Cubical Style Cartwash System
This is the tradition style cartwash design which has been the typical solution for cart washing both in Hospitals laundries and many other in-house Laundries. Although more and more hospitals and other low volume laundries are outsourcing  to higher volume Central Facilities, there are still many applications were this choice of cartwash system is suitable. Pioneer has a solution to wash your carts regardless of the volume or potential future expectations. Pioneer has a single cart wash unit with one door or pass through; a two (2) cartwash system, as well as expandable systems washing 4carts inline simultaneously in a 3 min cycle; which can if future volume permits expand to a full Pioneer “CARTHANDLER” at a later date. (See Carthandler previous page). 
What Makes Pioneer Different?
1. 316 Stainless Steel construction throughout,
Bolted panelized, full frame Enclosure, Heavy SS Doors, hinges and latches, 1 1/2” Spray Piping and side Guide rails, SS formed floor guides.
2. All the wash water is recycled, with fresh Quaternary detergent injected with every cycle, enabling huge volumes of water to completely engulf the cart during the wash/sanitize cycles.
3. Being an industry leader in the water blow-off field in other industries, we know it is neither economically practical nor effective to attempt to dry a fixed object such as a Laundry cart using fixed forced air devices. There are sufficient examples of this in the field at present as a testament to this choice without further commentary.
The Methods employed by Pioneer are two fold. First we use hot fresh water to rinse the cart(s) and maintain the heat in the below ground sump @110°F with an immersion heating element. Second after the wash and rinse cycle, chemical drying agents injected in the hot water rinse cycle speed the drying, in much the same way as a residential dish washer. In addition the Hot water provides a superior cleaning.
How does it works?
1- The door is opened and the cart is pushed into the system wash entrance and positioned at designated stop position.
2- The door(s) is closed and the Start button pressed on the control panel.
3- The doors are fitted with proximity switches which will shut the system down if a door is opened.
4- The cart will now be washed with 100-200 gpm of water @ 90psi (Volume depends on numbers of carts) drawn from the holding tank below the wash (please contact the factory for concrete curb and sump details)
Sanitizing the cart.
5- The high volume pump begins flooding the cart from every angle; the cart is effectively submerging in a (100gpm) wall of sanitizing chemical solution.
6- The pump “Wash / Sanitizing cycle” will continue to run for a measured time (adjustable 90-120 sec) and then shut down
7- Each time the pump is turned on, a measured amount of fresh quaternary detergent chemical is injected into the water flow maintaining the consistency in the holding tank.
City water rinse
8- The final rinse is the key ingredient in the water exchange system, as well as enhancing the drying capabilities. After each “Wash / Sanitizing” cycle, approximately 3 to 10 gallons of fresh water and drying agent spray on the cart. The time and water volume is also adjustable @ 5--30 sec
9- By Adding fresh water & chemical with every cart wash cycle in the rinse water, the wash water reservoir is kept in a sanitary condition as an equal volume of the water in the reservoir is purged to the drain to maintain the water level. However, periodic cleaning will be necessary dependant on the cart volume.
10- After the wash is complete an alarm and beacon is shown at the soiled side door signalling the cart can be removed.
Pioneer can provide your Architect or Engineering Staff with all the necessary custom Autocad drawing details to enable you to install a trouble free Cart wash solution. Contact Pioneer Industries for an evaluation and estimate for a solution to your Cart wash needs.
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