Ways To Ensure Clean And Controlled Door Access For Food Production In Langhorne, Pa

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There is so much we can learn from Philadelphia’s success in the food production industry. Considering its achievements and attainments to be recognized such as:

• National leader in the importation of perishable goods
• Regionally it is one of the leading gateways for food products in the United States
• It has the largest contiguous refrigerated produce terminal in North America - Philadelphia Wholesale Produce Market

Strategic location, access to market, regional snapshots, talented workforce, innovation and entrepreneurship, and quality of life, that makes Philadelphia a haven for many who are in search of a clean and controlled door specifically in the food production business.

Whether you are finding a door for food industry application in Philadelphia, planning to invest in another high-performance roll-up door, or you want to upgrade all your roll-up doors to a more advanced state of the art high-performance roll-up door, then you are in the right place. But before we discuss high-performance roll-up doors, here is some basic overview of food production and high-performance ...
... roll-up doors.

What is food production?

Food production is a complex process of converting raw ingredients into prepared food products. Food production takes raw food products and transforms them into marketable food items which include different food industry sectors such as:
• Agriculture
• Foodservice
• Manufacturing
• Food processing
• Wholesale and food distribution
• Grocery, markets, and other retailing
• Research and development

Why is food production important?

Basically, as humans, we need to eat food. Without food, we die. We have long been challenged on how to process our food production in the most efficient way to sustain our most vital essential need.

For many thousands of years, where people collect their food from the wild to the present age of biotechnology with genetic manipulation of crops, humans have made rapid advancements in the food production industry.

Nowadays, modern, organized, and efficient food production is the backbone of population growth and the development of cities and towns, trade, and other essential elements of human progress. In short, without food production, our human existence would cease to exist.

Overhead Door Company of Philadelphia a division of DuraServ, its employees with over 40 years of experience represents some of the most knowledgeable people you’ll find in the loading dock and door industry offers one of their latest high performance roll-up commercial doors for the food production industry- Dynaco the Streamline model.

How to choose doors for the food processing business?

As compared to any ordinary door in the food production business, our top-notch high-quality doors have specific standards and specifications meeting certain hygiene and sanitation requirements ensuring optimum operating efficiency and performance.

Here are some of the key considerations in more detail:

1. High Protection Against Contaminants and Pests.

First, contamination from bacteria and other external elements are the top priorities in food processing facilities. To lessen bacterial contamination, it is important to have a seamless and impervious door that prevents germ build-up on cracks in the door's surface or any of its hard-to-clean gaps.

Secondly, door surfaces should be waterproof and smooth to allow easy cleaning and disinfection thoroughly and regularly.

Third, they should be durable enough to endure impact from traffic and vigorous cleaning procedures such as aggressive cleaning chemicals, very hot water, and steams.

Lastly, another important consideration is its temperature levels. Keeping the temperature levels balanced, and easy accessibility for goods and workers while minimizing air exchange should be implemented.

Doors should be automated and airtight offering a higher degree of air management to improve temperature control and reduce cross-contamination.

Our high performance doors Philadelphia service office offers our Dynaco the Streamline model, ‘The World's Slimmest Interior High Performance Door’, a high performance door for outstanding environmental control through the use of its state of the art technology. Designed for applications where cleanliness and/or aesthetics are critical features such as:
• Keep contaminants and airborne particles out-superior seal/full perimeter of the door
• Minimize open time: 120 in/s opening speed - 24 in/s closing speed
• Energy savings and limited air leakage- excellent seal and patented side guides

Ideally, best for applications like food processing, general warehousing, and refrigeration & cold storage where hygiene, cleanliness, and sanitation are top priorities.

2. Enhanced Safety and Productivity

Standardized door size for food production facilities should be installed to allow easy access to workers, vehicles, and equipment.

Fast doors or automatic doors can be beneficial for high traffic areas where food items and products are being transferred. They minimize exposure from dust, contamination, and draughts while also increasing production efficiency and saving energy costs. Additionally, automated doors help keeps the workers safe and prevents door damage due to collisions from vehicles or forklifts.

Our Dynaco Streamline model is designed to increase the safety and productivity of the workers:
• fast door: Opening Speed- 48 in/s and closing speed- 24 in/s
• built Standard Dimensions: 12′ W x 12′ H
• flexible curtain without rigid elements avoids injuries and damages
• wireless DYNACO detector with reversing edge on the bottom of the door
• built-in infrared sensors inside guide 12” from floor
• anti-roll off detector ensure proper closing
• no coil cords

3. Type of Materials

High performance and long-lifespan durability can be achieved by using the most ideal door materials.

FRP doors, use these types of materials: steel, laminate or glass-reinforced plastic (GRP), and timber.

GRP doors, provide high quality hygienic performance much better than its steel or timber counterparts.

The DYNACO Streamline high-performance door incorporates:
• smooth composite materials: virtually free of exposed fasteners
• side guides (outer) formed galvanized structural channels: 2 1/16”x 1 ½” x 1/8”
• curved composite drum cover and lateral side cover (standard type)
• inner side guides: extruded low friction polyethylene PE-UHMW 1000. 10” composite drive drum

4. Lifecycle Costs

Hygienically speaking, GRP doors are better valued as compared to their competitors.

Hygienic GRP doors are required to comply with all the latest manufacturing practice (GMP) requirements in the food industry. They should be designed and engineered to have seamless, smooth construction, making cleaning easy, convenient, and bacteria free.

Additionally, the GRP door surface and core should be water-resistant, warp rust, and rot free, when exposed to disinfectants. Doors should be flexible and can be supplied and installed with several options for automation, access control, and airtight sealing alternatives to suit each opening.

The Streamline model is hygienically engineered to perform seamlessly, totally clean-free, and with fully smooth construction:

• Side Guide: made of structural channels of 2 1/16″ x 1 1/2″ x 1/8″ in galvanized steel
• Inner Side Guide: polyethylene (PE-UHMW 1000); outer section 9/16” x 9/16”
• Side Guide Covers: composite

5. Aesthetically look and Unique Design

Attractive doors project company character and helps marketing strategies by promoting company products and its services. Besides, a good-looking door creates a positive ambient-working environment that increases employee productivity and saves a lot of money.

Additionally, Streamline’s sleek, attractive, and unobtrusive profile minimizes clearance and projection requirements at the same time simplifying cleaning procedures. Sharp angles and exposed fasteners are virtually eliminated:

• Door Curtain: reinforced PVC (27 oz/sq.yd)/Continuous Sealing Bead
• Design: flexible weighted soft bottom edge
• Colors: available in different colors

Let our Dynaco Streamline Philadelphia team of door specialists help you in choosing and making that decision with your high-speed and high-performance commercial doors for your food production facility in Philadelphia. We sell, design, install, and service everything we provide – and do it better than most. Our mission is “to be the most trusted sales and service distributor in our market” and we live by it!

At Overhead Door Company of Philadelphia, a division of DuraServ Corp, we are a division of the largest distributor in the world for the leading manufacturers of loading dock equipment and hi-speed doors:
• Most trusted in the Market
• Over 35 years of experience
• Fully trained and certified technicians
• One customer-one contact’ for all service needs
• 24/7/365 Availability
• Large Retails

To learn more about us, you may contact us at 215-352-4805, or through our website.

Contact High Speed Doors Team Philadelphia for your service requests, or visit us at our Service Areas: Philadelphia, Bensalem, Allentown, Reading, King of Prussia, Levittown, Langhorne, Doylestown, PA and surrounding cities in Pennsylvania.