RYFHS-ER-03 Stainless Steel Emergency Shower Station with Clear PVC Strip Curtain Enclosure and Red Collection Tray

Product Overview

The RYFHS-ER-03 is a freestanding enclosed emergency shower station: a stainless steel 304 frame carrying a clear PVC strip curtain on all sides and across the entry, a red collection tray forming the floor, and a stainless riser inside with an umbrella shower head at the top and an eyewash bowl with a green PUSH plate at working height. A signage panel sits above the entry. The strip curtain is the defining choice of this build: an injured person walks straight through it without finding a handle, and the interior stays visible from the aisle because the strips are clear, while the bulk of the splash is turned back inside the frame.

Why Strip Curtains — and What They Cost You

Strips are the only enclosure type that asks nothing of the user. There is no latch, no closer, no rail and no door swing to fight, which matters to someone who cannot see, is holding their eyes open with both hands, or is supporting a colleague. That is a genuine advantage over a hinged door and over a curtain that has to be pulled aside.

It is bought with three compromises. First, containment is partial: strips overlap, they do not seal, and at 75.7 L/min the shower will push water out between the overlaps and under the hems. The frame footprint and the drainage around it must assume a wet floor outside the tray. Second, the strips are the wear item. PVC clouds, hardens and crazes with UV and with chemical exposure, and a clouded strip stops being an inspection window. Strips must be individually replaceable, and the specifier should confirm the polymer is compatible with the chemicals on site rather than assume "PVC is fine". Third, hygiene: strips touch skin, faces and contaminated clothing, and the surfaces between them are the hardest part of any enclosure to clean. They belong on the cleaning schedule, not on the annual overhaul list.

The red tray is a visibility and containment device, not a code item. Its colour makes the station easy to find and the run-off easy to see, but what matters technically is whether the tray can take the shower flow and drain it. At full shower flow the tray fills in seconds, so the drain connection and the fall to the outlet decide whether the floor stays usable — check both before the tray is set.

Key Features

• Stainless steel 304 frame, knocked down for carriage through a standard doorway and assembled on site.

• Clear PVC strip curtain on all sides and across the entry, walk-through with no handle or latch.

• Individual strip replacement, so a single clouded or damaged strip does not require a new curtain set.

• Red collection tray with raised lip forming the floor and catching run-off inside the frame footprint.

• Stainless steel 304 umbrella shower head on a full-height riser.

• Eyewash bowl with twin nozzles and a green PUSH plate, hands-free once operated.

• Signage panel above the entry for station identification; wording and language supplied to order.

• All wetted parts stainless steel; no painted carbon steel in the structure or the water path.

• Open-top frame gives headroom and ventilation, so the interior dries between uses rather than holding humidity like a closed cabinet.

Technical Specifications

Installation and Commissioning

1. Prepare a level base and connect the tray drain first; the tray must fall to the outlet and must not stand water after a full-flow test.

2. Assemble the frame on a flat floor and hang the strips so that each overlaps its neighbour by the margin the curtain maker specifies, with the hems clear of the tray.

3. Connect the inlet, flush the line with the strainer removed, then check that the shower head and the eyewash bowl sit within the standard height bands.

4. Operate the PUSH plate and the shower and confirm both hold open without being held, and that the spray pattern covers the standing position inside the frame.

5. Run the shower at full flow for several minutes and watch the strips and the tray: note where water escapes and arrange the surrounding floor drainage accordingly.

6. Record flows, head heights, the strip overlap used and the tray drain rate in the commissioning file, and set a strip replacement interval for the site's conditions.

Operation and Maintenance

Weekly: operate the shower and the eyewash for at least three minutes, confirm the tray drains completely, and check that the strips hang straight and overlap correctly.

Monthly: clean the strips on both faces, check them for clouding, cracking or chemical staining, and replace any strip that has lost transparency.

Quarterly: descale the eyewash nozzles and the shower head face, check the frame fixings and the tray lip for corrosion, and confirm the PUSH plate moves freely.

Annually: verify flow rates against the commissioning record, inspect the base for movement, and review the strip stock on site so a replacement is available before the next inspection finds a failed strip.

Standards and Compliance

The shower and eyewash are designed to ANSI Z358.1-2014 figures: 15 minutes of flushing with tepid water at 20–37 °C, hands-free activation, and a location within ten seconds of the hazard. The strip enclosure is not covered by that standard and relaxes none of it: head height, bowl height and unobstructed access must be verified with the curtain in place, and the walk-through entry must stay clear of stored goods. Because containment is partial, the floor outside the tray will get wet — the surrounding area must be slip-resistant and drained. Run-off collected in the tray is contaminated water and must go to drainage permitted by the site's environmental rules. Any lighting or alarm added inside a classified area must be selected for the zone.

Applications

Battery charging rooms, plating and pickling lines, chemical dosing skids, paint and solvent stores, and indoor process areas where the priority is that a blinded person can enter without operating anything. It also suits retrofit situations where a hinged door would obstruct a walkway and where the surrounding floor can take incidental splash.

Ordering

State the model RYFHS-ER-03, the footprint and height required, the strip polymer and its compatibility with the chemicals on site, the inlet and waste sizes, and whether an alarm or lighting is to be included. Confirm the drainage arrangement outside the frame, since the curtain does not seal. The signage panel is supplied to order; the unit in the photograph carries Chinese wording with an English "SHOWER STATION" line and should be specified in the language your site requires.