Category: Food/Beverage

Case studies of parts cleaning & sanitizing applications for food/beverage industries; cleaning macrobins, totes, pans, trays, pallets, mixing components, etc.

Tote Cleaning for Food Processing Plant – Case Study 22810

Background:

This company is a global agricultural cooperative and the leading handler of dried fruits. They use plastic totes to transport the dried fruit throughout the food processing operations.

Parts Cleaning Challenge:

Their old tote cleaning system was inefficient and only removed approximately half of the contaminants from the totes.

Solution/System:

The company needed to clean dried fruit from totes and bins used throughout their manufacturing process. This Cyberjet C-24 conveyor washer with a 24” wide belt has flat-wire belt pushers to forward totes/bins through system, side rails that keep the totes/ bins in place as they cycle through wash, rinse, and steam heat stages, and powerful spray nozzles to remove the contaminants. System cleans 600 bins/hour. Rugged stainless steel construction and NEMA 4x controls cabinet.

Tote and Tray Cleaning Food Distribution – Case Study 22851

Background:

This company is a nationwide catering and food distribution company.

Parts Cleaning Challenge:

They needed a system that could handle large volume cleaning of their totes and trays used to transport food.

Solution/System:

The C-36 conveyor washer automatically cleans their totes and trays in which their food is transported. This cleaning system washes, rinses, and dries 120 bins per hour. The features include stainless construction, rails along the conveyor belt to hold the totes and lids in position, steam heat for the wash and rinse stages, electric heat for the dry module, steam exhaust system, etc.
Additional highlights include: fully insulated machine, in-line bag filter, locking door switches, electronic eyes to sense parts, marine clean-out door, steam heat, and steam exhaust.

Macrobin Conveyor Washer for Farming – Case Study 23175

Background:

This company is a conglomerate of farms growing different varieties of potatoes. They use macrobins in the harvesting of their crops.

Parts Cleaning Challenge:

As this was a new plant, they had no previous cleaning equipment and needed something that could guarantee that their macrobins were washed, rinse, sanitized, and dried.

Solution/System:

A conveyor washer with a 48″ wide belt was designed with three (3) stages: recirculated heated wash to sanitize the macrobins at 140° F. A fresh rinse with optional heat if needed and a short blow-off were added. The system cleans 1,000 macro bins (with ventilation) per 8-hour day. Along with filters on the wash and rinse, the machine was also equipped with marine clean out doors for easy maintenance, electronic eyes to sense parts and control the unload end, and a Dema valve to automatically control the introduction of detergent.