Lifting equipment moves loads reliably in contamination-sensitive environments, but it also performs other essential functions. Where product quality depends on tightly managed conditions, clean room hoists need to minimise the number of exposed contamination points. Hoist UK’s electric chain hoists for clean room applications are designed for facilities that cannot compromise on cleanliness.
For sectors where even small amounts of residue can disrupt the process (pharmaceutical production, food processing, aerospace and semiconductor manufacturing), our hoists help support hygienic operating conditions.
Our clean room hoists can be specified with features that align the lifting system with its environment. Depending on the application, available features include corrosion-resistant components, high ingress protection and food-safe lubricant options.
Your hoist can be supplied with NSF H1 biodegradable oil for food industry use, including load chain, lifting and travelling gearbox lubrication. For example, our INOX clean room hoist includes thermal protection for the lifting motor, along with tropicalised protection for the lifting and travel components, to help it perform reliably in demanding clean environments.
Our electric chain hoists for clean rooms can also be specified with materials and finishes suited to sterile facilities.
Hoists, whether they are electric chain hoists, manual chain hoists, electric wire rope hoists or electric belt hoists are all manufactured with 10 years of serviceable life before a major overhaul or replacement is required. The ten year service life may not necessarily be a physical ten years of operation, but may be used up more quickly or slowly based on how the machine is being operated during its working life.
In order to help evaluate the working life of a hoist you need to be able to calculate how much of the original manufacturers Safe Working Period exists after your lifting operations have occurred.