Speed clean: Burgess Furniture has increased cleaning efficiency at its plant by 50 per cent thanks to an investment in new machinery

摘要

By automating the washing and degreasing of aluminium chair components at its Feltham factory in Greater London, hotel and conference furniture manufacturer, Burgess Furniture, has increased the speed of its cleaning cycles by 50 per cent. It follows the purchase in March 2011 of a Durr Ecoclean multi-tank aqueous system that washes and rinses the parts in plain, cold water, ie at 18℃, to save energy. The German-built machine was supplied by UK agent, Geo Kingsbury Machine Tools. With Burgess Furniture's previous cleaning plant, which was also a cold water, detergent-free system that was ageing and needed replacement, an operator had to physically move baskets of aluminium extrusions between the washing/spray rinsing stage and the drying stage.