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Shielding Sensitive Products from Light Exposure with Industrial Curtains

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Maintaining the proper climate is vital for storing delicate goods, particularly those sensitive to light. Even little amounts of light over time can cause light-sensitive objects to degrade or lose their quality. An affordable and flexible substitute for permanent walls, industrial curtains offer a perfect way to protect valuable goods.

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Protect Sensitive Products From Light

Why Should Light Protection Count?

Many products, including medications, chemicals, and even food items, can be negatively impacted by light. Extended light exposure could cause:

  • Material degradation - Many products—especially those with organic compounds—can break down under light. Their efficacy, look, or nutritional worth may all change as a result.
  • Color Fading - For goods like textiles where color integrity is crucial, light can cause notable fading, therefore reducing the value of the product.
  • Increase of Product Temperature - Light frequently brings heat, which can cause undesired temperature swings in storage spaces and hence compromise product integrity.
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Industries That Need Protection

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Light Protection Curtains Are Used In These Fields

Many different sectors where light-sensitive products are kept employ industrial curtains. In the pharmaceutical sector, for instance, maintaining the effectiveness of drugs depends on their being shielded from light. Likewise in the food and beverage sector, some goods ought to be kept from light to stop deterioration or loss of nutritional worth.

Industrial curtains offer a flexible answer that can be tailored to fit particular storage needs for producers and distributors handling such goods. Raw materials, completed goods, or everything in between—these curtains can help to guarantee that your products stay in best condition until they find their end of use.

Products That Need Protection

Products That Are Sensitive To Light

There are many products sold that could potentially be damaged by exposure to light. Blocking the light for these products is crucial for their shelf life. Sensitive to light products cover several different sectors and consist of:

  • Pharmaceuticals: Many vitamins and drugs can fade in response to light, therefore lowering their potency.
  • Food and beverages: Under light, items including oils, dairy products, and some beverages can go bad or lose nutritional worth.
  • Cosmetics: Light can degrade active components in cosmetics, therefore compromising their effectiveness.
    Light can destroy photographic film and paper, therefore compromising the image quality.
  • Textiles: Under light, fabrics—especially those with dyes—can fade or change color.
    Maintaining the quality, worth, and efficacy of these goods depends on their being shielded from light.
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protecting pallet racks from uv light

Sources of Light That Can Damage Products

Many sources of light in a warehouse could possibly damage goods sensitive to light. Industrial curtains are crucial to use since these light sources might cause products to fade, degrade, or rotting.

  • Natural Sunlight: Open doors, windows, or skylights let UV rays inside a warehouse that could cause damage.
  • Fluorescent, LED, and other forms of artificial lighting:  Lighting can radiate light over a spectrum, including UV, which over time can influence items.
  • Surfaces in the warehouse: Surfaces such as metal or white walls can reflect and magnify light exposure.

Light Blocking Industrial Curtains

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Features of Industrial Curtains for Light Protection

Designed with various elements that make them especially successful in protecting goods from light exposure, industrial curtains like those provided by AKON

  • Customizable Opacity - Curtains can be adjusted with different degrees of opacity depending on the sensitivity of the goods under storage. This lets one exactly control the light entering the storage space.
  • Made From Heavy-Duty Vinyl - These curtains not only block light but also offer extra dust and temperature change protection. Often fire-retardant, the material adds even more safety to your storage area.
  • Can be a Temporary Solution - Unlike permanent walls, industrial curtains can be readily opened, closed, or rearranged. This adaptability is especially helpful in dynamic settings when storage requirements could evolve with time.
  • Quick to Deploy - These curtains are meant for rapid and simple installation, therefore reducing downtime and disturbance of your business. Mounting them to already-existing buildings will help to minimize the need for major changes to your storage facility.
  • Affordable - Industrial curtains are a far more affordable alternative than building permanent walls without compromising quality or protection. Any company trying to safeguard its light-sensitive products should make this wise investment.

Curtains Block Out The Light For Less Money

A sensible and effective method to protect delicate goods from light in storage is with industrial curtains. For companies in many other sectors, they are the perfect choice because of their affordable cost, simplicity of installation, and customizing tools. Investing in industrial curtains will help you guard your goods from light damage, so preserving their quality and value over their storage period.

Easy Install

Light blocking Industrial curtains come with grommets at the top, making hanging the curtains quick and easy with or without the curtain track.

 Inexpensive

Light blocking Industrial curtains are about 1/3rd of the cost of other separation methods such as rigid walls or panel systems and are easy to store.

Separate Workers

Industrial curtain walls are ideal for separating workers for welding, washing, packaging and many other operations.

Control Noise

Light blocking warehouse curtains help reduce noise due to the thick PVC they are made from, which makes for a more comfortable work environment.

Material Options

Opaque blackout vinyl curtain panel for outdoor enclosures, offering added privacy and weather resistance in outdoor curtain applications.

Blackout Vinyl - Standard or ESD

Unlike a traditional vinyl curtain, 16 oz Vinyl blackout material is extruded in a special process that blocks out light. Its slick surface makes it ideal for applications where the curtain might get dirty or wet. Color options are black or white. You can also choose ESD / anti-static material. €€

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Plush industrial velour blackout curtains in a commercial setting, emphasising soft yet opaque curtain fabric.

Blackout Velour

21 oz. IFR polyester velour is a soft material commonly used in many commercial and industrial applications. It is soft to the touch and is a 100% blackout material. Color options are black only. €€€

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PVC blackout strip curtains suitable for doorway enclosures and industrial access points.

Blackout Strip Curtains - Standard or ESD

PVC blackout strip curtains for door openings or entire strip curtain walls. You can purchase the rolls pre-cut and punched to your desired height or you can purchase them as uncut and simply un-roll the PVC and cut it to your desired length. €€€

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Hardware Accessories Benefits How to Measure
Hardware

Curtain Track

  • 16 gauge galvanized steel tracks
  • Nylon roller hooks for easy opening
  • 6 mounting styles to connect to various structures
  • Free standing hardware for up to 6m in height

Static Mount Hardware

Industrial Curtain Hanging Options

  • Aluminum Angle - Use with self tapping Tek screws to pinch curtain to angle.
  • Grommets Only - You can then use many DIY methods to hang the curtains.
  • Beam Clamps - Clamps onto the flange of beams, joists and purlins.
Accessories

Curtain Features

Curtain Valances

A valance is made from the same material as the
lower curtain. They are used to seal the opening
above the curtain. This is generally the space from
the roof deck to the bottom of the joist or purling.
They can be rectangular or follow the slope of the roof.

 

Floor Sweeps

A floor sweep seals the open area between the
curtain and the floor. It attaches to the main
curtain by Velcro. They are 15cm tall and as wide
as the entire length of the curtain. These are
ideal for controlling dust, fumes, odors and
other undesirable elements. They can also be
replaced in the future should the friction from
the floor wear them out.

 

Anchor Straps

Velcro straps hold your curtain in place if wind
is present or a more secure curtain is required.
These anchors feature Velcro straps which loop
through a D-ring which is anchored into the
cement floor. Typically spaced every 1.2m.

 

Seal Velcro

Seal Velcro also known as adhesive Velcro sticks
onto your curtain and can be installed in the field.
Please note that this is not ideal for cold
temperature applications or high-frequency use.

 

Chain Weights

If you have a slight breeze or are power washing
near the curtain then we can add a galvanized
4.5mm chain weight to the bottom of the curtain.

 

Connecting Curtains

Velcro

Velcro is used to connect curtain sections
together to form larger curtain walls. The
Velcro also serves as an access points for
larger curtains and makes them easier to
install.

 

Magnets

Seal magnets are an idea way to attach curtains
to each other or adjacent steel walls and beams.
Best utilized in dusty areas that would clog up
Velcro.

 

Entry Options

Sewn In Strip Doors

Strip doors that are sewn into the curtain are
ideal for light foot traffic. This allows for quick
movement of people into and out of the
industrial curtains.

 

Free Standing Strip Doors

For motorized traffic a free-standing steel frame
strip door is ideal. The steel frame takes the
stress off of the curtain wall ensuring longevity
and performance for motor traffic and high use.

 

Swinging Impact Doors

A free-standing industrial swinging door can
also be provided for access. Also known as
impact doors, these heavy duty doors can
take a lot of abuse from carts, fork lifts or
heavy foot traffic. View Styles

 

Roll Up Doors

Supported with a free-standing steel frame
the power roll up doors can be opened and
closed via remote from a fork lift. Door
styles and prices vary based on frequency
of opening and closing, speed requirements
and size. View Styles

Benefits

Key Benefits

  • Less expensive than rigid walls
  • Can be taken down quickly when not needed
  • Can be re-purposed in other areas
  • Ability to purchase more curtains and attach to existing curtains
  • Divide work areas quickly
  • Industrial curtains improve worker safety
  • Quick to roll out of way when not in use
  • Easy to clean with slick surface of Vinyl
  • Contain air migration, odors, dust, over-spray
  • Lifetime warranty on all hardware and 5 year warranty on curtains

Common Layouts

AKON can supply just about any layout you can think of. Below are some common styles. They can be single sided, double-sided, triple sided, four-sided or multiple straights to create complete enclosures. You simply inform AKON about your desired design and we will have it fabricated exactly as you need it. For customized layouts, sketch your design and upload it using our online RFQ form. See button below.

How to Measure

Width

  • Measure the distance that you are trying to cover
    • We will generally add 5% to this dimension to give your curtain proper drape.
    • When you receive your quote, the hardware width will be the actual width.

Height

  • Measure the distance from the floor to the mounting point
    • We will subtract 7.5cm to account for the hardware to keep your curtain just off of the ground.
      • If you want the floor sweep option, we also subtract the 7.5cm. This will allow the floor sweep to lay slightly on the floor while the main curtain is just off of the floor.
      • If you have a sloped ceiling please provide us with the high point height and the low point height. We will assume it is a linear straight slope. More Info On Here On Slope Ceilings

 

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Common Questions


What is the spacing from the bottom of the track to the top of the curtain?
Standard curtains have approximately 2.cm - 7.5cm of a gap from the bottom of the track to the top of the curtain.

Spacing from Track

 

What are the dimensions of the track?

 

Can the track be cut to size on site?
Yes, the track is made to be field cut on site using a hack saw or Sawzall.

 

How much width does the radius corner add to the length?
The radius corner is 60cm diameter. The radius corner will add 60cm to each dimension.
For example, if you have 3m of curtain track then a radius corner will be make the overall length of side “A” 3m+60cm=3.6m

 

How does the track go together?
The track is modular in design and will arrive in pieces that have a simple bolt together design.

 

How close together do I need the track supports?
The track should be supported approximately every 1.5m with a track support. The farther apart the track supports, the greater the deflection. If you have a relatively short in height curtain then you could space the supports out a little farther. You will receive enough track supports with your order to achieve this 1.5m spacing.

 

Can I simply drill straight through the track and into the ceiling / structure?
Yes. This is called a flush mount install and is very common. Simply drill through the middle of the track and use a small wood screw, bolt, Tek screw...ect into your structure. Space the holes about every .9m-1.5m.

 

How hard is it to install the industrial curtain track?
It is very easy. All of the components simply fit into each other and connect with set screws. The installation is very intuitive. If you have any difficulty simply call or email us and we will walk you through the process.

 

Will the track rust? Can it be used in wet environments?
The track is Hot-dip galvanizing (HDG) which is often used to protect steel from corrosion in some of the harshest environments imaginable, yet it provides maintenance-free longevity for decades. The corrosion resistance of hot-dip galvanizing varies according to its surroundings but generally corrodes at a rate of 1/30 of bare steel in the same environment.

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People all over the world trust AKON Curtains to provide industrial curtain solutions. Our custom-made barriers improve safety, productivity, and cleanliness in places like factories and warehouses. With experienced help and quick turnaround times, AKON is the best company to work with for long-lasting, affordable solutions that will work in the UK and beyond.

When you see the name AKON Curtains, you know they are high quality. Our industrial curtains are made with high-quality materials and excellent craftsmanship so they can handle the roughest conditions. AKON gives you long-lasting performance you can rely, whether you need to enclose, separate, or protect something. We make sure your workspace stays efficient, safe, and professional by making things to exact specifications for UK industries.

We don't think that one size fits all at AKON Curtains. We don't use generic, off-the-shelf curtains; every one is handcrafted just for you. We make sure that each solution fits precisely, whether it's in terms of size, substance, or use. Get the performance, fit, and function your workspace needs, with the high-quality craftsmanship that sets us distinct.

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