HUNTER FOLLOW UP FILE
WALL TO CEILING SOLUTIONS
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GAY LEA FOODS
Client:
Gay Lea Foods
Project:
To supply a clean room environment for high tech packaging equipment of dairy products.
Project Manager:
Zbigniew Ewertowski P. Eng.
Engineering Manager
System Used:
Walls
- 4" EPS core panels with FRP skins.
- Panels were full height with no horizontal seams.
- Panels were joined using Hunter's threshold system.
- Extruded aluminum threshold allows for a positive seal with no exposed caulking.
- Threshold extrusions are one piece with no joints.
- All flashings and fasteners are S.S.
- Windows are custom designed to fit the panel system.
- A removable 10' x 12' panel system was incorporated into the room for equipment access.
Ceiling
- Hunter accessible ceiling system using H.D. Hunter grid was used.
- Provides accessibility, flexibility and is extremely durable and strong.
- Provides the strength to support HEPA filters of all sizes.
- Accessible ceiling installed meets and exceeds American National Standard A58.1-1982 for accessible ceilings.
Lighting
Clean Room #1:
- FG244A-T8 fixtures used.
- Fixture has an aluminum body with 4-T8 bulbs and reflector.
- Fixture has an anodized aluminum lens frame and is fully gasketed.
- High intensity lighting with a CRI of 85%.
- Ceiling height-9' and 12'.
Clean Room #2:
- FG22MHA fixtures used.
- Fixture is a 2 x 2 Metal Hallide fixture with a 400-watt bulb and reflector.
- Ceiling height - 14'.
- Fixture is gasketed and sealed.
Doors
- Doors were all custom manufactured to customer's specifications.
- Doors are insulated; 1 3/4" thick with FRP wear surfaces and S.S. trim.
- Frames are S.S. or fibreglass.
- All hardware used is S.S.
Challenges:
- Work in confined areas.
- Supply structurally sound removable panel with windows for equipment access.
- Design a ceiling for lighting and HEPA filters.
- Provide a room where the environment may be controlled.
- After the successful installation of the first clean room, construction of the second clean room started immediately.
Gay Lea Foods clean room
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Finished ceiling in Clean Room #2
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Wall to Ceiling details with S.S. flashings
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Wall and Ceiling design in Clean Room #1
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