Stainless steel platform trucks for clean environments in the workplace

Stainless steel platform trucks for clean and hygienic work environments (scroll down for full details) 304 Grade Stainless steel
Stainless steel platform trucks All stainless steel, food standard platform trucks, suitable for the food and drinks industry and many clean and hygienic work environments: Hospitals, laboratories, catering and food preparation. Completely formed with 304 grade stainless steel sheet, tube and wire mesh 500kg capacity 3 platform sizes Deck height: 295mm Overall height: 985mm Mesh ends fixed Mesh sides removable Protective bumper strip and braked castors available as options Mobile platform only (no superstructure) WxD: 1000 x 600mm Ref: SP600: £ WxD: 1000 x 700mm Ref: SP700: £ WxD: 1200 x 800mm Ref: SP800: £
Platform with single fixed mesh end Clear load area reduced from platform size by 70mm on length WxD: 1000 x 600mm Ref: SP601: £ WxD: 1000 x 700mm Ref: SP701: £ WxD: 1200 x 800mm Ref: SP801: £
2-ended - Platform with two fixed mesh ends Clear load area reduced from platform size by 140mm on length WxD: 1000 x 600mm Ref: SP602: £ WxD: 1000 x 700mm Ref: SP702: £ WxD: 1200 x 800mm Ref: SP802: £
3-sided - Platform with two fixed mesh ends and one removable side Clear load area reduced from platform size by 140mm on length and 45mm on width WxD: 1000 x 600mm Ref: SP603: £ WxD: 1000 x 700mm Ref: SP703: £ WxD: 1200 x 800mm Ref: SP803: £
4-sided - Platform with two fixed mesh ends and two removable sides Clear load area reduced from platform size by 140mm on length and 90mm on width WxD: 1000 x 600mm Ref: SP604: £ WxD: 1000 x 700mm Ref: SP704: £ WxD: 1200 x 800mm Ref: SP804: £ Options Bumper strip Factory fitted protective bumper strip around outside edge of platform Deck size: 1000 x 600mm Ref: BS1: £ Deck size: 1000 x 700mm Ref: BS2: £ Deck size: 1200 x 800mm Ref: BS3: £ Braked castors 2 castors fitted with with total stop brakes Ref: B229: £

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Stainless steel equipment for clean environments

Stainless steel in the workplace

Stainless Steel

There are two main grades of stainless steel used: 304 and 316

Generally speaking 304 grade is used for product contact of dry components and 316 is used where liquid contact is involved.

Typical applications for 316 include boat fittings and structural members; architectural components particularly in marine, polluted or industrial environments; food and beverage processing equipment; hot water systems; and plant for chemical, petrochemical, mineral processing, photographic and other industries.

Corrosion Resistance

Grade 304 has excellent corrosion resistance in a wide range of media. It resists ordinary rusting in most applications. It is also resistant to most food processing environments, can be readily cleaned, and resists organic chemicals, dye stuffs and a wide variety of inorganic chemicals.

Grade 316 also has excellent corrosion resistance in a wide range of media. Its main advantage over grade 304 is its increased ability to resist pitting and crevice corrosion in warm chloride environments.

Neither 304 0r 316 should be cleaned with chlorine containing compounds.

What is stainless steel?

"Stainless" is a term coined early in the development of these steels for cutlery applications. It was adopted as a generic name for these steels and now covers a wide range of steel types and grades for corrosion or oxidation resistant applications.

Stainless steels are iron alloys with a minimum of 10.5% chromium. Other alloying elements are added to enhance their structure and properties such as formability, strength and cryogenic toughness. These include metals such as: Nickel, Molybdenum, Titanium and Copper

Non-metal additions are also made, the main ones being: Carbon and Nitrogen

The main requirement for stainless steels is that they should be corrosion resistant for a specified application or environment.

Making of stainless steel

Interestingly, the main source of raw material for making stainless steels is re-cycled scrap metal. This re-cycling route has been established for many years and the economics of the stainless steel making industry depend on recycling. Over 90% of new stainless steel is produced from recycled scrap.

As stainless steels are corrosion resistant alloys their life expectancy is usually long. A minimum of maintenance is needed and so, although more expensive initially, they offer attractive "life-cycle cost" benefits over alternatives such as carbon steels.

Stainless steels are easily cleanable and so an obvious choice for food and beverage manufacturing industries and catering equipment. There are no proven health risks from the normal use of stainless steels.

What makes stainless steel stainless ?

The one key element they all stainless steels share is a certain minimum percentage (by mass) of chromium: 10.5%. Although other elements, particularly nickel and molybdenum, are added to improve corrosion resistance, chromium is always the deciding factor

It is the better life cycle costs of stainless steel that make it attractive, both in terms of much longer service life, less maintenance costs, and high scrap value on de-commissioning.

Applications

Very large amounts of stainless steel are used in food production and storage. The most commonly used grades are 304 and 316. Very often in food production, stainless is used not because the food itself is corrosive but the use of stainless allows for faster and more efficient cleaning. One of the great advantages of stainless steel is that imparts no taste to the food with which it comes into contact.