Projectname:
Adhesion tendency, wearing properties and cleaning efforts of ta-C coated surfaces applied in food processing
Workgroup: Hygienic production
Scientific Partners and Guidance:
IGF: 16597BR
Financing: BMWi
Duration: 2010 – 2013
(Bio)-Fouling is one of the major risk factors in the food processing industry with respect to pro¬duct safety and the resulting health threat to consumers.
In particular contaminants from surface biofilms being in contact with the raw materials and products pose threats to the processed food. Parts of the bacterial communities can be stripped off and distributed in the processing equipment and products.
For this reason, food producers undertake big efforts to eliminate (bio)-fouling. These efforts include strategies to prevent adhesion of contaminants as well as efficient cleaning and dis¬infection routines to shorten shut-down periods. In this context, the aim of this project is to test innovative ta-C coatings on food processing blades.
Therefore it is intended to study:
The IGF project presented here by the Research Association of the Industrial Association for Food Technology and Packaging (IVLV e.V.) is funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action as part of the program for the promotion of industrial community research (IGF) based on a decision of the German Bundestag.