Measures in the processing of meat and sausage products

Wolf Wurstspezialitäten GmbH uses the aqua version of the ProfilGate® cleaning system in several of its plants.

The challenge

Solution

Results

The family business "Wolf Firmengruppe" has been active in meat processing since 1925. In addition to great craftsmanship and the use of state-of-the-art technology, outstanding product quality naturally also plays a key role in the company's success over such a long period of time.
In 2016, the Schmölln site was looking for a solution for cleaning and sterilising the wheels of smoke trolleys, hand pallet trucks and electric forklifts. They found it in ProfilGate® aqua. The first generation of the series was available at the time. In 2017, the Kümmersbruck site was equipped with the then current aqua version and in 2018, the current version was installed at the Schwandorf site.

The challenge

simple and functional method for cleaning and sterilising the wheels of smoke trolleys, hand pallet trucks and electric forklifts
Cleaning during the transition from clean to unclean areas
Prevent dirt from being carried over into clean areas
Cleaning in the continuous production process
do not carry out a special work / cleaning step
Integration into existing processes and room concepts
Circumventing the system should be impossible

Solution

Schmölln plant: 2x2 i45 aqua + 2x1 i45
Kümmersbruck plant: 2x1 sti45 aqua
Schwandorf plant: 1.5x2 type 1 sti45 aqua

Results

Equipping three production sites with ProfilGate® aqua clean-off zones
Cleaning and sterilisation of wheels of smoke trolleys, hand pallet trucks and electric forklifts
Production areas are generally cleaner and therefore easier to clean
Cleaning intervals for pallet trucks and smoke trolleys have been extended

A simple and straightforward system that is nevertheless quickly convincing once you have seen it in action.

Daniel Jakubowski
Head of Training Centre and Training, Wolf Wurstspezialitäten GmbH

Wolf Wurstspezialitäten GmbH is an IFS and QS-certified company whose products regularly receive DLG gold awards. The company has also repeatedly received the German Federal Honour Award for consistent top quality. In order to maintain this top level, the company must of course constantly work on optimising its business processes.
When Wolf Wurstspezialitäten GmbH was looking for a solution for the hygiene sluice in the slicer area (slicing of meat products) in 2016, it had the following requirements:

A simple and functional method that cleans the wheels of smoking trolleys, hand pallet trucks and electric forklifts in the continuous production process without adding a special work step/cleaning step.

Daniel Jakubowski
Head of Training Centre and Training, Wolf Wurstspezialitäten GmbH

The decision was made in favour of the ProfilGate® aqua version. This made Wolf Wurstspezialitäten one of the first companies to choose this new version of ProfilGate®. The first generation of the ProfilGate® aqua system, for example, is equipped with an internal overflow. The current version has an external drain. As a special requirement, the system was manufactured entirely in the higher quality V4A version (as opposed to V2A stainless steel). To ensure that absolutely no moisture remains on the rollers of the trolleys, a split field was chosen. The front section is operated with water and disinfection and the rear section is intended for dry cleaning. The advantage here was that ProfilGate® could be integrated into existing processes and room concepts as required. For example, this field was installed exactly in an aisle, making it impossible to bypass it.

ProfilGate® aqua installation at Wolf Wurstspezialitäten GmbH in Schmölln.

The company was convinced of the ease of integration into the operating processes right from the start:

The employees had no problems adapting to and using the new system.

Daniel Jakubowski
Head of Training Centre and Training, Wolf Wurstspezialitäten GmbH

Hygiene measures were optimised at the Kümmersbruck site in 2017. A ProfilGate® aqua cleaning field was also installed in the cutting department here. The Kümmersbruck site is part of the Wolf Gastro division, which produces and supplies products for the catering and hotel industry as well as butchers and snack bars. The aqua installation there is already equipped with an external drain, but this has been further developed and optimised up to the current version. Here too, the wheels of smoking trolleys, pallet trucks and electric forklift trucks are automatically cleaned and disinfected as they pass through the field.

ProfilGate® aqua installation at the Wolf Wurstspezialitäten GmbH site in Schmölln.

The latest ProfilGate® installation took place at the Schwandorf site. There is also a slicer department there, i.e. an unclean area that has a transition to a clean area. The ProfilGate® aqua field for wet cleaning and disinfection was installed precisely in this transition. The special version in V4A was also selected here in order to fulfil the highest quality requirements.

ProfilGate® aqua installation at Wolf Wurstspezialitäten GmbH in Schmölln.

In general, the company is very satisfied with the choice of cleaning solution. The main reasons for this are

the different application options (wet, dry),
the durability of the brushes, even when driven over with an electric forklift truck,
the possibility of adapting ProfilGate® to the individual conditions of rooms and corridors,
the ease of use and universal comprehensibility of the system.

Particularly positive aspects are that the production areas in which ProfilGate® is used are generally cleaner and therefore easier to clean. In addition, the lifting trolleys and smoke trolleys now need to be cleaned less frequently.