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Why Food Processors Automate Their Washing

In the past five years, the food processing industry has faced hard challenges like worker retention, labor shortages, and supply chain disruptions. For these issues and more, the answer increasingly seems to be: automation. This is also true for the increasingly...

What is a COP washer?

A Clean-Out-Of-Place (COP) Parts Washer is a portable stainless-steel wash tank that cleans hard-to-wash processing items and machine parts. Its stainless-steel wash basin is full of hot water and often chemicals and may contain baskets to hold small parts. Inside...

The 7 Do’s and Don’ts of Industrial Washer Safety

Industrial washers are powerful machines, capable of fully sanitizing hundreds or even thousands of process items an hour. While automated washers are designed to operate fairly independently, industrial washer safety practices are still extremely important. The...
Five Sanitation Systems for Cheese Processors

Five Sanitation Systems for Cheese Processors

Cheesemakers navigate a complex and challenging industry. Strict FDA regulation, volatile milk prices, tight labor markets, employee injury and turnover, high risk of cross-contamination, and profit-draining waste are all major concerns for them. Many of these issues...

How Rack Washers Work

How Rack Washers Work

Roll-in rack washers are stainless steel automated sanitation systems that wash empty oven and storage racks, as well as large batches of process items. They come in a variety of styles and capacities to suit different industries and processes. Models are designed...

How Pan Washers Work

How Pan Washers Work

Pan washers are compact, heavy-load stainless steel machines designed to clean a high throughput of product contact items. They come in various sizes, so local and international businesses alike use them to expedite cleaning and shorten order output. But they’re not...

How Tunnel Washers Work

How Tunnel Washers Work

Tunnel washers are large conveyorized sanitizing systems with an incredible throughput. They're popular for operations with a large volume of process items to be cleaned as quickly and effectively as possible. Their design consists of a long conveyor belt, which pulls...

What is 5e?

What is 5e?

Douglas Machines Corp. is a global company with hundreds of engineers, entrepreneurs, and innovators. As such, it has a standard to meet and a 60-year reputation to uphold. That’s why DougMac engineers developed the tenets of 5e to use while designing and...

What is a bucket washer?

What is a bucket washer?

What is a bucket washer? A bucket washer is an automated stainless-steel washing and sanitizing system designed to wash buckets, pails, lids, and utensils to a food-grade standard. Bucket washers use high-velocity stainless-steel V jets and hot water to remove debris...

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