Floor solutions for cold storage

Floor solutions for cold storage

Duyên Ngọc 2 March, 2023 0 Comments blog

The success of a food processing facility is the quality of the product. In order to ensure that the amount of product produced is stored in a safe and hygienic environment, cold storage is an essential place to prevent conditions such as spoilage of finished products, leading to shortages or shortages. wasted product already produced. Cold storage uses specialized equipment, so it requires a complete and standard construction process to ensure the ability to store food of cold storage.

Introduction

Cold storage, cold room is a particularly important area in places such as factories producing food, dairy, seafood, seeds, supermarkets, restaurants…. or any other related business. to food, with the aim of keeping the food source usable for a long time. Food will be stored at the optimal temperature to ensure food safety and hygiene, limit waste, and meet required safety standards. One of the factors that determines the success or failure of the construction of a cold room is the floor system. Cold storage floors need to at least meet criteria such as, withstand cold and freezing temperatures, withstand heavy loads, resist chemicals, ensure hygiene.

Critical factors when choosing a floor for cold storage

1. Chemical resistant

In the food processing environment, there will be acids from food that affect the durability of the floor. Therefore, it is necessary to choose to use flooring that is resistant to some chemicals and acids such as PU flooring.

2. Thermal shock resistant

Cold storage often requires floors with a high degree of thermal shock resistance. The ability to resist thermal shock depends a lot on the chemical base and structure of the floor paint. The thickness and adhesion of the paint layer to the concrete are also factors affecting the thermal shock resistance of the cold storage floor, the higher the temperature difference, the greater the thickness should be, and the more durable the adhesion is. Cold storage floors are more resistant to thermal shock.

3. Hygiene

Hygiene is the most important issue in food processing facilities. To ensure the hygiene of the cold storage floor, should choose a seamless floor system – no grout, easy to clean. In addition, depending on the cleaning needs of the business, different cleaning methods will require compatible floor coverings. For example, with the cold storage floor of a supermarket to preserve fresh food, it is necessary to clean with cleaning chemicals, it is necessary to use a chemical resistant floor, with the cold storage floors of the industrial food production units. Large tissue needs to use hot water for cleaning, the more attention is needed to the thermal shock resistance of the floor. In addition, it is also necessary to pay attention to the construction materials of the walls and columns of the cold storage to ensure the cleanliness of the floor.

4. Consider about the substrate

Usually there will be concrete floors for these areas, however there are places where it will be possible to use metal. Metal is very sensitive to temperature, so it is necessary to have a secure coating to keep the substrate from being damaged during the use of cold storage. It is advisable to ask the experts in this case to get a perfect cold storage floor.

5. Anti slip

Because of the priority of the seamless floor surface and the wet and humid working characteristics of cold storage, investing in a floor with good slip resistance is of great concern. The anti-slip floor finish will be suitable for areas such as small freezer rooms, cold source generators, large cold storage, to prevent slipping of workers and equipment.

6. Wear resistant

Cold storage floors are subject to many impacts such as wear and tear of machinery and equipment, heavy loads, chemicals. With harsh environments, building a cold storage floor that resists mechanical wear is well worth the investment.

Using Stonhard’s PU coating for cold storage flooring

The construction of a cold storage floor to ensure food hygiene and safety, to meet the strict requirements of food quality and hygiene, it is necessary to consult the leading experts on industrial floors to be able to meet the requirements. floor requirements. Stonhard provides specialized PU flooring solutions for cold storage because of the hardness, durability and especially the ability to withstand thermal shock of PU-based materials. Stonhard PU flooring is provided with outstanding resistance to rapid and high temperature changes. Moreover, products of Stonhard achieve HACCP certification to ensure the highest food hygiene and safety.