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Cleaning Your Production Parts Washer

This residue clogs the machine, and10. Fill wash tank with proper
makes it difficult for the washer tochemistry.
produce a clean product.Cleaning the washer is a difficult and
It is common for a company to believelong task. Performing this process will
that "cleaning the washer" meansrequire a person or team willing to
replacing the water and solution in thehandle one of the dirtiest jobs in a
machine that is used for the cleaning.plant. There are products and add-ons
Simply changing the water in the machinethat can be purchased that will stretch
is not enough to clean the washer. Tothe length of time between total system
truly clean the machine, attention mustclean outs.
be paid to the entire process.Nothing can replace manual cleaning,
Soil accumulates in every part of thehowever these products will help keep
washer. Nozzles, heating devices, insidethe washer cleaner for longer.
pump housings, material-handling1. In-process fluid treatments.a. Screen
components, as well as the side walls ofbaskets to catch large particles before
the fluid and blow off stages. Therethe cleaning fluid re-enters the tank.b.
can also be a tremendous accumulation ofParticulate removing filter bags or
soil inside the plumbing itself. Thefilter paper systems that hold tighter
soil contamination prevents the washermicrons as water is pumped from the tank
from performing to its abilities,to the spray manifolds.c. Magnetic
resulting in parts that are not clean,collection units to attract metal
which means the washer becomes a wastedust.d. Oil-water separation systems to
of floor space.remove free-floating oil from water, and
Cleaning the washer to ensure highthereby return clean water to the
performance can take from 4 to 12 hours.tank.e. Cleaning chemistries that split
Naturally many companies do not wish tooil instead of holding it in suspension,
lose this amount of production time, butmaking oil-water separation easier.f.
making the time sacrifice when it isMaking use of oil-based or
deemed necessary will ensure parts aresemi-synthetic metal forming lubricant,
clean to the specification of theallowing oil-water separators to do
customer and avoid future problems.their jobs easier.
Cleaning the machine and restoring2. Use quick fit nozzles. These nozzles
performance capability to affected areascan be removed easily with a quarter
can be broken down into a nine-stepturn and pull, and then replaced within
process.seconds.
1. Schedule 4 to 12 hours of production3. Use quick-fit Victaulic or grooved
down time to clean the washer.piping instead of threaded piping for
2. Add descaling solution, at a 10-15%manifold connectors. These pipes can be
concentration ratio, to attack hardcleaned quickly and easily with
water salts, sludge, and scale buildup.compressed air and a snake.
The surfactants in the solution loosen4. Install a Blow off section spray down
the buildup, making removal easier.manifold. This manifold is automatically
3. Remove nozzles and filter media fromfed from the rinse pump for 5 minutes
the washer.each time the washer shuts down. This
4. Turn up the heat and run the pumpssprays away oils, dried chemicals and
with no nozzles or filters for up to anparticles that have been carried over to
hour. (Running with no back pressure,the blow off stage. With the spray
which is created by the nozzles puts toocoming on with only the blower and the
much pressure on the pump motor. Thisconveyor running, the fluid easily
will burn the pump motor out if alloweddrains back to the rinse tank where it
to run free for an extended period.)can be treated with the other soils.
5. Replace the nozzles only and run theUsing a combination of these products
heated descaling solution while thewill keep your washer running cleaner,
conveyor and blower are on. Run machinelonger. This is especially useful for
for 4-8 hours to dislodge caked soil.companies that have a difficult time
6. Remove solution and dispose.finding employees to perform the manual
7. Power spray the inside of the entiremaintenance necessary. While these
unit. Spray the tank, conveyor, fluidproducts do not replace manual cleaning,
stages, blow off stage, heating coilswhen the time comes, the company can
and anywhere soil can be seen.place a call to the washer vendor and
8. Remove solution and dispose.begin a maintenance contract to ensure
9. Inspect all gaskets, nozzles, andthe work is performed correctly.
filters. Replace if necessary.



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