HPC - Hygienic Usit® and Hygienic Design® elements

In order to meet the ever more demanding needs of the food, pharmaceutical and chemical industries, Engrenages HPC is expanding its range of stainless steel components. The products in the Hygienic Design® and Hygienic Usit® ranges are stainless steel products specially designed to ensure impeccable hygiene and easy maintenance.

The term “Hygienic DESIGN®” stands for standardized design rules for machine components and elements. Thus, the Hygienic DESIGN® elements have smooth surfaces, so that germs, product residues and other impurities can be removed particularly easily. In addition to the surfaces, the radii, junctions and inclinations are designed in such a way as to prevent any moisture, so that they can also be kept in a lasting clean state.

“Hygienic USIT®” products are patented and protected stainless steel (A4) components. Screw connections in the food industry must absolutely be tight and easy to clean. It is imperative to avoid asperities where residues or cleaning liquids can accumulate without being noticed. These asperities constitute nests for germs and bacteria. Contamination is often only a matter of time.

To sum up, the “Hygienic DESIGN®” and “Hygienic USIT®” components respectively have smooth surfaces guaranteeing hygiene and facilitating cleaning. Dirt and residues of products or cleaners practically do not adhere to “Hygienic DESIGN®” products. In comparison, impurities slide on the “Hygienic USIT®” components, nothing can stick or accumulate, nothing can germinate.

The Hygienic USIT® range consists of sealing washers, cap screws and nuts, male and female indexable handles, handling handle with their bearing washer, mushroom buttons. The fixing elements must be used with the corresponding washers to guarantee the tightness without dead zone.

The Hygienic DESIGN® range includes wing nuts, screws and blind nuts, safety washer. They are EHEDG certified and approved for the food and pharmaceutical industries. By using screws, nuts and safety washers together, the elements remain united and meet the requirements of European standard 2006/42/EG.

For the assembly of these components, tools are also available. They are specially designed for tightening and loosening threaded connections with sensitive surfaces.