Slicer/Applicator
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SANITATION
This section outlines steps for cleaning the slicer. The cleaning procedure described here is
recommended as a guideline for cleaning our equipment and will be helpful in developing an
equipment SOP. However, this procedure may not meet all the requirements for this equipment
SOP and is intended to only be used as a guideline for customers developing their own procedures.
CAUTION: A few of the parts used on Grote machines are made from hard-coated anodized
aluminum. Highly alkaline cleaning solutions may damage the anodized protective
coating on these parts and promote rapid corrosion. Therefore, compounds with a
high pH are not recommended for cleaning and sanitizing this machine.
Recommended Cleaning Compound.
Grote food processing machines include parts made from hard-coated anodized aluminum. The use
of high pH cleaning compounds to sanitize the machines may cause degradation of these parts.
An acceptable cleaner named Rapid Kleen is available from DuBois Company in Cincinnati, Ohio.
It is a self-foaming, alkaline cleaner designed for use in food industries and suitable for equipment
containing aluminum parts. It is a "solvent" type cleaner with a pH of 10.4 in a 1% solution. The
cleaner should be rinsed off with water according to the supplier’s recommendations. Prolonged
soaking of aluminum parts should be avoided. Cleaners with a pH of greater than 10.4 should not be
used.
Rapid Kleen, or its equivalent, is recommended for use on all equipment manufactured by the Grote
Company. A final sanitizing rinse with a quaternary ammonium chloride cleaner such as Control
from DuBois Company is also recommended. Both Rapid Kleen and Control are available from
DuBois Chemicals, Inc., DuBois Tower, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202, Phone (513) 762-6000.
Guidelines for Cleaning
If your machine is equipped with special guarding, release the safety guards to gain access to the
interior of the machine.
1. Turn the machine off. A padlock-securable lockout/tagout switch is supplied for input
disconnect.
2. Remove any product exposed above the product holders.
3. Open the drive side and idle side blade guards. Pull the product holder drive pull pin and
place the product holder in the extended position locking it in place with lock pin.
4. Remove all remaining product from the product holders.
5. Rotate the blade scraper away from the blade and release the top of the water applicator pad
if provided. If excess product blocks removal of the blade clear this product away before
removing the blade. This “dry” cleaning should be done using extra caution since the band
blade is still on the machine.
6. Rotate the blade tension handle counterclockwise and press in until the bearing block
bottoms out in the housing. Carefully remove the blade and safely dispose of it.
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