Finding Segregation a stretch? How SegriScreen rose to the occasion for Andy Rowe...

Andrew Rowe is Hygiene Manager at a food manufacturing site supplying most of the UK's food retailers with bread-based products. With an impressive manufacturing capacity of more than one million units every week, there is a very high chance you have eaten a product from this factory in recent weeks!

The Challenge
Having worked as Hygiene Manager across a number of food production sites, Andy has a wealth of experience. One problem he has consistently been faced with is effective segregation (particularly related to wash-downs and routine hygiene operations - a challenging problem for all sites which do not have a nightly shut down).

Common issues included:
- Conducting a clean down without disrupting other lines.
- Stopping staff 'breaking through' barriers and crossing into areas that were currently out-of-bounds.
- Overspray.
Not Suitable for the Food Industry
A further problem Andy faced was the screens he was using were not suitable for use in his factory.
This presented further risks:
Foreign-body/contamination.
Bacteria harbourage.
Materials not suited to food production environments and cleaning chemicals.
Just to compound these issues, the segregation 'line' was never a straight line! However, all the screening options available to him needed to be in a straight line to be effective. This resulted in gaps between screens or larger-than-necessary areas being separated off.
Andy's Solution
Klipspringer provided Andy with a number of the new SegriScreen X-TENDS. As the only segregation screen designed for the food industry, SegriScreen was able to satisfy Andy's concerns.
- Unbroken barrier. Multiple SegriScreens 'lock' together to create a continuous barrier. Overlapping screens create a waterproof screen, whilst locking mechanism prevents people breaking through.
- Modular. As many screens as needed for the particular task can be connected together.
- Flexible screen. The unique design of SegriScreen X-TEND mean each screen join is effectively a 270˚ 'hinge'. Andy can create whatever shape barrier he requires to work round machines etc.