1. MAIN BODY
The main body of the washer is made out of boiler grade 10 mm welded sheet and it rests on adjustable self supported legs. All the components are either welded or bolted.
2. THE DRIVE
The main drive with worm gear reduction is activated by a 3 phase infiintitely variable pulse controlled AC motor to ensure maximum efficiently.
3. BOTTLE INFEED AND OUT FEED
From the supply conveyors the bottles are automatically fed through chain type bottle infeed conveyor to eliminate the manual pushing of the bottles in infeedtable. The bottles pockets fitted to the carrier being self centering to ensure that the bottles are aligned accuratetly as they pass through the machine. In case of failure at the infeed or at the outfeed the drive is delinked automatically.
4. TRANSIMISSON AND ITS TRACK
The sprocket chain in which the bottle carriers are attached provides transmission through a special track. The track is fitted to the side wall of the washer. The carriers are guided slightly above the bottom of the soaking tub to prevent bottles sliding out of carriers.
5. RINSING AND SPRAYING
The rinsing is located at the rear where the bottles are out of the soaking bath. It is two tube high pressure high discharge positive rinsing. The sprays are located at the upper end of the machine with a provision for inside and outside spray of the bottles. It can be seen easy replacement of the spray tubes.
6. PANEL BOARD INSTRUMENTS
The panel board is situated at the front of the machine. The soaklye solution is heated by steam coils to 65 deg C and the spraylye to 85deg C. The temperature is maintained by means of electronic temperature controller. The temperature of the water and lye bath are displayed in the front panel incase of variation in the temperature of the soak lye or the spray lye are 10% than normal it is indicated by the pilot lamp and hooter. The motors of the pumps and the label separator are monitored. The failures are indicated by flash lamps to point out the exact motor failure. The signal continues until the drive is stopped or the motor is rectified.
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