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92 Percent Less Water Usage Facilitates Over $100,000 in Annual Water Savings

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By: TOM BRANNA

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Tank Type: 4 Ribbon Blenders

 Tank Residue: Processed Meats

 Current Procedure: Tanks are filled with water and agitated, followed by manual cleaning, totaling 4

hours per tank, per day.

 Tank Cleaning Downtime: 5,840 hours per year

 Water Usage: 26,280,000 gallons per year
 

 Solution: Gamajet steam operated pump powering 5 directional Gamajet V's operating at 15 gpm (per

machine). Cleaning includes a 5 minute pre-rinse,10 minute wash and a final 5 minute rinse, totaling 20

minutes per tank.

 Tank Cleaning Downtime: 486 hours per year

 Water Usage: 2,190,000 gallons per year

 Savings in Water Per Year 24,090,000 gallons: $112,000 ($.00469 per Gal)

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