"The introduction of SLIPNOT Sweep provides facility managers, quality assurance leaders and plant operations with a long-awaited solution that meets safety and sanitation standards, audits and workflows in dry processing facilities," says Scott Sargent, vice president of sales and marketing at SLIPNOT. "It transforms potential slip, trip and fall hazard areas into high-performance, sanitary environments allowing people to move faster and more safely."

Traditional non-slip floors feature microscopic grooves and crevices that easily trap fine powders, organic dust and debris. While many plants have turned to dotted metal, assuming it would sweep clean easily, the raised beads still trap debris. Since these facilities limit or restrict wet washdowns or power washing to prevent microbial risks like Listeria and Salmonella, their hard-to-clean surfaces create harborage points that turn into sanitation hazards.

"We've taken our leading SLIPNOT surface and filled in the microscopic valleys while leaving the millions of high-traction, tool-steel hard peaks exposed," says Quinn Poor, manager of engineering and product development. "That means our customers have a product that is easy to clean and provides the grip needed to work safely."

SLIPNOT Sweep combines high-traction safety with strict hygienic design and offers three distinct advantages:

• Durability: The high-friction safety flooring, currently available in stainless on stainless steel substrate, has unmatched bond strength. This means the surface will not peel, flake or delaminate. Because the surface is grit-free, it eliminates particle shedding that can contaminate product lines or wear down under heavy foot or rolling-cart traffic.
• Hygienic Cleanability: In food processing areas, the surface must be fully seam-welded to avoid underlying bacterial harborage gaps. SLIPNOT pre-masks the perimeter edges of each surface prior to the SLIPNOT installation process. This allows field installers to perform full-seam welds without burning or delaminating the surrounding finish.
• High Traction: The surface, which is NFSI high-traction certified, maintains a high coefficient of friction (COF). In-house testing proves that SLIPNOT Sweep exceeds 0.88 wet DCOF and a dry DCOF of 0.71, which are above industrial safety standards.