Engineering specialist steps up to
Coronavirus challenge with new
stainless steel solutions
Gateshead, UK-based Tech Projects
has applied its specialist stainless steel
fabrication expertise to develop a hand
sanitising unit and screen, which will
support safe working practices and social
distancing in the food processing sector.
The company, which is based at an
extensive and well-equipped site in Felling,
designs and manufactures conveyor
systems as well as manufacturing and
installing structural access and material
handling solutions.
With more than 20 years’ experience,
Tech Projects supports leading UK and
international companies, including major
food and beverage manufacturers, with
stainless steel fabrication services: these
are applied to facilities where hygienic
and corrosion resistant equipment and
working environments are of paramount
importance.
In response to the current Coronavirus
pandemic, Tech Projects has been working
with its customers to provide solutions
that will safely accelerate and improve
processes, while enabling businesses to
comply with health and safety regulations,
and social distancing and hygiene
guidelines.
Tech Projects has designed a stainless
steel mobile hand sanitising unit which
has been supplied to a number of food
manufacturing operations, as well as
other industrial facilities.
The unit is completely manufactured
from stainless steel and has a flexible
design so it can be supplied in any
multiples of sanitisers required, catering
for both high and low volumes of use
at different times of demand. All units
have four swivel castors, with brakes for
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fixing into position, and are completely
mobile allowing movement within the
workspace. This provides flexibility and
minimum downtime, as staff do not
have to leave a workstation and instead
are able to operate closely to the mobile
sanitising unit, which can be moved
to wherever it is needed. The design
ensures it can also be chained securely
through the frame to a barrier or fence if
required.
Tech Projects has also applied its
experience in stainless steel fabrication
– and the design and manufacture of
bespoke machine guards – to protect
employees in food and beverage
manufacturing with a number of screen
solutions. These have been supplied to
allow safe working and enable workers to
adhere to social distancing requirements.
Screens have been supplied to four North
East-based food manufacturers and a
brewery in Birmingham to allow workers
to operate safely side-by-side on the
factory floor, while enabling operators to
maintain visibility over the process.