Boot Washing Machine Selection: How to Choose From the 23 Henger Models

Henger Manufacturing (Shandong) Machinery Technology Co., Ltd.

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Twenty-three models is a wide range, and the first thing to understand is that they are not twenty-three sizes of the same machine. They split into function families, and buying the wrong family is the most common way a boot washing project goes wrong.

This guide sets out how the published range is organised, which job each family does, and the five decisions that narrow twenty-three models down to one. Footprints and power figures below are taken from the individual product pages.

Where Buyers Go Wrong First

The range is published as HE-HCDS01 to HE-HCDS23, and the assumption that every one of them washes boots is understandable - and wrong. Four of the published models are hand disinfection and access control units with no boot cleaning function at all.

That matters because they are often the right answer. In a plant where boots are already exchanged at the barrier, a hand disinfection gate may be all the checkpoint needs, and fitting a full boot washer costs floor space for a step nobody uses.

The Function Families

The published catalogue covers all four families, with the lower-numbered models generally carrying more functions and the higher-numbered units reducing to a single job. Where a site needs several steps at one door, the combined end of the range is the starting point.

Decision 1 - What Must the Station Actually Do?

Write the steps down in order before looking at models: sole cleaning, boot upper cleaning, hand disinfection, gate release. Then cross out anything the process already covers elsewhere. Most oversized stations come from specifying a step the plant performs somewhere else.

For dedicated plant boots in a wet process, the HE-HCDS19 boot washer is the published unit at 1,200 x 620 x 920 mm in SUS304 stainless steel, with quick-release brush sets that lift out for washing between shifts.

Where only soles need treatment, the HE-HCDS18 is published at 910 x 400 x 1,500 mm at 0.4 kW, using high-strength food-grade polyester brushes on a quick-release design, with no hand hygiene or gate function.

Where boots are exchanged rather than washed, the decision moves to the hand disinfection family entirely, and the boot cleaning question disappears from the enquiry.

Decision 2 - How Much Floor Do You Have?

Footprint is the second filter, and the published range spans a wide ladder. The smallest unit measures 550 x 400 mm of floor; the largest of the hand disinfection stations with a gate measures 1,100 x 1,160 mm. Height runs from 920 mm to 1,600 mm.

Narrow corridors change the answer rather than removing it. A slim floor-fixed unit keeps the step in the route where a freestanding station would block passage, and two compact checkpoints often serve a shift better than one wide one placed off the route.

Decision 3 - Where Does It Sit on the Route?

Placement decides whether the step is used. A station installed off the natural walking line becomes decoration within a month, whatever its specification. Walk the route at shift change before fixing the position.

The published hand disinfection units suit positions a boot washer cannot take. HE-HCDS22 is floor-fixed on a 930 x 370 mm footprint at 1,200 mm height, and HE-HCDS23 is the most compact in the series at 550 x 400 x 1,200 mm - both intended for narrow doorways and corridor sections.

Between them sit HE-HCDS21 at 730 x 900 x 1,322 mm and HE-HCDS20 at 1,100 x 1,160 x 1,600 mm, the latter a freestanding unit with an integrated gate at a published 0.2 kW.

None of these four wash boots. They dispense sanitiser, unlock the gate after the hand step is completed, and stop when the worker has passed - which is exactly what a barrier-side checkpoint needs when footwear is exchanged.

Decision 4 - Power and Services

Two figures are published for the minimal units, and both are low enough that electrical supply rarely drives the decision: 0.2 kW for the freestanding gate station and 0.4 kW for the sole washing unit. Power is not published for every model and is confirmed on enquiry.

Standard supply across the range is 380V/50Hz, with regional configurations such as 220V single-phase or 60Hz available on request. Water and drainage decide where a unit can sit, and both steps need them. Boot cleaning needs supply and drain at the unit. A sanitiser dispenser has no water connection, but the hand hygiene step starts with washing - so it needs a wash station beside it, with its own supply and drain.

Decision 5 - What Happens to the Boots Between Shifts?

Drying is not a by-product of washing. Boots are worn for a full shift, and what makes them damp at the end of the day is perspiration inside the boot, not the washer. If that pair goes into a closed cabinet and comes out unchanged the next morning, the worker starts the shift in a wet boot.

So the drying step belongs in the same specification as the entry equipment, sized on how many people wear boots per shift. Placing racks in the boot room or along the end wall of the changing room keeps pairs dry and ready for the next shift.

The published boot drying rack range covers 12 to 40 pairs at 1.5 kW, using hot air circulation with ozone and adjustable temperature up to 60°C, sized on the same headcount as the rest of the route.

Where hand hygiene is needed at scale rather than at a gate, touchless hand wash and disinfection stations run one to five positions and complement a boot washer rather than replacing it.

Verified Model Specifications

The table below lists the models whose individual product pages were checked for this article. The remaining models in the range follow the same logic, and their specifications are confirmed per enquiry.

All units listed are built in 304 stainless steel at 2.0 mm plate thickness, run on photoelectric sensor induction, are supplied at 380V/50Hz with customisation available, and carry emergency stop, auto-stop when idle and leakage protection.

Selection Checklist

Reading the Rest of the Range

The published range runs from combined stations carrying several functions down to single-purpose units, so the model number is a rough guide rather than a ranking: more functions generally sit at the lower end, more compact dedicated units at the higher end.

Where none of the published configurations fits, customisation is the intended path. The boot washing range overview sets out the full catalogue, and engineering support covers station configuration, dimensions and function combinations.

For plants specifying the whole entry rather than one unit, the Complete Dressing Room Hygiene Solution places washing, hand hygiene, drying and storage on one route, and the dressing room hygiene equipment range lists the items that make it up.

Sizing the Checkpoint for the Shift Change

Function and footprint narrow the list, but headcount decides how many units. The question is how many people must pass in the busiest fifteen minutes, and how long one person takes at the step - a boot wash takes noticeably longer than a hand sanitiser cycle.

Where the queue will not clear, the answer is usually a second checkpoint rather than a larger machine. Splitting a shift across two positions on the same route keeps people moving and removes the single point of failure that one busy station becomes.

Visitor and contractor flow deserves a number of its own. It is small, irregular, and frequently forgotten - which is why a compact gate unit beside the main route often solves it more neatly than widening the main station.

FAQ

Q1: Do all 23 models wash boots?

No. The published range splits into function families. HE-HCDS20, HE-HCDS21, HE-HCDS22 and HE-HCDS23 are hand disinfection and access control units, and their product pages state that they focus on hand disinfection only, without integrated boot cleaning.

Q2: Which model is the most compact?

HE-HCDS23, at 550 x 400 x 1,200 mm, is published as the most compact unit in the series. HE-HCDS22 follows at 930 x 370 x 1,200 mm with a floor-fixed slim profile, and HE-HCDS21 at 730 x 900 x 1,322 mm sits between the two.

Q3: What power supply do these units need?

Standard supply is 380V/50Hz across the range, with 220V single-phase, 60Hz or other regional configurations available on request. Published consumption is 0.2 kW for HE-HCDS20 and 0.4 kW for HE-HCDS18; for other models, power is confirmed on enquiry.

Q4: Do I need both a boot washer and a hand disinfection station?

It depends on what happens to footwear at the barrier. Where plant boots are worn and washed, both steps apply. Where boots are exchanged for dedicated pairs, a hand disinfection gate on its own usually covers the checkpoint.

Q5: What maintenance do these units need?

For hand disinfection units, weekly inspection of the disinfectant tank and metering pump, with monthly checks of electrical connections and sensors. For boot washing units, daily rinsing of brush rollers plus the same weekly and monthly checks is recommended.

About Henger

Henger Manufacturing (Shandong) Machinery Technology Co., Ltd. was founded in 2018 and holds more than 60 invention patents, with an engineering team averaging more than 15 years of experience. The company supplies dressing room and workshop hygiene equipment factory-direct, with production carried out under CE and ISO 9001 certified processes, and serves domestic and overseas markets.

Closing Call to Action

Tell us how many people pass the checkpoint per shift change, whether boots are washed or exchanged, and how much floor you have: inquire now, email info3@hengerchina.com, or message WhatsApp +86 188 5430 1052 - our engineering team will return a free layout drawing and quotation.