The standard equipment of the Bottle Cleaning Machine ARCADE GEL includes, among others, the following important parts and features:
- One-piece block-type machine housing, water zone completely made of stainless steel (see marking).
- Bottle infeed with one-finger system and single-finger switch-off, completely made of stainless steel.
- Final emptying with pulsed washing and separate vapour suction.
- Heating by means of tubular heat exchanger in V4A steel, including control valve.
- Self-cleaning internal GM rotary tube system for oblique and straight spraying.
- Bottle discharge unit completely made of stainless steel, operating by means of one-finger system – height of fall = 0!
- Manually operated protective sheathing for discharge unit.
- Programme for automatic tensioning of the transport chain.
- Single-shaft drives for main drive, infeed and discharge control for synchronous running.
- No chains, no cardan shafts!
- Cleaning and disinfection of head section by using initial solution from the cold water tank (semi-automatic mode).
- Control cabinet made of stainless steel, mounted to the machine.
- SIMATIC S7 control; reading of all temperatures and operating states on front touch panel.
- Telephone remote maintenance via modem.
- Automatic placing in running order, including time-switch controlled filling and heating of baths.
- All lubricating pipes are joined on lubricating strips.
Upon request, the following proven additional equipment or special models can be provided:
- Housing in the lye 2 zone made of stainless steel.
- Housing completely made of stainless steel.
- Insulation in hot lye zone by means of Styrodur and stainless steel cover.
- High-pressure pre-spraying system for increased output with automatic dirt removal by travelling screen.
- Fully automatic internal cleaning of the machine in the water, pre-soak and lye 2 zones.
- Fully automatic lye sedimentation for an increased hold-up time of the lye.
- Dirt removal by travelling screens in the water zones.
- External spraying as self-cleaning rotary tube spraying.
- Hot bottle discharge; fresh water preheating and heat recovery with plate heat exchanger.
- Automatic lye dosing with conductivity measurement.
- Conductivity-controlled dilution of lye 2.
The housing dimensions can be adapted to the constructional requirements.
- Width of housing from 1,200 mm to 3,620 mm (grid dimension 220 mm)
- Length of housing from 7,850 to 13,850 mm (grid dimension 500 mm)
- Mirror-imaged or partially mirror-imaged design is possible.