International Standard – ISO 14159
As a processing equipment manufacturer, Lowe Sanitary Equipment has adopted the ISO 14159 International Standard for hygienic design and construction requirements for applications where hygienic risks to the consumer of the product can occur.
Hygienic Design
Our stringent, quality control system complies with the following ISO 14159 design features below:
• Product contact surfaces
• Metals
• Non-metal parts
• Non-product contact surfaces
• Surface texture
• Cleaning & inspection
• Disinfection, pasteurization and sterilization
• Microbial ingress
• Draining
• Dead spaces
• Joints
• Coatings
• Internal angles, corners and grooves
• Seals, gaskets, O-rings and joint-rings
• Fasteners
• Process flow disruption caused by intrusions
• Shafts and bearings
• Sensor and sensor connections
• Opening & covers
• Insulation
• Supports
• Product contact with machinery fluids
Available Features
• USDA accepted designs
• Interior surfaces polished to minimum #120 grit
• Welded paddle agitators for gentle mixing
• Welded ribbon agitators for higher shear
• High intensity choppers and cutters
• Hand polished stainless steel interior surfaces
• Smooth-radius corners for easy clean-out
• Machined split seal housings
• Stainless steel bearing plates and gussets
• Tubular stainless steel support structure
• Food grade paddle and ball valves
• Integral bag dumps with laser cut safety grates
Any components for which there is a 3A standard will be employed in the finished product.
Sanitary Processing Industries
Meat & Poultry
Dairy
Baking
Produce
Beverage
Fish
Confectionery & Spices
Pharmaceutical
Nutraceutical
Plastics
Biotechnology
Cosmetics