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Chemicals

Case Study    

Saving a Chemical Company Time, Money and Labour on Cleaning IBCs

The Gamajet Rotary Head paid for itself within a week

The Client

Our client is a chemical company who uses Intermediate Bulk Containers (IBC) to ship their products around the world. The IBC’s are recycled for reuse after the shipment has been delivered. Many of the IBC’s for receiving raw materials from suppliers are also recycled for reuse at the company.

The Challenge

For years, the company’s Director of Operations was frustrated by the cost of sending dirty IBC’s to their supplier for cleaning. At the same time, cleaning them by hand in-house was an incredibly lengthy and laborious process. Re-used IBC’s had to be 100% clean, to avoid the dangers of cross contamination between products, but often the cleaning done in-house by hand was less than perfect. 

Clean Enough To Reduce Cross Contamination (1)

Clean Enough To Reduce Cross Contamination

Reduce Labour/time (Zero Manual Exposures)

Reduce The Need For Manual Cleaning

The Solution

He decided to give the Gamajet Wash Station a shot at cleaning the IBC’s to see if they
could avoid the expense of sending IBC’s out to be cleaned. In order to accomplish this, the
Gamajet had to reduce the time spent cleaning IBC’s in-house and increase the level of
in-house cleaning effectiveness. Not only did the Gamajet accomplish these goals. It passed with such flying colours that the plant purchased another Gamajet cleaning head which paid for itself in a week. 

Thanks to their rotary impingement technology, Gamajet cleaning heads scour tanks and IBC interiors in a repeatable and reliable 360° pattern ensuring the tank or IBC interior is impeccably cleaned every time. Due to the high level of impact the Gamajet uses less water and is far faster than other cleaning methods, such as manual scrubbing.

Before

Gamajet Rotary Head Before

After

Gamajet Rotary Head After

GamaJet Wash Station

A quantum leap in tank cleaner durability, efficiency, and price, the Alfa Laval GJ ToteBlast IBC Wash Station is a totally new tank cleaning system. Fitted with a GJ 9 Rotary Jet Head, the IBC Wash Station cleaning machine offers compact cleaning for small and mid-sized tanks with fewer parts, and a highly durable design, providing superior performance at an affordable price, making it the ultimate tote washer. 

GamaJet Wash Station

The Results

  • The Chemical company was able to bring the entire IBC cleaning process in-house, completely eliminating the cost of sending them to the supplier.
  • The ToteBlast cleaned the IBC’s 25- 50% faster than manual cleaning. 
  • Pre-set cleaning cycles freed up operatives to carry out other duties.
  • Cleaning time was reduced to 4 – 8 minutes depending on the amount and type of residue.
  • So much money and time was saved that one GJ 9 Rotary Jet Head paid for itself in a week.