| 摘要 |
A coating machine, designed for ease of cleaning includes an extended wall (41) around the bath (6). The coating machine may include ultrasonic vibrators, provided to detach excess molten coating from articles, but which can also be used to assist the cleaning. Cleaning chemicals may be added to the water. A coating machine (1), having a support frame (2), and endless grid-belt (8) for carrying items to be coated, idler rolls (13), and a jacketed bath (6) is prepared for cleaning by discharging any remaining inventory of coating masse (e.g. molten chocolate), and filling the bath with water at temperature above the melting point of the masse. The water is circulated, essentially non-pressurized, using the machines operating pumps (14,34,38) over and through all product contaminated machine components, including the belt system. Preferably the bath (6) is filled to cover the upper leg (9) of the grid-belt (8) which is run during the cleaning operation. |
