GN 1580 Stainless Steel-Nuts / Stainless Steel-Screws are intended for use in hygiene areas. The sealed flange surface enables components to be mounted without dead spaces. The high quality finish as well as the large corner radii and closed surfaces prevent adherence of dirt and facilitate cleaning.
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Why Hygienic Design?
In the food industry, medical technology and the pharmaceutical industry, product safety and consumer protection are becoming increasingly important. Due to their specific properties, standard parts in Hygienic Design can assist the production process in these sensitive areas and facilitate the manufacture of products with a long shelf life, which are free from preservatives.
Advantages of Hygienic Design
Less and shorter cleaning work (this can be up to 25 % of the production time), therefore
- more time available for production
- less fresh water consumption
- lower energy consumption
- less cleaning agent required
- less production of waste water
- lower total costs and saving of resources
Legal basis of Hygienic Design
EN 1672-2:2009 “Food machinery”
Machines must be able to be cleaned, i.e. they must be designed and constructed so that dirt can be removed with the recommended cleaning methods.
Machinery directive 2006/42/EC
Machines must be designed so that
- materials can be easily and fully cleaned before each use and
- no risk of infections or illness is created.
DIN EN ISO 14519:2008-07
Hygiene requirements for the design of machines
DIN EN 1672:2009-07
Food machinery – General design principles – Part 2
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Design requirements for Hygienic Design
Material
- Non-rusting Stainless Steels
- FDA and EU compliant plastics and elastomers
Surfaces
- Surfaces must be able to be cleaned
- Steps due to appliance configurations which are not aligned must be avoided
- Seals must be designed so that no gaps occur
- O-ring grooves must be hygienically designed
- Contact with the product to be manufactured must be ruled out
- Corners should preferably have a radius of 6 mm or more
Design / Geometry
The interior and exterior areas of all appliances, components or piping must be self-draining or be able to be drained and easy to clean.
Surface properties and roughness
Easy to clean with Ra < 0.8 μm
