Open Top Drum Cleaning System (OTCS)

• Size:

• Includes:

  • Wash Section

  • Transfer Section

  • Rinse Section

  • # Wash Chambers

  • # Interior Brush Mandrels

  • # Exterior Brush Mandrels

  • # Spray Pipes

  • # Bottom Brushes

  • Stainless Steel Tanks

• Motor:

• Power Requirements:

  • Optional:

• Water Consumption: Approx.

The OTCS system is designed to clean open top 30-55 gallon sized open top poly drums (standard and nesting). 

The DW 1005 AL is the autoloading version of the standard PMC design which uses three rotating brush mandrels.   Each of these mandrels consists of a stainless steel core shaft onto which brush sections are mounted, stacked back to back.  Mandrels are arranged in a triangular configuration so that when drums are loaded they rest on top of two lower mandrels with the top mandrel inside the drum, pinching the wall of the drum between them.  Water and soap are injected into the drums and sprayed onto the outside surface as the brushes rotate, scrubbing and turning the drums.  The OTCS uses two of these Drumwashers located next to each other to scrub drums in succession. 

The bulk of the OTCS serves to move drums to and from the two Drumwashers.  Along the way, drums are exposed to a series of spray nozzles which wash and rinse both the interior and exterior surfaces.  The OTCS can be divided into three sections: The Wash Section, the Transfer Section, and the Rinse Section. 

Wash Section
Drums loaded into the Wash section entrance are transported by a chain conveyor into the Wash Tunnel.  While in the Wash Tunnel, the drums are pulled successively over a series of nozzles which lift and spray into the drums, performing a flushing and washing function.  As drums reach the end of the Wash Section, the last nozzle lifts into the drum sprays a soap solution.  When drums exit the Wash Tunnel, they tip into the Drum Lifter, which is the first component of the Transfer Section. 

Transfer Section
Several pneumatically powered assemblies make up the Transfer Section, including the Drum Lifter, Drum Stops, Drum Cradles, and Rinse Loader.  As space becomes available, the Drum Lifter pushes the drum into a staging position for the first Drumwasher where it is held by a Drum Stop.  When the Drumwasher is ready for a drum, the stop lowers and the drum rolls into the Drum Cradle where the Drumwasher loading boom pulls the drum into the machine.  After the drum has been scrubbed it is ejected back into the Drum Cradle by the loading boom.  It is then moved to the next Drum Stop staging position.  The drum is now ready to repeat the same loading procedure for the second Drumwasher.  After completion, the drums are moved into the Rinse Loader, where the first internal rinse is performed. 
 

Rinse Section
A conveyor and nozzle system smiliar to that of the Wash Section make up the Rinse Section.  Drums move into the Rinse Section via the Rinse Loader, which places drums onto the conveyor chain in the Rinse Tunnel.  As in the Wash Section, lifting nozzles rinse the interior of the drums are they are indexed above them.  There are spray nozzles that rinse the exterior of the drums as they pass.    In general, fresh water is supplied to the Rinse section, after which it cascades its way back through the system to the Wash Section where the previously used water supplies the flushing pumps before being discharged to drain.  There is a forced air chamber at the exit of the Rinse Tunnel for blowing excess water from the interior and exterior of the drums.  After drums have been transported through the Rinse Tunnel they exit and may be deposited onto a conveyor or other such mechanism. 

The OTCS production model was designed to accomodate manual loading and a gravity fed roller conveyor for unloading, however the needs of the customer dictate the final configuration of the system.  There are many options available, including automatic loading, unloading, up-ending, and down-ending equipment designs.  There are also various options for types and sizes of pumps and nozzles. 

The OTCS also comes with a series of stainless steel tanks which supply the pumps and hold the fluids returning from drums after flushing and rinsing.

*These specifications are subject to change at any time.  We are committed to the quality and improvement of the products we manufacture.