In clean room environments, maintaining cleanliness, preventing contamination and ensuring smooth operations are top priorities. Because these environments must adhere to stringent hygiene standards, every design element is critical to ensuring safety and compliance. That’s why high-performance doors are designed with specialized materials and features ideal for controlled environments.
Compliant with Government Regulations. Some doors are engineered to meet USDA, FDA and cGMP standards, making them ideal for a variety of applications in food and beverage processing, as well as pharmaceutical and manufacturing industries. These doors meet hygienic standards for meat, poultry, dairy, seafood and other food applications, virtually eliminating potential sites for germ manifestation.
Easy-to-Clean Components. Many high-performance doors are engineered with composite or stainless steel parts that can withstand frequent cleaning and disinfection. These materials resist bacteria growth and allow for easy wipe-down or complete washdown cleaning.
Stainless steel components include bottom bars, removable side columns and motor covers, along with fully enclosed side frames and hood assemblies for superior contamination control.- Easy-to-clean composite material is corrosion-resistant, chemical-resistant and offers comparable aesthetics to stainless steel.
Tight seals. Clean room doors must close tightly to prevent air from leaking out or into the space. High-performance doors feature seals to minimize air exchange between areas and keep contaminants out to help maintain cleanliness.
They also feature minimal gaps to better seal the perimeter and withstand negative pressure. Some doors feature front and rear full-height vinyl seals, vinyl loop seals on the bottom bar and full-height weatherseals for a tight seal. Optional vulcanized windows help create a nearly airtight barrier, reducing particle infiltration.
In addition, Rytec high-performance doors can withstand industry standard 0.10″ W.C. of room pressurization to help reduce air leaks, prevent unwanted air exchange and help regulate airflow between spaces.
Contactless Operation. Unlike conventional models, high-performance doors offer a wide range of high-tech, touchless activation options. These enable hands-free operation to minimize manual touch zones, which helps control the spread of germs and viruses, reduces the risk of chemical contamination, ensures staff safety and improves productivity with more efficient traffic flow.
Reliable and Durable Construction. Modern high-performance doors are designed to withstand pressurized environments over the long haul. Unlike conventional doors, they can endure the rigors of daily use for millions of operating cycles with minimal ongoing maintenance costs.
For example, conventional doors usually run with continuous metal-to-metal contact, shortening the lifespan of parts and the door. Rytec doors have no metal-to-metal contact for a longer lifespan, with a variable-speed AC drive system for soft acceleration and deceleration to increase the life of the door’s operating components.
High Speed to Control Air Contamination. The risk of contamination increases every time a door opens. With opening and closing speeds up to 100 inches per second, high-performance doors minimize air incursion and contaminant ingress between controlled environments. This fast action also maintains pressurization and prevents airborne particles from entering or leaving the room.
Excellent for Wash Down Applications. Wash down clean room environments require easily cleanable components. Some high-performance door models include features such as removable side columns, drip guards and sloped gutters that prevent liquid contaminants from dripping into the traffic pathway for improved product integrity and safety. Others include a roll drum with piano hinges that rotates, giving easy access to the entire door and all components for complete cleaning and disinfection.
For example, Clean-Roll® doors are engineered with numerous sanitary features and components that can be completely washed down, including stainless steel removable side columns, for applications that require absolute cleanliness. These features make the Clean-Roll perfect for FDA/USDA-compliant facilities.
In addition, the Pharma-Seal® door is designed specifically to comply with cGMP guidelines to help maintain strict hygiene while maintaining pressure differentials. It’s the tightest sealing and most reliable high-performance pharmaceutical clean room door on the market.
Maintain Cleanliness and Compliance with High-Performance Doors
High-performance doors are engineered for cleanability and durability, serving as the first line of defense in proper pressurization, hygiene and regulatory compliance. Their specialized design makes them a strong asset in maintaining cleanliness and compliance in critical environments. Whether you need to meet regulations or minimize maintenance requirements, high-performance doors provide the performance, functionality and reliable sanitizing that clean rooms demand.
Contact us today to discuss your clean room door needs. Learn more about Rytec clean room doors here.
