MEIKO helps save time, space and the environment with its new bottle washing system
Serving water and other beverages in reusable glass bottles is a smart, eco-friendly move more foodservice businesses are adopting. While the switch prevents littering the environment with more single-use plastic waste, it can present another problem—how to keep those glass bottles clean.
MEIKO has launched the perfect solution. With the MEIKO bottle washing system, operators can convert their dishwasher into a machine that thoroughly cleans glass bottles and carafes. The conversion takes less than 3 minutes and can be switched back just as easily.
The system works with any M-iClean UM or UM+ undercounter dishwashing machine (models from 2013 onward). The bottom wash arm is replaced with the adapter, and the standard dishrack is exchanged for the MEIKO bottle rack.
Once installed, MEIKO’s adapter system uses separate, sealed channels to first send wash water, and then rinse water, to specially designed nozzles positioned at the opening of each bottle in the rack. This guarantees that the full power of the jet sprays inside the bottle, ensuring that every surface of the bottle is hygienically cleaned. The top wash arm thoroughly cleans the outside of each bottle.
With MEIKO’s bottle washing system, 16 bottles can be cleaned per cycle—up to 640 bottles an hour. For each bottle, the system produces consistent, hygienic results with thermal sanitization.
Operators can save significantly on labor costs with the bottle washing system, since it eliminates lengthy manual washing, rinsing and drying times. “Wash times are short, and the machine provides a flawless clean every time,” says Will Laithwaite, founder of Loose Cannon Brewery in Abingdon, England.
Laithwaite’s company offers “Draught Take Out,” in which customers take beer home in glass bottles. When the bottles are returned, MEIKO’S bottle washing system ensures that they’re thoroughly cleaned.
“During the day we can wash bottles, and in the evening, we can use the dishwash machine to clean glasses and plates from our Tap Room Bar,” explains Laithwaite. “It is super hygienic, and everything comes out sparkling—you do not need to polish anything. It’s just changed the way we do things.”
Learn more about MEIKO’s bottle washing system and how it can make your business more sustainable and efficient.
