Industrial Deep Cleaning Guide – What, Why, and How?
However, cleaning industrial halls and factories is an entirely different dimension. There is only one common point: both are essential for a clean, safe, and healthy environment.
But what does deep cleaning mean in an industrial setting, and when can it be carried out most safely and efficiently?
In this article, we review the most important facts, based on Fort Facility’s experience from cleaning hundreds of manufacturing halls.
Daily cleaning vs. Industrial deep cleaning
Daily cleaning – Quick, everyday hygiene maintenance
The goal of daily cleaning is to ensure employees spend their working hours in a healthy, organized environment.
This includes tasks such as:
- Disinfecting restrooms
- Cleaning floors
- Keeping corridors tidy
- Wiping surfaces
- Cleaning easily accessible areas
These usually require less specialized equipment:
SAO water for disinfection, cleaning carts, mops, vacuum cleaners, i-mop, cleaning robots.
Industrial deep cleaning – Comprehensive cleaning of the entire building structure
Deep cleaning involves tasks that cannot be completed during daily cleaning or require significant time and specialized equipment.
Typical deep cleaning tasks:
- Cleaning surfaces and structures above 1.7 meters
- Cleaning interior glass surfaces
- Dust removal from steel structures, beams, and building elements
- Crane and crane track cleaning
- Cleaning skylight windows
- Working at heights using scaffolding or lifts
Specialized industrial technologies required:
- Dry-wet industrial vacuum cleaners
- Industrial glass cleaning tools
- Floor cleaning machines
- High-pressure water systems
- Osmosis water technology
- Mosmatic system
- Laser cleaning equipment
- Dry ice blasting systems
- Various natural media blasting (open and closed systems)
Deep cleaning or maintenance? – Overlapping areas
Many industrial cleaning processes are both cleaning and maintenance, such as:
- Laser cleaning of machines and components
- Removing greasy, oily, or stubborn deposits
- Rust removal using blasting techniques
- Cleaning strip curtains, upholstery, and suspended ceilings
Although these are not classic deep cleaning tasks, they are often part of a well-coordinated industrial cleaning project.
Indoor or outdoor deep cleaning?
Deep cleaning primarily refers to indoor areas, as these directly affect employees.
However, with proper scheduling, outdoor tasks can be combined with indoor work:
- Facade and glass surface cleaning
- Sandwich panel cleaning
- Cleaning exterior doors and entrances
- Green area maintenance
Important:
Outdoor cleaning is only safe and effective from spring to autumn. In cold weather, chemical and water-based cleaning is risky and less efficient.
When is the best time for deep cleaning in a factory?
Most industrial facilities operate on strict, scheduled work plans.
Based on Fort Facility’s experience, shutdown periods are the most suitable for deep cleaning:
- Summer shutdown
- Winter shutdown
This allows the entire area to be treated at once without interruption.
If no shutdown is possible, work can be done:
- Outside working hours
- At night
- In zones
Frequently asked questions about industrial cleaning
How long does an industrial deep cleaning take?
It depends on the size and height of the area, the type of contamination, and the building structure. Accurate time and cost estimates can only be provided after an on-site assessment.
What can a deep cleaning “package” include?
Always tailored to client needs, but may include:
- Dust removal
- Crane and crane track cleaning
- Building structure cleaning
- Glass surface cleaning
- Suspended ceiling cleaning
- Floor cleaning
- Machine cleaning and maintenance tasks
What technologies do we use?
Fort Facility offers a full range of industrial cleaning technologies:
- Industrial vacuuming
- Coating
- Traditional glass cleaning
- High-pressure water cleaning
- Mosmatic system
- Laser cleaning
- Blasting (open and closed systems)
- Dry ice cleaning
Each technology is selected based on the surface type and contamination.
If your industrial hall, plant, or factory needs deep cleaning, contact us with confidence!
Our experienced team will help assess the area, plan the process, and clean using the most efficient technologies.
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