Why heat Treatment is Europes fastest growing Pest Control Sector:
i) Heat treatment is the only safe and organic way to kill all life stages of most insect and mite pests, including eggs, larvae, pupae, diapause states and adults.
ii) Effective against pesticide resistant bedbugs and SPI
iii) Wide range of applications from bedbugs in hospitality and transport to stored product insects in mills and bakeries to timber pests, dry wood termites, ISPM15 and Brown Marmorated Stinkbug and other phytosanitary treatments.
Our heat treatment for pest control kits are the product of over twenty five years of research, development and commercial testing and represent the cutting edge of heat treatment equipment. Used also for heat treatment of bed bugs and SPI and for drying of buildings for booklouse and plaster beetle control.
Thermokil now offer our own heat treatment services either working with pest control companies or directly for major food manufacturers or hotel groups.
Thermokil heat treatment technology has been used for the control of insect problems in almost any situation from flour mills, bakeries, and other food factories, to bed bugs in hotels, aircraft and private homes, to wood worm treatments in houses and of course kiln services for ISPM 15.
We provide equipment, training, support, spares and servicing for our entire range and are always available to advise on a complicated job or to train new staff.
Heated gas chambers are a solution to the problem of high treatment times using Phosphine gas - our system reduces treatment times to a few days. This process is already in commercial use treating bulk product that is suspected of being infested before being taken into the factory.
Flour mill insect control
Assessment
Stored Product Insect (SPI) Control in flour mills and other related mills is an important yet complex process. It requires, not only a specialist understanding of the biology and habits of the likely pest insects, but of the unique features of the complex flour milling process and production requirements of an often high volume, low margin industry. Insect control post methyl bromide is therefore complex and expensive, but still very necessary.
Discussion
Where exactly is the infestation located, not in terms of visible dead adult beetles or moth on the floor, but where are the eggs, larvae and pupae – the core of the infestation, and in what numbers?
How does the location of the infestation and numbers of insects relate to risk to the product? - A moderate sized Rust Red Flour beetle infestation in 2nd BK rolls is of less immediate threat than a small infestation of Broad Horned Flour beetle in a finished product bin, or a few mill moth on a flour packer.
Control
Take care of the infestation through the use of sheeting, ducting, temperature monitoring systems, and most importantly, heat.
The key to successful heat treatment is the understanding of how heat distribution occurs in different situations, and the management of our heat resources to maximise efficiency and eliminate potentially damaging situations, which have occurred with some other heat treatment technologies in Europe and particularly in the USA.
Thermokil scientists have been running commercial and research treatments since 1998 and we can confidently say that we are the global market leaders.