How to Choose a Stainless Steel Hand Wash Station

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Stainless Steel Hand Wash Station: Choosing Among 10 HXD Models

Blog Post - Industry News | Publish date: 2026-10-27

Introduction

The hand wash step is the most repeated hygiene action in any plant, and the least examined. It is specified early, usually by floor area, and then discovered to be too small at the first shift change of the new line.

The published range runs to ten models, and they differ in three things that matter: how many people can use it at once, whether it includes a soaking tank, and whether it hangs on a wall or stands on the floor. This guide works through all three.

What the Ten Models Actually Differ In

Every unit in the range is built the same way: SUS304 food-grade stainless steel, a body thickness of 1.2 mm on main models and 1.0 mm on some two-position units, and a touchless cycle combining induction faucet, soap dispenser, disinfectant dispenser and hand dryer.

From there, the differences are practical. Position count runs from one to five. Power follows the position count at 1.5 kW, 3 kW and 4.5 kW. A front-mounted soaking tank appears on select models from the two-position size upward. And two models hang on a wall rather than standing on the floor.

Decision 1 - How Many Positions?

This is the decision that gets made backwards most often. The question is not how much wall is free, but how many people must wash their hands in the busiest few minutes of a shift change - and how long the full cycle takes when soap, rinse, disinfectant and drying are all involved.

A touchless cycle is longer than a rinse under a tap. Underestimating it is why a three-position station ends up with a queue beside it, and a queue is where the step starts being shortened.

The published hand wash and disinfection station range covers one to five positions, so capacity can be added either by widening a single unit or by placing several units along the route people already walk.

Decision 2 - Soaking Tank or Not?

A front-mounted soaking tank adds a pre-wash disinfection stage before the induction sequence. In the published model table it appears on HXD-BGXX04, a single-position unit built around a soak tank, and on the models from two positions upward. It suits plants where hands arrive heavily soiled, and processes where a pre-soak is written into the hygiene routine.

It also adds footprint and a water-filled basin that has to be emptied and cleaned. Where the step is a routine re-entry wash rather than a first wash of the day, the simpler models are usually the better fit.

Decision 3 - Wall or Floor?

Two published models are wall-mounted: HXD-BGXX01 and HXD-BGXX08. The first is a compact single position at 553 x 375 x 815 mm and 18 kg; the second is a four-position wall unit at 70 kg. Everything else is a freestanding cabinet.

Wall mounting frees floor area, which matters in a changing room that doubles as a walkway, but it needs a wall able to take the load and services routed to that point. Cabinets are simpler to place and simpler to move when a layout changes.

The Published Model Range

Where a dimension or rating is not published on the product page, it is confirmed on enquiry rather than guessed. Published cabinet footprints run from roughly 550 x 380 x 1,400 mm at one position to 2,400 x 550 x 1,400 mm at five, which is the range to plan against.

What the Installation Needs

A station needs three services at one point: a water supply, a drain, and power at the published rating for that model. Cabinets take all three at floor level, so the usual constraint is a floor drain within or beside the unit footprint.

Wall-mounted units need the same services routed to a single point on the wall, plus a wall able to carry the load - 18 kg for the single-position HXD-BGXX01 and 70 kg for the four-position HXD-BGXX08.

Consumables are the part that gets forgotten. Soap and disinfectant reservoirs need refilling on a schedule someone owns, and the sensor and dryer need a glance during daily opening checks. A station that has run dry is skipped the same way a queue is skipped: quietly, and long before anyone reports it.

Standard supply across the range is 380 V / 50 Hz, with 220 V single-phase and 60 Hz configurations available where a region requires them. A site running a different standard should have the rating for its model confirmed at order rather than assumed.

Where the Station Sits in the Route

Position decides use. The station belongs between the boot step and the production door, on the line people walk anyway - not in a corner that requires a detour, however convenient the services are there.

Upstream, footwear is handled by a boot washer at the boundary, with hand hygiene after it rather than before, so treated hands are not re-contaminated by the footwear step.

Where a changing room has no wall run or floor drain for a sink, the HE-HCDS22 floor-fixed hand disinfection and access control unit covers the sanitiser step on 930 x 370 mm of floor - though it dispenses sanitiser rather than washing hands, so it does not replace the station where a wash is required.

That distinction matters when writing a specification: a sanitiser dispenser completes a hand hygiene routine; it does not start one. Where hands arrive soiled, a wash station with supply and drain is still needed alongside it.

Matching Hand Capacity to the Steps Around It

Hand washing is rarely the only timed step on the route. Boot washing, boot drying and garment change each take their own minutes, and the slowest one sets the pace for everyone behind it.

The useful check is to compare them at the same moment - the busiest ten minutes of a shift change - rather than sizing each machine on its own. If, say, the footwear step can pass forty people in that window while three hand positions pass thirty, the station is the constraint, and capacity added upstream changes nothing.

It works in reverse as well. Where several lines start at different times, one wide station at a shared door can sit idle for most of the day and be overloaded twice. Units placed where each line enters spread the load and shorten the walk.

What Sits Alongside It

Garment storage follows the same route: 304 stainless steel lockers published from 4 to 24 doors keep outdoor clothing away from workwear, and an air shower takes over at the high-care door where particulate on garments is the concern.

For the garments themselves, the apron washing machine runs on water pressure with no electrical supply, which makes it easy to site near the wash area without new wiring.

Selection Checklist

Three Mistakes Worth Avoiding

First, sizing by floor area. A station that fits a gap is not necessarily one that serves a shift. Count people and cycle time first, then find the wall.

Second, treating a sanitiser dispenser as a hand wash station. It is a different step: washing removes soil, and disinfection follows. Specifying one where the routine requires both leaves a gap that shows up during review.

Third, placing the station after the boot step is complete but before the door, with no thought to the door itself. If the treated hand then opens a door by handle, the step is undone in the last metre - which is why touchless or elbow-operated doors get specified alongside.

FAQ

Q1: Does a soaking tank replace a separate pre-wash sink?

Not where the routine calls for washing under running water. The front-mounted tank adds a pre-wash disinfection stage inside the unit; a full wash with its own supply and drain remains a separate step, and choosing a soak model does not remove it.

Q2: Which models include a soaking tank?

The published model table lists it on HXD-BGXX04, a single-position unit built around a soak tank, and on HXD-BGXX05 through HXD-BGXX10. The tank is front-mounted and provides a pre-wash disinfection stage before the induction sequence. Where one specific model matters, confirm it on enquiry - the product page FAQ describes the tank differently from its own model table.

Q3: Which hand wash stations are wall-mounted?

HXD-BGXX01, a compact single position at 553 x 375 x 815 mm, and HXD-BGXX08, a four-position wall unit. All other published models are freestanding cabinets, which need no wall loading but take floor area.

Q4: What power supply is needed?

Published ratings follow position count at 1.5 kW for one and two positions, 3 kW for three and four, and 4.5 kW for five. Supply and configuration should be confirmed against your local standard when ordering.

Q5: What is the lead time?

Standard models ship in 15 to 20 days, and customised units require 25 to 30 days after design confirmation. Station count, dimensions, function configuration and material thickness can all be customised.

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 wash at shift change, whether hands arrive soiled, and what wall or 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.

The wider entry range sits under the dressing room hygiene equipment category, with the full sequence set out as the Complete Dressing Room Hygiene Solution.