Larger Bakeries have to decide upon type of flooring during planning stage as what kind of flooring would be required for laying . Food factories have special requirement of flooring s due to hygiene and sanitation standards during process .
The floor of a food processing facility is typically exposed to all sorts of food byproducts, including fats, hot oils, dough,hot water , steam , cold water , sugar solutions, and natural food acids. Some of these substances can cause serious damage to concrete because of their corrosive nature. In addition, these contaminants can infiltrate uncoated concrete, resulting in uncontrolled growth of bacteria, ultimately degrading the processed foods purity.
Consequently, coatings selected for application to food and beverage processing facility floors must be durable enough and thick enough to create a protective barrier that prevents contaminants from permeating the concrete substrate and ensures a hygienic surface
Bakery Flooring should meet following parameters
Thermal shock Resistant
Bakeries have application which requires hot and cold water application hence flooring should with stand high temperatures .
Chemical Resistant
Bakeries have applications of acids , sugar and sanitation chemicals
Tough
Could with stand heavy traffic from equipments like pallet trucks , forklifts and trolleys .
Sanitary and Safe
As per approved ( state standards ) food grade flooring, slip resistant, odorless installation
Following types of flooring could be seen in Indian bakery Plants
Marble flooring , Kota stone flooring , Ceramic tiles flooring and Epoxy coatings .Popular among these are Kota stone ( lime stone ) and Ceramic tiles flooring . . Recommended flooring for bakeries would be epoxy coated flooring but has higher cost than other flooring .
Kota stone ( lime stone ) flooring
Kota stone has advantage of toughness over Ceramic tiles as flooring material in bakeries . Kota stones are available in rough as well as polish finish and could be cut into any dimensions but the industry standards is 22"x22" . Thickness could vary from 25mm to 40mm . Kota stone could be easily washed number of times during cleaning of floors in bakeries
Ceramic tiles
Ceramic tiles have advantages of weight , finish and easy replacement s when damaged .
Flooring types in International bakery plants
Standards can be checked into USDA , FDA and NSF Standards for floor coatings in food processing units
Epoxy coated flooring , Urethanes ,Methyl Methacrylate, Poly Ureas
The floor of a food processing facility is typically exposed to all sorts of food byproducts, including fats, hot oils, dough,hot water , steam , cold water , sugar solutions, and natural food acids. Some of these substances can cause serious damage to concrete because of their corrosive nature. In addition, these contaminants can infiltrate uncoated concrete, resulting in uncontrolled growth of bacteria, ultimately degrading the processed foods purity.Consequently, coatings selected for application to food and beverage processing facility floors must be durable enough and thick enough to create a protective barrier that prevents contaminants from permeating the concrete substrate and ensures a hygienic surface
Bakery Flooring should meet following parameters
Thermal shock Resistant
Bakeries have application which requires hot and cold water application hence flooring should with stand high temperatures .
Chemical Resistant
Bakeries have applications of acids , sugar and sanitation chemicals
Tough
Could with stand heavy traffic from equipments like pallet trucks , forklifts and trolleys .
Sanitary and Safe
As per approved ( state standards ) food grade flooring, slip resistant, odorless installation
Following types of flooring could be seen in Indian bakery Plants
Marble flooring , Kota stone flooring , Ceramic tiles flooring and Epoxy coatings .Popular among these are Kota stone ( lime stone ) and Ceramic tiles flooring . . Recommended flooring for bakeries would be epoxy coated flooring but has higher cost than other flooring .
Kota stone ( lime stone ) flooring
Kota stone has advantage of toughness over Ceramic tiles as flooring material in bakeries . Kota stones are available in rough as well as polish finish and could be cut into any dimensions but the industry standards is 22"x22" . Thickness could vary from 25mm to 40mm . Kota stone could be easily washed number of times during cleaning of floors in bakeries
Ceramic tiles
Ceramic tiles have advantages of weight , finish and easy replacement s when damaged .
Flooring types in International bakery plants
Standards can be checked into USDA , FDA and NSF Standards for floor coatings in food processing units
Epoxy coated flooring , Urethanes ,Methyl Methacrylate, Poly Ureas
My cousin recommended this blog and she was t
ReplyDeleteotally right keep up the fantastic work!
Epoxy Coating Chennai
Epoxy Flooring Company St. Louis executed an excellent career on our distinct, heading over and above to ensure they wound up seeking finest. I discovered St.Louis Epoxy Floors to be very honest and genuine, and performed the venture in an exceedingly inexpensive price level.
DeleteHey, nice site you have here! Keep up the excellent work!
ReplyDeleteEpoxy Coating Flooring
We are Cool Earth Contracting & Coating.This seems to be a great site which offers Reflective Paint Austin, Commercial roof, Commercial roofing, Cool roof etc. and i would surely like to try their service...i had been relying on Roofing commercial earlier and they too offered good stuff. You will be glad you decided to work with them.
ReplyDeleteYou have a very good blog that the main thing a lot of interesting and useful!.... i have a website here Epoxy flooring Austin
ReplyDeleteWarm Greetings!
ReplyDeleteToday, I visit your website and after reading your blog i realize that it is very informative. I'm highly impressed to see the comprehensive resources being offered by your site.
Thanks and Regards
Industrial Epoxy Flooring
thanks aakash
DeleteWarm Greetings!
ReplyDeleteToday, I visit your website and after reading your blog i realize that it is very informative. I'm highly impressed to see the comprehensive resources being offered by your site.
Thanks and Regards
epoxy flooring
Commercial and Industrial Bakery floors are exposed to extreme conditions; heavy wheeled abuse from carts and tow motors, heat and thermal cycling from ovens/fryers/washdowns, chemical/bacteria attack, sanitizers, etc. So
ReplyDeleteEpoxy coating is the best solution here.
Good informative post. Keep it up.
ReplyDeleteYour blog provides a good knowledge on which type of flooring required for commercial bakery floor.
ReplyDeleteThanks Robert !
ReplyDeleteAfter reading this blog, I can say that another great writer in the making already.stainedconcretehoustontx.com
ReplyDeleteGreat post! I am actually getting ready to across this information, is very helpful my friend. Also great blog here with all of the valuable information you have. Keep up the good work you are doing here. engineered hardwoods
ReplyDeleteWithout fail, your writing style is top professional; even your website also looks amazing thank you for posting. Tile Floor Installation
ReplyDeleteI’ve read some good stuff here. Definitely worth bookmarking for revisiting. I surprise how much effort you put to create such a great informative website.
ReplyDeleteHardwood Flooring