Setting up a warehouse or industrial space from scratch or renovating one requires a lot of work. After you’ve stripped the place clean and removed any outdated equipment, there are several essential installations that you’ll need to make. While many sites share common ground in terms of installations, there are also industry-specific fittings that need to be made, such as strip curtains.
What are the benefits of installing strip curtains?
Strip curtains are a versatile environmental barrier that can be utilised in a wide range of different settings. They’re well-suited to temperature controlled areas, high-hygiene settings and other specialised sites with operational requirements.
This article will explore the sites where PVC strip curtains (and other materials) are most essential, so you can feel confident in this stage of your industrial setup.
Temperature-controlled industrial zones
PVC and plastic strip curtains can often be designed to seal effectively, making them great choices for temperature-controlled zones in workplaces. While not a primary solution, they’re generally utilised as secondary thermal airlocks, further ensuring that environments stay stable.
- Walk-in fridges and freezers can be better sealed when staff enters and exits with edible ingredients or pharmaceutical supplies.
- Cold storage and prep transitions in catering sites can also benefit from strip curtains as they keep climates from mixing.
- Loading bays often require additional temperature control, both to support stock integrity and to reduce energy consumption with temperature control.
Anywhere that you need to establish strict controls on temperature levels, heavy-duty PVC strip curtains will be a valuable addition to the evironment.
High-hygiene & food prep zones
Many workplaces require the utmost hygiene to ensure safety for staff and customers. Strip curtains are a great, lower-cost option for segregating the zones without the need for high-tech automatic doors.
- Food preparation and laboratories are great candidates for strip curtains, increasing your capacity to keep cross-contaminants and dirty elements at bay. Similarly, raw meat prep areas and prepared food can be further separated with curtain strips.
- Kitchen-to-service passages can install strip curtains as a means to keep smells, noise and heat from reaching guest areas while your servers carry through the goods.
- Washing areas should be sealed with strip curtains to keep steam and humidity within those zones, ensuring the further site doesn’t become damp or slippery.
- External service entrances can use strip curtains to act as a deterrent for flies, dust and birds that might otherwise make their way in.
Using strip curtains can significantly enhance hygiene in settings with high-sensitivity stock, such as food and pharmaceutical products.
Additional settings for strip curtains
Strip curtains aren’t only suitable for food prep and pharmaceutical sites, as they can also be used to similar effect in various other locations.
- Storage warehouses can easily build up with dust and debris that strip curtains can keep from spreading too far.
- Welding bays can use dark or amber-tinted, UV-resistant strips that protect other workers from retinal burns or arc eye.
- Anti-static ESD strips are used to manage airflow for hot and cold isles in data centres and server rooms, without the risk of static discharge causing electronic complications.
- Extra-thick, PVC curtain strips can be effective for keeping sound pollution at a minimum.
As you can see, if your requirements for hygiene, temperature control or sound containment are significant, there are plenty of different workplaces where strip curtains can make a significant difference.
Seek out a quality supplier
Make sure that any strip curtains you install come from a good supplier with a history in your industry. If you’re newer in your sector, it can be easy to get bamboozled by a general manufacturer. Keeping your wits about you and working with the best will ensure your get the best time and function to return on your investment.
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