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The Vikan 4052 Metal Detectable Flexible Hand Scraper is a hygienic, food-grade scraper designed for demanding food manufacturing and hygiene-critical production environments. Featuring a flexible, three-sided scraping edge, it provides excellent contact with workbenches, conveyor belts and other surfaces, helping operators efficiently remove food residues and empty buckets, containers and processing equipment.
Manufactured from metal-detectable material, the Vikan 4052 helps support foreign-body prevention and food-safety procedures. If a detectable tool is accidentally broken or lost during production, fragments can be identified by suitable metal detection systems, helping reduce the risk of physical contamination reaching finished products.
Its flexible design allows the scraper to conform more closely to uneven and contoured surfaces, making it effective for removing ingredients, residues and product build-up while supporting efficient cleaning processes.
As part of Vikan's colour-coded hygienic cleaning range, the 4052 can be incorporated into a site-wide colour-coding system to help reduce the risk of cross-contamination between production areas. Its robust, easy-to-clean construction makes it suitable for regular use in food and beverage manufacturing environments.
Effective cleaning-tool management is an important part of food hygiene and foreign-body prevention. The Vikan 4052 metal-detectable scraper can form part of a documented cleaning and tool-control programme within food manufacturing facilities.
Its metal-detectable construction can help sites identify fragments from broken or lost tools when compatible detection systems are used. This can support procedures designed to reduce the risk of physical contamination and protect product integrity.
The scraper's colour-coded design can also support hygiene zoning by assigning particular cleaning tools to defined areas or processes. This can help reinforce cleaning procedures and reduce the potential for cross-contamination.
The Vikan 4052 Metal Detectable Flexible Hand Scraper combines a flexible three-sided scraping edge with metal-detectable construction to provide a practical cleaning solution for hygiene-critical food production.
Used as part of a controlled cleaning and tool-management programme, it can help food manufacturers maintain high standards of production-line hygiene, foreign-body prevention, cross-contamination control and product integrity.
Specification | Details |
Product | Vikan 4052 Metal Detectable Flexible Hand Scraper |
Product type | Flexible hand scraper |
Size | 165mm |
Blade/edge design | Three-sided flexible scraping edge |
Material | Metal-detectable material |
Food industry suitability | Suitable for food manufacturing and food processing applications |
Detectability verification | Can be checked using Vikan 11113 Metal Detection Test Kit |
Design | Hygienic, flexible and easy to clean |
Colour coding | Available as part of Vikan's colour-coded cleaning system |
Typical applications | Workbenches, conveyor belts, buckets and containers |
The Vikan 4052 is part of Vikan's colour-coded cleaning system, allowing different colours to be allocated to specific production areas, processes or hygiene zones.
Available colours: Blue, Green, Red, White & Yellow.
Colour coding can help food manufacturers establish clear cleaning-tool segregation and support documented HACCP-based hygiene procedures.
Other hygiene-critical manufacturing environments
Metal-detectable cleaning tools are designed to provide an additional control against physical contamination. If a tool is damaged during production and a detectable fragment becomes separated, compatible metal detection equipment may be able to identify it.
For food manufacturers, this can form part of a wider foreign-body control programme, alongside tool inspections, preventative maintenance, cleaning procedures and other food-safety controls.
The Vikan 4052 can be used alongside suitable verification procedures, including the Vikan 11113 Metal Detection Test Kit, to help establish that the relevant detectable properties are being maintained according to your site's procedures.
Yes. The Vikan 4052 is manufactured from metal-detectable material, allowing it to form part of a foreign-body prevention programme where compatible metal detection systems are used.
The 4052 is a flexible hand scraper designed for cleaning workbenches, conveyor belts and production equipment, as well as emptying buckets and containers.
The Vikan 4052 has a 165mm scraping edge.
The flexible edge helps the scraper maintain contact with surfaces, including uneven or contoured areas, making it easier to remove food residues and product build-up.
Yes. It is designed for applications including cleaning conveyor belts and work surfaces in food production environments. Always follow your site's cleaning procedures and equipment manufacturer's recommendations.
The scraper can form part of a site's HACCP-based cleaning, hygiene and foreign-body prevention procedures. HACCP compliance depends on the complete food-safety management system and the procedures implemented by the individual site.
Yes. The Vikan 11113 Metal Detection Test Kit can be used for appropriate verification of detectable Vikan plastic fragments. Verification should be carried out according to your site's documented procedures and the relevant equipment requirements.
Colour coding can help designate cleaning equipment for specific areas or hygiene zones. This can support segregation procedures and help reduce the risk of cross-contamination.
Yes. Its hygienic, food-industry-oriented design and metal-detectable construction make it suitable for a range of food and beverage manufacturing and processing applications, subject to your site's cleaning and food-safety requirements.
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