Maintenance and Washing Services
Prihoda UK Ltd. is responsible for the Food factories send their air socks to be
design and supply of fabric ducting laundered along with their overalls and
systems throughout the UK and Ireland. production coats.
we have over 1,000 systems installed and
fully operational and have been designing
and installing systems for over 20 years.
fabric of the air socks at the correct
temperature.
and coats worn in food factories must
of the customer is only one part of our temperature in order to sterilise them.
wash facility ensures that systems will
continue to perform to the required level.
Why did we develop a washing service?
As with many business development
ideas our washing service was created as
a response to customer demand.
Food manufacturers use fabric ducts
(referred to as Air Socks) in their
production areas.
With continued use in a busy
environment, and with hygiene
requirements the air socks soon need
washing service that cleans the polyester
it does not work in practice. Overalls be washed and dried at a very high
of systems efficiently through our laundry
At Prihoda, we developed an in-house
Whilst this might seem a sensible idea, Installing a system that meets the needs
service. Maintaining the fabric elements
The Solution
Unfortunately for the air socks the fabric
is unable to tolerate this robust method
of cleaning.
Coupled with a slow spin and cool dry at
less than 40° the air socks do not shrink
or suffer other damage.
Not only does this allow us to remain
connected to our customers by way
of maintenance of the fabric air socks
Air socks were being returned to the but our customers are able to save the
factory damaged. expense of replacing their air socks on a
When the air socks are being refitted to
regular basis.
the rails it’s generally the case that the To speak to our team about the range
fabric has shrunk and no longer fits as of fabric ducting materials we offer
well as it once did. together with our additional services for
The whole system does not work as
efficiently as it should and the damaged
air socks needed to be replaced.
end users and for specifiers, please call
us on 0121 320 2496 or email
[email protected] if you’re in the UK.
Our ROI customers should call
01 961 0031 or email [email protected]
cleaning.
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