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News Release from: Schmersal UK | Subject: Schmersal IP69K pushbuttons
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 02 April 2004
Hygienic pushbuttons prove impregnable
Brown Brothers Manufacturing, which produces a range of quality cooked and sliced meats, has specified Schmersal IP69K rated pushbuttons and emergency stops for a new high-speed cooked meat slicer
Brown Brothers Manufacturing, which produces a range of quality cooked and sliced meats for the wholesale, retail and food service sectors, has specified Schmersal IP69K rated pushbuttons and emergency stops for a new high-speed cooked meat slicer at its 150,000 square foot facility in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland The company had been experiencing day to day problems with the slicing machines and engineers and production operatives were repeatedly hampered by machine failures due to water ingress through the pushbuttons
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 17 Jun 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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As Brown Brothers group engineering manager Warren Godfrey explains: "We are committed to continually upgrading and investing in state of the art plant and machinery, but inadequate push buttons were causing production downtime, maintenance and repair call outs.
"We looked at a number of pushbutton manufacturers, but found that most use rubber boots that only achieve an IP67K rating.
These are unacceptable as they harbour bacteria when they rot and split, and also lead to a risk of fragments falling into the food products".
Schmersal pushbuttons were specified because they are not adapted from existing products and special attention has been paid to materials, shapes and sealing.
Warren Godfrey reports that, since the IP69K rated pushbuttons have been installed on the slicers, the problems caused by the regular, essential wash-downs and continual pressing of start-up buttons have been completely eradicated.
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