Dycem® Contamination Control Mats
- 3+ year average lifespan
- Captures up to 99.9% of particulate
ABOUT
Dycem®
For over 50 years, Dycem® has been at the forefront of sustainable contamination control solutions. Our mission is to be the preferred choice worldwide by offering highly effective products paired with exceptional service, ensuring a superior return on investment for our customers across various industries.
Dycem mats attract, capture, and retain up to 99.9% of shoe and wheel-borne contamination, along with 75% of airborne particulates. Backed by scientific research and years of customer experience, our products play a crucial role in safeguarding critical environments.
ABOUT CONTAMINATION
Contamination: What's The Risk?
Contamination is the presence of unwanted and potentially dangerous substances that can pollute your products; it can be anything you don’t want or don’t expect to be present in the final product.
CONTAMINATION TYPES
Contamination falls into one of three categories…
Physical
DUST, FIBERS, SKIN CELLS, PARTICLES, STATICALLY CHARGED PARTICLES
Chemical
RESIDUES, GASSES, MOLECULES
Microbiological
BACTERIA, YEAST, MOLD, POLLEN
Contamination is an escalating concern in industries requiring adherence to strict cleanliness and hygiene levels. Contamination from shoes and wheels can often be dismissed, and casually labeled as “dust” or “dirt”, but it can pose a real threat to Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP).
IMPORTANCE OF CONTAMINATION
Contamination can result in...
Inferior Quality
If a small particle of contamination affects, for example, how a microchip works, it can make the final product faulty or less effective.
Quarantined batches
One microbe can threaten the whole batch, leading to it being quarantined, scrapped, or requiring a full company shutdown.
Health and safety issues
Contaminated environments and products pose a health and safety risk to employees and customers.
Rejected goods
A product recall puts your company’s brand and reputation at risk, sometimes to an irreparable degree.
Product yield impact
Contamination has a negative impact on product yields and overall profitability.
Hospital-acquired infections
Contamination in healthcare environments increases the risk of hospital-acquired infections such as MRSA.
CONTAMINATION PLACES
Sources & Threats...
Personnel
Humans can generate 5-10 million skin, hair, and dirt particles every minute. Humans create additional, dangerous particulate contamination through motion, and carry it with them into critical areas.
The Facility
The facility itself can introduce contamination. This can include contamination such as debris, dust, and powders from manufacturing processes, tools, and machinery.
Atmosphere
Airborne contamination should not be ignored. Contaminants such as mold spores, allergens, and other invisible particles in the air may pose a threat to critical areas.
Visible and Invisible Risk
FLOOR CONTAMINATION
Don't Ignore the Floor!
80% of contamination enters controlled environments via the floor. Therefore, contamination control is vital to prevent contamination and cross-contamination at the floor level to protect your environment. Without contamination control, floor-level contamination can be redistributed into the air, by the movement of bodies through the environment or airflow.
In some cases, implementing measures to reduce the risk of contamination in critical areas is a statutory requirement. Regulatory bodies such as the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) and professional auditing teams using risk management systems, all recognize the importance of contamination control at the floor level.
Ensuring that the unseen doesn't compromise the unbeatable quality of your products.
Did you know?
Dycem is the most effective solution for contamination control at the floor level, it attracts, captures, and retains up to 99.9% of contamination from shoes and wheels, and up to 75% of airborne contamination.
