Care + Maintenance
Care and maintenance are essential to sanitary and functional drainage. GDT offers tools for the care and maintenance of your drainage system.
The level of cleanliness your drainage system requires depends on your application.
- Drains in hygienic facilities like food, beverage, and pharmaceutical manufacturing need to be cleaned to the microbial level.
- In shops or industrial settings, drains should be flushed regularly but they will face less stringent sanitary requirements than drains in hygienic facilities.
- Outdoor drains should be cleared of debris and washed with water to prevent blockages.
Below is a comprehensive list of cleaning steps suitable for hygienic facilities. Not every operator will need to complete each of these steps. Use this list to create your own cleaning SOP to ensure your drains are properly maintained.
Processors with more advanced cleaning needs can contact us about our Drainage Evaluation Program. This program helps processors to create cleaning SOPs for the maintenance of hygienic drainage systems.
Cleaning Instructions
For hygienic Linear Drains follow steps 1 through 13
For point drains skip steps 3 and 4
- Clean the surface/inlet of the drain.
- Remove lids/grates and clean them separately using detergent and a brush.
- Using a paddle push debris the length of the drain into the catch basin
- Use Flush Flo system if equipped
- Remove and empty the strainer basket.
- Clean and replace the strainer basket
- Wash the interior of the drain with a detergent solution and cleaning brush.
- Wash the interior of the drain with a pressure system if equipped.
- Thoroughly rinse all surfaces with clean water.
- Use CIP system if equipped
- Visually check for cleanliness and repeat any necessary steps.
- Place all items back in their original position
- Rinse the entire assembled system with clean water.
