0:16The panel that holds up to washdown
Don Ross on why some food plant customers now use only stainless steel panels, even with hot water and pressure washdowns twice a day.
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What oil canning is
Don Ross explains oil canning on flat, smooth panels: why long spans show it, why it is not a defect, and why a heavier 24 gauge face helps.
Don Ross, D.W. Ross Company. 0:33.
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When you start getting into longer panel spans, you get what's known in the industry as oil canning.
It doesn't affect the integrity of the panel. However, sight lines, it does. And some people don't like to see that in a panel. It looks like the panel's warping or has a defect, and that's not the case.
But when we do a flat, smooth panel, we'll put a 24-gauge finish on it. And that 24-gauge as opposed to 26 kind of knocks out those undulations that you would see that are inherent when you do a flat, smooth panel.
Don Ross, President, D.W. Ross Company
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