Commercial Tunnel Washer Manufacturer

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Douglas Machines’ tunnel washers quickly and efficiently clean containers of various sizes and shapes including pans, trays, moulds, pallets, totes, bins, crates, baskets, barrels, drums, screens, smoke sticks, racks, buckets and lids. Select from over 40 standard tunnel washer models or rely on our expert sales and engineering staff to custom design a solution to match your specific requirements. 

  • Our tunnel washers can be configured with any combination of 4 standard sections: recirculating wash, recirculating rinse, fresh sanitizing rinse and blow-off.
  • If needed, a recirculating pre-wash can also be added.
  • Choose between vertical or horizontal load machines with either transport belts or chains depending on the shape of your containers
  • We offer a single or two-lane operation with transport belts or chains to meet your desired throughput
  • Machines can be designed for space saving or water saving and inline or off-line use.

The ideal tunnel washer for your company depends on the type of quantity of items to be washed, the type of soil to be removed, the desired wash time, heating and drying options, water and energy usage, space limitations and budget considerations. Our computer aided design and state of the art manufacturing equipment allows us to produce customized tunnel washers with remarkable precision - without delay or added expense.
Browse through our standard models below or download our brochure for more information.

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Basket Tunnel Washers

These machines are designed for an assortment of transport carriers that are lightly soiled and typically do not have direct food contact.

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Assorted Bakery Pan Tunnel Washers

These machines are designed for moderate to heavy baked-on soils and have the flexibility to clean a variety of containers including sheet, muffin, strap, cake and loaf pans. Of course, the machine can also clean transport carriers. An adjustable hold-down mechanism is provided in the machine to allow for various heights.

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Sheet, Muffin Pan, & Mould Tunnel Washers

These are specialty machines that allow for similar size products to be loaded vertically in order to provide direct exposure to wash/rinse jetting and blow-off air knives. This maximizes cleaning and drying effectiveness of the machine by eliminating the masking effect of conveyor belting. Single and double lane models are available.

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Lug & Tote Tunnel Washers

These machines are available in horizontal and vertical load designs. Design preference of the machine depends on the configuration of the container and the flexibility needed.

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Tote & Lid Tunnel Washers

These two lane systems are designed for totes with removable lids. They are available with or without blow-off modules. The 2500 versions have a recirculating rinse in advance of the final rinse which significantly reduces water consumption.

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Bucket & Lid Tunnel Washers

These two-lane systems are designed for buckets and lids. They are available with or without blow-off modules. The 2500 versions have a recirculating rinse in advance of the final rinse, which significantly reduces water consumption.

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Pallet Tunnel Washers

These machines are available in horizontal and vertical load designs. Design preference of the machine depends on the construction of the pallet and the flexibility needed. The vertical load machine can be installed in a pit for floor level operation.

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Smoke Stick Tunnel Washers

Designed to process large quantities of wood or stainless steel sticks or rods.

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Barrel & Drum Tunnel Washers

Designed to process barrels and drums or other items of similar size. WR-2500 version has a recirculating rinse in advance of the final rinse which significantly reduces water consumption.

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Crate Tunnel Washers

Designed to process plastic milk crates or other items of similar size. The WR-2500 version has a recirculating rinse tank in advance of the final rinse section which significantly reduces water consumption

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Combo Bin Tunnel Washers

These come in two designs. One Douglas Machine is a standard tunnel washer design with continuous flow and the other is an indexing type which saves floor space.

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