Barry-Wehmiller has recently developed many upgrades and options to meet the current and future needs of the bottle cleaning process. These have been incorporated into the proven technology of our Bottle Washers.

Features and Benefits

• Our standard bottle washers include filling and emptying functions in combination with powerful intermittent jetting to produce a sterile and clean bottle.
• Speeds of up to 2,860 bottle per minute with a single bottle washer (no internal dividing beam) are possible.
• A rugged design with up to ½" (12.7 mm) wall thickness provides a sturdy tank base for a long-lasting life and is designed to meet the heavy-duty applications to which the equipment will be subject.
• Full-base jetting to insure a complete cleaning of the bottle base. Highly resistant plastic pockets, which reduce steam consumption, bottle breakage and noise provide very smooth and easy bottle handling.
• A potent Power Jet effectively provides dynamic cleaning action by generating high frequency jets of solution that individually blast contamination from the interior of each bottle.
• The potent Power Jet features Barry-Wehmiller's unique dual port floating disc generating 230 pulses per minute, providing the most effective on-off action available in the market today.
• Four (4) different chain pitches are provided to better handle various bottle sizes.

New Developments

• Variable frequency drive (VFD) transmission system. This recent development reduces the number of moving parts in the washer, reducing maintenance requirements and the noise emissions. In addition, the VFD transmission systems allows adjustment of individual tank slack electronically by the touch of a button on an operator screen.
• Bolted tank sections to reduce on-site installation time.
• Water recirculation system to allow efficient use of water. The clean water enters the bottle washer from the discharge and is utilized various times to reduce the water consumption.  The dirtiest water is discarded at the infeed.
• Newly-designed sealed top covers which contain the steam and vapors that can be discharged by means of a vapor extraction system.
• Stainless steel infeed, post soaks, rinse and discharge sections to avoid corrosion in those areas which contain water without caustic.
• Split upper line sprockets which eliminate the need to disrupt and replace shafts, bearings and seals.
• Load table improvements, including:
  • Tubular frame that does not catch the debris inside, making the cleaning process easier.
  • Stainless steel frame for a longer life and corrosion resistance.
  • Four lobe infeed (based on bottle size) allows reduced cycle time of the bottle to half the speed, thus permitting much smoother and better bottle handling.
  • Saw tooth pickup arm which provides gentler bottle handling.

• Rinse and discharge sections improvements, including the availability of:
  • Four lobe discharge (based on bottle size) reduces discharging the bottle to half the speed, thus providing much smoother and better bottle handling.
  • Large inspection openings at the discharge for easier maintenance and to make viewing the bottle discharge possible.
  • A sealed drainage system to guide any condensation to the floor instead of reentering the rinse section.

• The capability to provide digital manuals for ease of maintenance.