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Component Identification
Operator Manual
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3.1 Washer Sections
COMPONENT IDENTIFICATION
IMPORTANT: A listing of the Safety Precautions to be observed when operat-
ing and servicing this equipment can be found in Section 1 of this manual. Do
not operate or service the equipment until you have become familiar with this
information.
Before operating the unit, it is important to become familiar with the location and
function of all major components and controls (see Figure 3-1).
Items are automatically conveyed through each chamber section, where the
following functions occur:
Optional Garb-el station
- disposal unit is installed on the load side of the
conveyor. It provides a quick and easy bedding disposal before wash cycles
into the tunnel washer. Fresh water supply eliminates bedding which passes
through a hammermill pulverizer and then sent to drain.
Use cold water only, except where the Garb-el is used to dispose of large
volumes of greasy plate scrappings. Hot water should be used in such cases
for both sanitary and unit efficiency reasons.
Pre-wash section
- water from the rinse recirculating tank is pumped through
spray jet system then sent to drain.
Wash section
- hot detergent solution recirculates through the spray jet
system under pump pressure. Solution temperature is maintained by a steam
coil located in the wash recirculating tank.
Rinse section
- two rinse functions occur within the rinse chamber section:
• Recirculated rinse
- hot water recirculates through the spray jet system
under pump pressure. Water temperature is maintained by a steam coil
located in the rinse recirculation tank.
• Final rinse
- hot water from building supply, heated by the final rinse heat
exchanger, is sprayed through a separate spray jet system. Water is not
recirculated and falls to rinse recirculating tank.
Optional dryer section
- hot air, heated by steam coils, is recirculated through
the dryer chamber where an air knife blow-off system is removing surplus water
from washer item.
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