A dilution on a chart is a hope
Dispensers and dosing units specified position by position in your zone plan and supplied per site, so the dilution comes out of the wall and not out of a guess.
- Positions
- Specified in the zone plan
- Ratio
- Set from the product label
- Supply
- Per site, against the plan
- Charts
- One per station, its own products only
- Units you have
- Recorded, and kept where they fit
DOSE is the Hygienix dosing line: hand dispensers, dilution stations, sink dosing and bucket fill units. Each position is specified in the zone plan, matched to the FORMULA product it dispenses and the label ratio, and supplied per site. The chart above each unit lists only the products on that unit.
- 01 Enquiry
- 02 Zone survey
- 03 Zone plan
- 04 Supply
- 05 At the position
- 06 Verify
- 07 Review
A dilution on a chart is a hope sits at step 4 of from survey to supply. You receive a bill of materials and a reorder quantity per position.
Two honest reasons this line exists
Almost every audit finding about chemical strength is really a finding about a missing dispenser.
The first reason is control. A dilution written on a chart depends on someone reading it, finding the measure and using it at the end of a long shift. A dilution coming out of a fixed unit depends on the unit, and the unit gets checked at the outlet. The strength stops being a behaviour. That is the only version that survives a new starter, a night shift and an unannounced audit.
The second reason is commercial, and we would rather write it down than pretend otherwise. A dispenser places the chemistry. It is fitted once, and the product it dispenses is bought every month. That is why suppliers in this category offer dispensers, and it is also why we specify around hardware you already own rather than insisting you replace it.
The positions a plan usually names
Each position gets a unit, or a deliberate decision not to fit one. The pack that feeds it is decided per position and confirmed with the quote.
| Position | Unit | Product |
|---|---|---|
| Janitor room or chemical store | Two- or four-product dilution station, with bottle and bucket fill | Degreaser, floor cleaner, food-contact sanitiser |
| Pot wash and utensil sink | Sink dosing unit | Food-contact surface sanitiser |
| Remote position with no plumbing | No unit: tablets counted into a bucket marked at the fill line | Sanitising tablets |
| Washroom basin | Wall-mounted soap dispenser, emptied and cleaned before each refill | Liquid hand soap |
| Zone door, after the basin | Touch-free or elbow-operated gel dispenser | Hand sanitiser gel |
| Reception desk | No fixed unit | Hand sanitiser gel |
Documents at every station
The dosing specification per position
Unit, feed, product and ratio, with the ratio taken from the product label.
A chart for each station
Carrying only its own products, printed from their labels.
The commissioning record
A strip reading at every outlet, taken the day the unit went in.
A check card at every station
Date, reading and initials, filled in at the outlet on the plan's frequency.
Decals for every bottle the station fills
Product, dilution and hazard panel, matched to the station that fills it.
How a position is decided
- 01
Find the water and the drain
Pressure, a drain, and a wall that can carry the tube run. Most disappointing installs were chosen on a drawing, not on the wall.
- 02
Follow the bucket
Where the bucket is actually filled, and how far it is carried. A station forty metres from the work is a station people stop using.
- 03
Decide how the product arrives
A drum on a pickup lance, a pack carried in, or tablets. The pack follows the position, not the price list.
- 04
Print the chart for that station
Only the products on that unit, from their labels. A chart listing everything is a chart nobody reads.
- 05
Check the outlet, not the dial
A strip in the bucket at commissioning. The dial says what it was set to; the strip says what came out.
- 06
Units drift, and nobody hears it
Metering tips wear. Water pressure changes through the day. A blocked foot valve pulls air instead of product. So every station carries a check card beside its chart: a strip at the outlet on the plan's frequency, the date, the reading and the initials. The check happens at the station, not in an office afterwards.
A catering kitchen that doses by jug
An event catering kitchen in Khobar makes up all its chemicals by eye from 5 litre packs in the wash-up. The same jug measures degreaser in the morning and sanitiser in the afternoon.
The survey finds a plumbed wall in the janitor room with a drain beneath it, twelve metres from the wash-up. The plan puts a four-product station there for the degreaser, the floor cleaner and the food-contact sanitiser, with one position spare. The pot wash gets a sink dosing unit for the sanitiser. The kitchen door gets a touch-free gel dispenser after the basin, and the basin gets a wall soap dispenser.
At commissioning, a strip is taken at every outlet and written on the station's check card. The jug leaves the building.
The kitchen holds a dosing specification per position, a chart for each station, the commissioning record with its strip readings, a check card at every station, and decals for the bottles each station fills.
Dosing questions from kitchens and FM
We already have dispensers. Will you work with them?
Yes. The survey records what is fitted. Where a unit is set to a ratio the label does not want, the plan says so and gives the change. Replacing working hardware is not a recommendation we make lightly.
Why does the chart only list one station's products?
Because a chart listing everything is how the right-looking row for the wrong product gets used with complete confidence.
How do we know a station is still accurate?
Measure at the outlet with a strip, on the plan's frequency. Tips wear and pressure changes, and neither announces itself.
Do you supply a particular brand of dispenser?
The plan specifies what each position needs: the product, the ratio, bottle or bucket fill, and touch-free or not. The unit is agreed per site.
Is the signage generic?
No. Every chart, decal and check card is printed from your plan and your product labels.
Around the station
FORMULA
The six chemicals a station dispenses, each with the label its ratio comes from.
Read moreNo unitSanitising tablets
For the position with no plumbing, where a count replaces a unit.
Read moreStripsMEASURE
The strips taken at the outlet, and the lot record each tube carries.
Read moreThe documentThe zone plan
Where each position, unit and product is specified for your site.
Read moreITF FMITF FM plumbing
The water supply and drainage a dilution station depends on.
Read morePart of one system
Every division keeps records to the same standard, so the second one you need works the way the first one did.
Take the guess out of the bucket
Tell us where your crew makes up solutions today. The survey finds the positions, and the plan specifies the unit, the product and the chart for each one.