy to clean as possible, which is an important question during the engineering phase. Since time is precious, easier and therefore faster cleaning is a plus for the machine. Faster and easier cleaning not only saves time but also enhances hygiene by reducing water usage. This also makes BAKON’s machines more environmentally friendly, perfectly aligning with sustainable business operations. Many of the parts that are in contact with the product can be put in the dishwasher after disassembly, ensuring optimal hygiene.
Good cleanability is an extension of food safety and hygiene. Food safety is becoming an increasingly important social issue, requiring food-producing companies to meet stricter hygiene standards regarding their production processes and the materials that come into contact with the product. Ensuring hygiene throughout the production process is essential for maintaining trust and meeting regulatory demands.
For BAKON, this means that all machines must comply with all applicable food safety and hygiene standards. Our engineers are fully aware of the current regulations and standards. All materials and parts used in the BAKON machines are therefore provided with a certificate in accordance with EC1935/2004.
With machines from BAKON, you can easily comply with the applicable hygiene requirements and regulations now and in the future.
Key features and benefits
- High-quality stainless steel
- Quality mark materials
- Rounded corners where possible
- Etching instead of adhesive materials
- Seamless rubber sealing strips
- Use of easily detectable blue materials
- Smooth easy-to-clean hoses
- Protective doors for operational panels
- Cabinet stands and sloped tops
- Work according to EC 1935/2004 Eur. legislation
RUBBER SEALING STRIPS
The blue rubber sealing strips for e.g. the electrical cabinets are seamless, making them watertight and easy to clean.
BLUE MATERIALS
All parts and FCM’s, such as cutting tables, conveyors cords, hoses, cables, rubber sealing strips, rings, etc are for food safety reasons where possible made in the color blue because of the high visibility and rapid identification.
SMOOTH HOSE
Where possible, smooth hoses are used instead of corrugated hoses to prevent the buildup of product residues and dirt.
CABINET STANDS
Cabinets (and other machine parts) are placed on stands to avoid accumulation of dirt in corners and between the different machine components.
SLOPED TOP
Machine cabinets are constructed of a sloped top to prevent accumulation of water and/or contamination.
PROTECTIVE DOOR
The operational panels with full color touch-screens are placed behind protection doors for hygienic reasons.
SCRAPERS FOR POLYCORDS
These scraping units ensure that the poly cords are cleaned of product residues. There are two available types: a fixed unit and a unit with retractable scrapers.
CLEANING UNITS
Where possible, our machines are equipped with integrated cleaning units, such as the cleaning unit of one of our Ultrasonic Cutting Machines shown above.
ETCHING INSTEAD OF STICKERS
Markings and decorations on our machines are etched into the surface of the machine instead of using stickers to prevent contamination.
CLEANING ASSISTANT
Using the built-in cleaning nozzles, machine parts can be cleaned automatically without having to disassemble or move certain parts of the machines.
BLUE BEARINGS
The bearings in our machines are easy to clean. Manufactured with approved and hygienic blue material and comply with all applicable industry food safety standards.
CERTIFIED SPRAY GUNS
Only certified spray guns are used for our Spraying Machines, this guarantees quality and suitability for the food industry.
PIPING INSIDE THE MACHINE
For example the piping of the BD Range machines is placed on the inside of the machines, making these machines easy to thoroughly clean. In addition, all parts of these machines are dishwasher safe.
FOOT PEDAL: SAFE AND CLEAN
The use of a foot pedal simplifies operation and promotes hygiene at the same time.
DISHWASHER SAFE
To promote hygiene, simplify cleaning and save labor time, most parts of our machines are dishwasher safe.
RORO SYSTEM* FOR EASY CLEANING
A RoRo system makes it very easy to change or disassamble the hopper of the Gearwheel Depositor for cleaning. The storage trolley is for fast and safe transport to the cleaning area.
* RoRo = Roll-on-roll-off system
QUICK, EASY DISASSEMBLY
Quick and simple disassembly of machinery facilitates and improves the cleaning process, thus lifting hygiene to a higher level.
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