If you work in an industrial baking facility that produces thousands of baked goods each day, there are some obvious fruits of your labor. Whether you manufacture cookies, crackers, breads, buns, or even pizza dough, you likely enjoy great smells, pride in your work, and delicious products that you get to try before they ever reach grocery store shelves. However, we can’t ignore one of the biggest downsides of this type of work – it’s pretty messy. No matter what type of ventilation system your facility uses, flour and other finely milled powders may dance through the air. This isn’t ordinary household dust, and it poses quite a threat to your electronics. Keep reading to learn about how you can protect your computers and label printers from environmental hazards in the baking industry.
Sticky dust that’s full of powdered ingredients can find its way into printheads and affect print quality. If your facility uses a barcode system to sort ingredients, this can create an issue. Your operators might have to try several times to get a barcode to scan, which wastes time. Dust can even destroy your label printer altogether. Luckily, you can easily protect your label printer from dust with an enclosure equipped with a particulate and fume filter. These filters include double the amount of activated carbon filtration to remove even the tiniest particulates from dusty, humid air.
Who has time for a computer failure? Dust and computers definitely don’t go together. When dust accumulates in or on a computer, it can overheat. Although most computers come with a built-in fan, there is a small chance the dust can cause your computer to overheat and form a central processing unit fire. Don’t take the risk – purchase an enclosure that is resistant to heat and corrosion.
As you may have already guessed, bakery dust can also affect your computer’s display. Each time you wipe off your computer screen, you could be scratching it. This is because dust contains tiny, abrasive material (especially if your bakery uses almond or rice flour). While this might not pose a threat in the short term, months of leaving your monitor unprotected can result in a severely scratched and damaged display. It can even short the internal electronics, causing your display to quit working completely. If your computer has a touch-screen monitor, it might stop recognizing the pressure from your finger. To ensure these adverse effects don’t occur, simply protect your monitor with an enclosure.
_____
Unfortunately, bakery dust is an unavoidable hazard in the baking industry. However, by protecting your electronics with enclosures, you can keep them up and running for years to come. If you’re looking for a computer enclosure, contact DustShield. We have an extensive line of enclosures designed to protect LCD monitors, tower and desktop CPUs, and printers in harsh environments. Heavy-duty and delivered completely assembled, our enclosures suit a variety of applications. We’ll work with you to determine which upgrades would enhance your company’s workflow. With help from our customer service representatives, you’ll find that customizing a computer enclosure is easy. To learn more about protecting your computer equipment from hazards in the baking industry, please call us toll-free at 800-587-9557 or contact us online.
The feed industry relies on electronics to help with operations, logistics, inventory management and enterprise…
DE LA FONTAINE Industries designs and manufactures steel doors and door frames. They approached DustShield…
As 2023 draws to a close, the DustShield® team takes a look back at the…
At DustShield, our team works with companies in a wide array of industries to protect…
When designing a printer enclosure, manufacturers must take into consideration how users will be able…
Manufacturers and warehouses often rely on computers for a variety of day-to-day tasks. For some,…