Boot cleaning
Boot cleaning technology for the foodstuff industry
Boot cleaning is a part of every hygiene concept when it shall be avoided to carry in and out contaminations between a production area (hygiene area) and other areas such as a delivery zone or social rooms. In the process, the systems for cleaning boots are designed to clean boot shafts, soles and sole edges. The cleaning process of the systems functions using special brushes as well as a mixture of disinfectants and detergents thinned with water. In operations where work shoes or clogs are worn, special systems for sole cleaning or sole disinfection are used anyway.
The necessity of intense cleaning of boots, that is of their legs, soles and sole edges is always given whenever they are soiled in production. Due to the forcibly-guided boot cleaning the soiling is limited to the production area. Should it be sensible, the cleaning can be of course also carried out before entering the production area in order to avoid carrying in contaminations via the boots. Apart from operations of the foodstuff industry, boot cleaning is also important in slaughterhouses or agricultural operations with livestock farming (stables) where it increasingly comes to contaminations due to blood or other organic substances.
Generally, we distinguish between systems for boot cleaning in forcibly-guided and stationary solutions:
For sensitive production areas such as in the food-processing industry and here, above all, in large-scale businesses of the meat industry, a forcibly-guided boot cleaning in a hygiene station is mostly prescribed by the food regulatory authority. In case of a high number of employees who have to be “guided through”, this inevitable boot cleaning solution in interaction with further hygiene facilities for hand cleaning and hand disinfectionensures a safe and reliable personnel and industrial hygiene.
The situation is different with regard to small craft businesses, such as butcheries and butcher shops for which a stationary solution for boot cleaningis mostly the better choice due to a limited space concept. The necessity for cleaning within the scope of a personnel hygiene concept (HACCP) is here mainly regulated via an operational directive. This type of hygiene concepts can be often found in small family businesses or businesses up to 10 employees, where the mutual hygiene education can still take place at eye level.
Stationary boot cleaning
In the product category of boot cleaning we offer types of systems standing on supporting feet. These systems are either equipped with rotating brushes to clean the boots or as a sluice have 2 water-flown hand brushes on hoses to clean boot legs and sole edges.
Forced-guided boot cleaning
Systems for forced-guided boot cleaning have the advantage that they can be passed through only when the boot cleaning has also been carried out. In this category we offer models for boot cleaning as well as combined sole and boot cleaning systems in different versions.
Combined boot cleaning
Anlagen zur kombinierten Stiefelreinigung ermöglichen neben der Stiefelreinigung (Schaft & Sohlenränder) zusätzlich die Reinigung einer Schürze, sowie bei einigen Modellen zudem die automatische Sohlenreinigung. Wir bieten manuelle und automatische Anlagen an, die entweder stehend oder wandhängend montiert werden.
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FIELDS OF APPLICATION FOR BOOT CLEANING SYSTEMS 
Foodstuff industry
In many operations of the foodstuff industry, boot cleaning is a fixed and important part of hygiene regulations. The separation of the production area and the other parts of the factory premises are here particularly important and sensitive. Our high-quality systems made of stainless steel are specially designed for these industry sectors and are an important part of the hygiene stations.
Slaughterhouses, butcheries & dairies
There are high demands set to the hygiene also in slaughterhouses where it increasingly comes to contaminations with blood and other organic substances which could also contaminated with germs and bacteria. These requirements also apply in butcheries and dairies so that models for combined boot cleaning are particularly sensible here, too.
Agricultural operations
Also in agriculture, hygiene gains an ever greater significance. Especially important is boot cleaning in stables in order to clean the work shoes when the work is done and to remove the contaminations efficiently and hygienically. Our systems can also be easily combined to carry out further work steps such as the disinfection of boot soles in a time-saving way.
Other production operations
Of course, systems for boot cleaning can also be used in other production operations in which instead of hygienic requirements it is, above all, about the reduction of contaminations off the production area. Here, too, our high-quality systems made of stainless steel provide outstanding services.
PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION OF BOOT CLEANING 
Depending on the size of the operation and the structural conditions on site, our hygiene specialists plan tailor-made boot cleaning for the respective requirements within the scope of a personnel hygiene station.
In the process, these factors are, above all, decisive:
- Individual operational requirements
- Number of shifts
- Level of pollution
- Requirements of the food regulatory authority in charge
- Number of personnel traffic within a certain period
Planning and implementation of boot cleaning within the scope of a personnel hygiene station | Mohn GmbH
Boot cleaning is usually always only one part of a comprehensive hygiene concept. From the point of view of the process, boot cleaning takes place either at the beginning or the end of a necessary cleaning process and combines cleaning with sole disinfection. With the models for combined boot cleaning, the work apron can be additionally cleaned right away in this process which otherwise would require its own system which normally should be arranged upstream the boot cleaning.
Our specially trained employees are glad to advise you regarding the conception and implementation of boot cleaning systems into the hygiene concept of your business.
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Various factors must be observed when planning and implementing products for boot cleaning.
PRODUCTS FOR BOOT CLEANING FROM MOHN 
The MOHN GmbH draws on decades of experience in the area of hygiene technology with particular attention paid to the foodstuff industry of which boot cleaning is just a partial area, however. Our systems are manufactured from high-quality stainless steel and have special brushes for thorough cleaning of boots, a water connection and an adjustable dosing system.
Depending on the type of system, different brushes are used:
- Pass-through boot cleaning machines have brush rollers with dense field trimmings in different lengths for effective cleaning.
- For example: Soles/boot cleaning type Combiclean Highline. We offer this system in the Ecoline and Highline versions. It has a splash guard device, a high-quality control unit et cetera.
- Stationary systems, which are mostly used in craft trades or also in side entrances (driver airlocks, corridors et cetera), have a hand brush only in manual operation. Machine-operated systems have a smaller motorized brush roller than the pass-through boot cleaner.
- For example: Boot cleaning type Boot-Master Highline. We offer this system also in the Ecoline and Highline versions. Here the special features include adjustable dosing via the dosing system, the manual button for the brush roller start as well as the integrated can bracket.
In the process, we do everything to assist our customers in 100% implementation of the legal hygiene regulations. Apart from the standard products from our comprehensive product catalogue we offer with many of our products also the possibility for individual, custom-fit version for the respective operation and the local conditions prevailing there. Our technically competent employees are gladly available for further questions and advice and help you with the conception as well as conversion of your operation.
Boot cleaning from MOHN - fulfils worldwide food standards (IFS and BRC)
ADVANTAGES AND SERVICE
Our claim
We focus on quality. This starts with developing a hygiene concept and ends with the regular maintenance of our systems and devices on site. During the process, we always focus on a 100% implementation of the legal requirements for the specific industry and size of operation. Our products are therefore optimised for particularly demanding needs of the foodstuff industry and can thus be sensibly used also in many other areas.
Professional advice and innovation
With our decade-long experience and our specially trained and competent employees we are able to provide comprehensive advice to our customers at any time. We bet on regular further training of our employees and permanent innovation to keep our products always state of the art. Furthermore, we always observe legislative developments in order to be always one step ahead of upcoming changes in hygiene regulations, if possible.
Competent service
Our service hotline is available to our customers five days a week, eight hours a day, for inquiries and initial aid. Should it not be possible to quickly solve any occurring problems, our specially trained service technicians will timely go into action in your operation on site thanks to our own vehicle fleet.
Maintenance agreements
To those who want to play it safe, we also offer maintenance agreements for our systems. So they will be regularly checked and maintained by our service technicians so that preventive measures can normally be taken with regard to potential problems and your production processes will not be disturbed.