Manufacturer’s guide to facility maintenance: Essential wiping solutions

Simplify your cleaning tasks

As you know, cleaning an industrial manufacturing facility is not a simple task. Keeping sophisticated machinery, workstations and other areas across your facility clean and production-ready requires strategies and solutions that can accommodate a wide range of challenges.

WypAll^® wipes, designed to handle your toughest maintenance tasks, provide task-specific wiping solutions to help keep your facility clean and optimized for production. Whether it’s removing gritty substances from abrasive surfaces or polishing finished products before packaging and shipping, WypAll has a wipe that’s tailored to your task.

In this article, we’ll explore:

- Challenges faced by industrial manufacturing maintenance teams

- Cleaning solutions tailored to specific needs and tasks:

- Strength and durability

- Speed and absorbency

- Waste reduction

- Chemical compatibility

- Why WypAll is the essential wiping solution for industrial manufacturing cleaning tasks

Need #1

Strength and
durability

Close-up view of worker using WypAll<sup>®</sup> Wipes to clean industrial machinery.

Designed for tough challenges

Manufacturing facilities are complicated structures that are built to withstand the rigors of mass production. While efficiency and productivity are the priorities, the complex design of these facilities often presents challenges for the teams responsible for their cleaning and maintenance.

To avoid costly unplanned downtime, tools, machines and fixtures require regular cleaning to sustain their long-term use. However, efficiently cleaning metals, concrete and plastics requires wipes that can handle repeated scrubbing without quickly tearing and creating waste, which can drive up the cost of cleaning supplies.

Additionally, maintenance teams want solutions that simplify and speed up their cleaning tasks, so they can get the most out of a hard day’s work.

Solution

WypAll^® X80 Cloths

WypAll X80 cloths are designed to deliver the exceptional strength and durability industrial manufacturing maintenance teams need to handle tough cleaning tasks.

Here’s what you can expect from WypAll X80 cloths.

Box of WypAll® X80 Heavy Duty Cloths designed for tough industrial cleaning tasks.

Engineered to tackle the most demanding jobs and maintain their strength.

Wipes stay strong, even when wet.

Reusable up to 20x.

Exceptional ability to remove contaminants.

Offers outstanding chemical compatibility.

Reusability helps drive sustainable practices.

When keeping tough, abrasive surfaces clean is required, WypAll X80 cloths are the essential cleaning solution.

Need #2

Speed and
absorbency

Close-up view of worker’s hands wiping tabletop with WypAll<sup>®</sup> Wipes.

Contain and clean spills fast

Minor water, oil and chemical spills and leaks are common in some manufacturing facilities. However, depending on the type of spill, these small incidents can lead to serious issues without fast and proper cleanup.

Whether losing grip of a heavy, grease-coated tool, slipping on pooling water or spinning out on a utility vehicle after driving through slick oil, spills or leaks can create dangerous conditions within your facility.

Solution

WypAll^® L40 Towels

WypAll L40 towels provide industrial manufacturing maintenance teams with the absorbency strength and capacity to confidently clean up spills and leaks. Here’s how they perform:

Box of WypAll® L40 Extra Absorbent Towels for liquid spills.

Powerful absorbency

Specially designed to absorb liquids, lubricants and oils. L40 towels absorb up to 25% more mineral oil than the leading competitors.¹

Advanced design

Plush, soft surface with inner layer pockets improves absorbency for small and large spills.

Clean surfaces fast

L40 towels offer exceptional absorption that is 25% faster than regular towels while remaining soft on surfaces and in workers' hands.

WypAll L40 towels are engineered to quickly absorb water, oil and chemicals, making them the ideal solution for cleaning up spills and leaks.

Need #3

Waste
reduction

Reduce waste while cleaning

More manufacturers are prioritizing sustainability by incorporating strategies like waste reduction and recycling into their operations to shift, slow down or eliminate their reliance on critical resources.

While the long-term benefits of sustainability efforts are evident, implementing these programs can initially create friction with existing operations until the right solutions and processes are put into practice.

For example, to reduce the amount of waste created during facility cleaning, cleaners’ will likely need to change their tools and techniques to produce measurable results.

Solution

WypAll^® X60 Cloths

Manufacturers interested in making waste reduction a part of their daily operations should incorporate WypAll X60 cloths into their cleaning routines and sustainability strategies.

Box of WypAll® X60 Multi-Task Cleaning Cloths with text highlighting its high absorbency.

HyperAbsorb^TM technology allow X60 cloths to be reused up to 5 times.

Powerful Hydroknit^® technology enables absorption power for the lightweight X60 cloths

Exceptional reusability of X60 cloths helps reduce waste and drive sustainable practices.

By fully maximizing the durability and reusability of WypAll X60 cloths, cleaners can minimize the number of wipes needed and reduce the amount of waste created when getting their most important tasks done.

Need #4

Chemical
compatibility

Close-up view of worker using WypAll<sup>®</sup> Wipes to clean greasy factory equipment.

The right pairing for the task

Keeping tools, heavy machinery and high-touch surfaces free of grime, grease and other contaminants is critical to industrial manufacturing maintenance. This helps keep mass production processes optimized for efficiency and delivery.

However, achieving a high level of cleanliness can be challenging without the right pairing of wipes and cleaning chemicals.

Whether spraying and wiping or fully saturating a wipe in a cleaning chemical, the wipe’s physical properties and the cleaning chemical must be compatible. Ignoring compatibility checks can unintentionally weaken active ingredients in chemicals, diminishing their efficacy and negatively impacting the cleanliness of your facility.

Solution

WypAll^® X70 Cloths

WypAll X70 cloths are compatible with many common water-based and solvent-based cleaning chemicals, an ideal solution for industrial maintenance teams that need strong, fast-absorbing wipes. Powered by HydroKnit^® base sheet technology, X70 cloths remain strong, durable and reusable up to ten times.

Box of WypAll® X70 Medium Duty Cleaning Cloths for chemical absorption.

Chemical Compatibility

Spray and wipe cleaning

- Quats (quaternary ammonium compounds)
- Bleach (sodium hypochlorite)
- Hydrogen Peroxide
- Peracetic Acid
- All-purpose cleaners

Full saturation cleaning

- Soap/ Detergent
- Hydrogen Peroxide
- Peracetic Acid
- Methyl Ethyl Ketone
- Isopropanol
- Acetone

Investing in cleanliness:

The WypAll^® difference

By choosing the right solutions, implementing a comprehensive cleaning strategy and fostering a culture of cleanliness, your maintenance team can help ensure that your facility looks great and performs beyond expectations.

WypAll wipes are your essential wiping solutions for industrial manufacturing cleaning. A versatile portfolio that offers strength and durability, provides high-capacity absorbency and seamlessly pairs with a wide range of water-based and solvent-based cleaning chemicals.

Every manufacturing facility is unique, maintaining specific processes and workflows. With various cleaning requirements, maintenance teams require cleaning solutions that effortlessly enhance their ability to complete their tasks.

The versatility of WypAll wipes gives maintenance teams the advantage needed to tackle the most difficult cleaning tasks, helping to ensure your facility’s operations remain optimized for efficiency, productivity and profitability.

WypAll wipes are your essential solutions for taking on the challenges of industrial manufacturing cleaning. Request free samples of WypAll wipes and learn how the right wiping solution can transform your industrial cleaning processes.

WypAll® Wipes packaging showcasing the product.

Investing in essential industrial cleaning solutions is not an expense; it's an investment in the safety, productivity, and longevity of your facility.

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