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SRS - Model PW-6 -Pail Washer
A Real SRS Engineering Customer Story – A customer involved in the rotogravure printing required a washer to wash the interior and exterior of 5 Gallon pails contaminated with inks from their printing process. The company was washing approximately 30-40 pails over an 8 hour shift using Ethel acetate solvent as their wash solution. The cleaned pails then had to be rinsed.
Utilizing a multi-container wash rack, SRS Engineering designed a customized 6 pail rack to wash 6 pails in one wash cycle using the PW-Series, specifically the PW-6. Utilizing a high pressure wash pump the PW-6 was able to remove ink residue from the interior and exterior surfaces of their parts. To save the customer money, SRS Engineering incorporated a wash re-circulation cycle into the PW-6 design. This wash cycle saved the customer money by giving them the ability to reuse the same washing solution multiple times, rather than wasting dollars replacing dirty solvent after each wash cycle. This option saved the printing company a substantial amount of money by not having to continually buy expensive washing solution.
With the PW-6 pail washing system, the customer now has the ability to choose the number of cycles while controlling the various other operational aspects of the unit by using our programmable logic controller (PLC). Since solvents are volatile compounds and are highly explosive, the explosion proof option was incorporated to ensure overall safety of the unit. By utilizing explosion resistance motors, controls, and air purged control panel with Class 1, Division 1 wiring, SRS was able to meet the stringent New Zealand’s flame proof, zone 0 approval. The unit currently performs to the customer’s satisfaction and has done so reliably.