Ideal doors for the food industry? Fast and easy to clean!

The German Federal Association of Food Inspectors (BVLK) explicitly recommends the EFA-SRT® EC "Easy Clean" from EFAFLEX. They are fast and easy to clean. Their design is intended to prevent dirt from sticking to them and to allow easy access for sanitation, including the interior area. This is facilitated by easily removable covers for the frames, curtains, and motor. All water from sanitation drains into the side frames, thereby preventing contamination of the space under the door leaf itself.

EFA-SST® TK-100 – The best insulation properties ("U" – value 0.62 W/m²K at a size of 4.0 × 4.5 m), patented heated slats separated from the heated frame EFA-AFM® with an active guide rail preventing freezing, and an opening speed of 2 m/s make these doors the number one choice for freezers. Additionally, the doors can be installed from both the warm and cold sides of the operation.

EFA-SST® ISO-60 – Very fast doors for refrigeration facilities with maximum thermal insulation ("U" – value 0.8 W/m²K at a size of 6.0 × 6.0 m) and EFA-THERM® slats 60 mm thick. The opening speed is 2.5 m/s.
The design of EFAFLEX doors for food processing plants maximally takes into account the requirements for appropriate shape geometry, cleanliness, and easy access not only to external but also to internal surfaces, for instance, through the option of easily releasing the covers of frame lids and flipping them away. The door frame is made of food-grade stainless steel and the flexible curtain is made of fabric suitable for use in the food industry. The doors themselves are not a source of any contamination, such as spontaneous leakage of lubricants or other fillings.

Why Door Speed Is Important

A significant feature of EFAFLEX doors is their extraordinary speed of movement during opening and closing, thus minimizing the time the doors remain open. With rapid opening and closing, the airflow does not have time to change, which minimizes not only potential heat (or cold) loss but primarily undesirable contamination by bacteria or fungi. The functional advantage of EFAFLEX doors as hygienic barriers can be found particularly in areas with controlled air quality and flow, where it is necessary to prevent air mixing between two spaces with different hygienic requirements (e.g., between a hygienic and a non-hygienic zone).

The benefits of EFAFLEX doors also include the option to choose from several different methods for controlling their automatic operation, not only as a means to minimize contamination (no handles – no grips) but also as a way to eliminate bad human habits, such as not closing doors.

The functional advantages of EFAFLEX doors for food processing plants are appreciated by both large food companies like MADETA or BUDĚJOVICKÝ BUDVAR, as well as smaller local producers, such as the family business MALÝ VINAŘ. Successful installations of EFAFLEX high-speed doors, which are growing every year, confirm that these doors are successfully keeping up with new food trends and the continually tightening hygienic requirements for these operations.