Most professional kitchens have one or more refrigerated workbenches. These usually contain both drawer seals and door seals, depending on the workbench's layout. A good seal is important for general kitchen hygiene and food safety. In addition, you save energy costs and maintenance costs because the refrigeration system does not operate unnecessarily often.
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Types of refrigerated workbench seals
A refrigerated workbench often combines multiple sealing points in one appliance, each with its own profile.
- Drawer seal: seal for the drawers of the workbench, with or without a magnet.
- Door seal: seal for the doors of the workbench, usually a push-in, flat, bead, or hollow profile.
Drawers and doors of a refrigerated workbench usually follow a fixed structure in standard sizes. The door covers the full height (1/1) and drawers are a part of it, for example, two 1/2 drawers or three 1/3 drawers. Nevertheless, sizes can vary per brand and model. Therefore, always measure each seal separately.
Replacing a refrigerated workbench seal? Keep this in mind
Because a refrigerated workbench often has multiple seals simultaneously, it is good to check each component separately during inspection. Pay attention to:
- Does the closure differ between the drawers, while the door closes properly (or vice versa)?
- Is there a specific point where you more frequently feel cold air escaping?
- Do the drawer seals show faster wear than the door seals, due to the frequency of opening and closing?
- Are there gastronorm containers in the workbench that could damage the door seal?
A refrigerated workbench with a leaking seal at one point can still cause structural energy loss, even if the other seals are still functioning properly.
The right door seal starts with the right choice
Follow our step-by-step guide for measuring and determining the required profile. When replacing, always check the old profile code so that the new profile has the same fit and closure.
Search by brand
View the overview of more than 900 brands and quickly find the matching seals. Is your brand or type number not listed, or is the original profile no longer available? Then check how to find an alternative profile.
Order in a few steps
- Determine which profile is needed per component or search by brand and model
- Measure each profile separately using the step-by-step guide
- Configure the profile in the online configurator
- Place your order
Within 2 to 5 working days, we will hand your order over to the delivery service. Are you placing an order for the first time? Then refrigeration technicians will receive a sample case from us, useful for identifying profiles on-site.
No, that is not necessary. You can determine per drawer or door whether replacement is needed and order individual profiles only for the components that need replacing.
The profile within one refrigerated workbench is usually the same ex-factory, but the size can vary per drawer. And a door seal is always a combination of profile and size. A 1/3 drawer therefore needs a different seal than a 1/2 drawer or the door. Therefore, measure each drawer separately, even if it's the same workbench.
This is often due to the drawer seals, not the door. Drawers are opened and closed more frequently on average than doors, causing the seals there to wear out faster. So, when there's an abnormal temperature, don't just check the door, but all drawers separately as well.
