Since 1950, Singer Safety has been outfitting workplaces all around the globe with expertly made industrial barrier products. Industrial work settings are infamous for loud sounds that can be damaging to workers’ health and hearing and decrease overall productivity. Installing our line of industrial curtains comes with a slew of benefits. Our products come in standard sizes and are ready to install, but they can also be custom-made based on specific measurements to suit your specific warehouse or office.
In this article, we will thoroughly discuss all of the benefits and applications of Singer Safety’s industrial curtains, the different styles and their purposes, and how installing industrial curtain walls in your workplace can elevate your work environment.
Applications: Where Should I Hang Industrial Curtains?
Singer Safety has several different styles of industrial curtains to choose from, depending on your needs.
Around Loud and/or Dangerous Machinery
The Weld-Vision series curtains are intended to be hung around welding, cutting, and grinding machine workstations to promote safety. These curtains are made from your choice of cotton duck, TempTex, or TransVue Vinyl and hang on a gliding track system that makes arranging and rearranging a breeze. They can also be connected to create larger curtain walls with Singer Safety’s Add-A-Panel-Clips. They can even be moved from job site to job site, and unlike permanent walls, Weld-Vision curtains provide ventilation and airflow. Hanging these heavy-duty curtains around hazardous equipment improves the overall safety of your warehouse or plant, as well as the employees.
To Create Privacy
Singer Safety’s privacy curtains can be used to create partitions in an open-concept space. These are perfect for making designated locker rooms, office spaces, and workstations. They come in varying heights, the tallest being twelve feet, to maximize privacy for your workers. These curtains are completely opaque, which helps decrease excess sound and echo and can be assembled and disassembled quickly. Curtain walls are also much more cost-effective than building permanent walls.
To Partition Workspaces
Productivity is often increased when workstations are separated with privacy curtains, as more tasks can be done simultaneously without disruption. Using curtain walls to separate workspaces also helps decrease the amount of loud, excess noise in a warehouse or plant, where echoes and reverb from heavy machinery can bounce off hard surfaces and create a distracting, uncomfortable work environment for employees. Singer Safety’s Super-Vision curtains come in a variety of colors with clear panels to make it easy to see what is happening inside. The hardware on these curtains includes heavy-duty Velcro® strips to create curtain walls and keep objects and materials from leaving their designated workstations.
Industrial Curtain Wall Benefits
Dampens Sound
OSHA’s guidelines state that workers should not be exposed to noise at or over 85 decibels for more than eight hours at a time. Singer Safety’s curtain wall applications can help decrease the decibels in your warehouse, factory, or manufacturing plant by containing the excessive noise caused by heavy machinery and the loud nature of warehouse buildings. When used in tandem with Singer Safety’s noise dampening products, such as acoustic foam, quilted fiberglass panels, and ceiling baffles, curtain walls can significantly improve the acoustics and sound quality in your workplace.
Protects Workers
When in a workplace with excessive loud noise, workers run the risk of suffering from permanent hearing loss, especially in industrial work settings. A good rule of thumb recommended by OSHA is that if an employee cannot hear another employee from three feet away without shouting, the workplace is too loud. Not only is this noise detrimental physically, but it takes a mental toll as well. Loud sounds can cause serious stress, which decreases worker productivity and motivation. Separating workspaces with curtain walls benefits workers by dampening the sound, allowing them to focus on their jobs, multitask better, and communicate more efficiently with their coworkers.
Increases Productivity
Creating separate workstations with Singer Safety’s line of industrial curtains helps warehouses run more efficiently by allowing multiple tasks or jobs to be performed at the same time. For example, a Weld-Vision curtain wall can be installed to contain and protect workers from the hazards of welding equipment. This allows companies to take full advantage of their square footage and host multiple operations simultaneously. Curtain walls also benefit workers by offering more privacy and curtailing harsh noise, which has been shown to increase employee productivity. Because Singer Safety’s curtains are installed on a gliding track system, they can be reoriented again and again to suit your plant’s specific and ever-changing needs. They come in many different colors, offering employers the opportunity to streamline operations by color-coding various tasks, equipment, and job sites.
Environmental Control
Dust, debris, light, and temperature all contribute to the overall productivity of a warehouse or plant. Singer Safety’s Environmental Series is especially helpful when it comes to controlling temperature in a particular part of the workplace, as well as serving as a barrier for harmful contaminants. Protecting workers and expensive equipment from the elements cuts long-run costs and keeps employees comfortable, especially on an exposed job site.
Streamline the Workplace with Singer Safety’s Custom Curtain Walls
When it comes to industrial work, productivity and safety are the cornerstones of creating the ideal work environment. Singer Safety is a known leader in the industrial barrier industry, and our products are supremely beneficial when it comes to maximizing output and keeping workers comfortable. Our vinyl industrial curtain walls are easy to assemble and can be customized to fit your particular space. They are easy to clean and maintain, and unlike fixed walls, can be moved as often as your needs require. Our curtains come with a five-year warranty, and our experienced staff are available to help you choose which curtain system would work best for you. Whether you are outfitting a school, warehouse, restaurant, storage facility, or office space, Singer Safety can help elevate the form and function of your workspace. Contact us today to ask questions and find out more about how our products can benefit your business.
