In catering establishments, dishes have not been washed by hand for a long time – special dishwashers with a high technical resource have been created for this purpose. Let’s see which dishwashers for the dining room are offered by manufacturers.
Professional dishwashers for catering
Household dishwashers (PMM) are much cheaper than professional ones. They are not able to work as hard as the pros. They can be used where you have to wash dishes 2-3 times a day. For example, in a kindergarten or a private boarding school. Where you have to wash dishes more often, you need special machines – professional ones.
Dishwashers installed in canteens have special requirements:
- Increased performance. The device should work practically without interruptions – dirty cups will not wait until the machine “rests”.
- Big download. In public catering establishments, in school and industrial canteens, a large amount of dirty dishes are simultaneously received. In accordance with the average number of visitors, the capacity of the device is selected.
- High wash speed. In public catering, there is no time to wait for clean plates for 2-3 hours – and that is how long washing takes in household PMM.
Features of PMM for canteens
Nowhere is there such an intensive turnover of dishes as in inexpensive public catering. There are always a lot of visitors here, whether it’s a canteen at a school, at work, or for everyone.
Industrial dishwashers wash dishes powerfully, efficiently and quickly. Their functions include:
- Cleaning dishes with jets of water – this is how dirt is removed.
- Washing with detergent – the dishes are completely cleaned.
- Primary and secondary rinse – this is how the cycle ends.
The water temperature depends on the washing stage. At first it is 50–60 °C. When rinsing, the temperature rises to 80-90 ° C – this is necessary to kill bacteria. Such processing complies with the requirements of the SES.
Types of professional PMM
There are two groups of continuous dishwashers:
- Conveyor tunnel. They have a conveyor on which the dishes are laid – here she spends most of her time in the water, so the sink is considered to be of very high quality.
- Cassette. They have special cassettes, which are then installed in the washing chamber. This option is more suitable for small catering establishments. Cassette machines are more compact than conveyor machines, and one worker can handle them.
Cassettes must be purchased for both types of PMM. They are needed to fix the devices. If spoons and forks are not fixed, they will be knocked out by jets of water supplied under high pressure.
Cassette PMM are frontal and dome. The latter are equipped with tables, washing tubs, trash cans and a rinsing shower.
How to choose?
Loading PMM is selected depending on the number of servings sold per day. One serving is a plate, a mug, spoons, forks, a cup, perhaps 1-2 more items.
PMM is recommended to choose like this:
- 100-300 portions per day – frontal industrial dishwashers. Performance is low or medium.
- 400-2500 portions – dome or tunnel machine with a capacity of at least average. Such establishments need a capacity of 40-50 baskets per hour.
- Over 3000 servings – tunnel dishwashers with a capacity of 80-100 baskets per hour.
The machine must hold so many dishes and wash them so quickly that the work of the dining room is not delayed even for a minute.
Top manufacturers
Good frontal PPMM can be bought from manufacturers in Germany, Italy, Spain. Such dishwashers cost from 50 rubles. Cheaper, but no less practical – Turkish-made cars.
The most affordable dishwashers, suitable for cafes and restaurants and other establishments with a small flow of visitors, are made in Belarus.
List of the best PPMM manufacturers:
- FAGOR (Spain);
- SO. WE. BO (Italy);
- SILANOS (Italy);
- KRUPPS (Italy);
- Apache (Italy);
- OZTI (Turkey);
- Belarus.
Overview of models and reviews
Manufacturers offer a large number of PPMM of different types. On sale there are frontal, dome and conveyor models. There are also machines of narrow specialization – for example, for washing boilers or glasses.
Fagor FI-48 – frontal
Relatively small front-loading PPMM. It is a free-standing device without the possibility of embedding. The machine is made of stainless steel. There is a built-in boiler, safety thermostat and closed-type heating elements. Washing temperature – 60 °C, rinsing – 90 °C. Designed for plates with a diameter of 32 cm and glasses – 30 cm.
Wash cycle – 120 or 180 seconds. There are cassettes for forks and spoons, a rinse aid dispenser. The device can be connected to hot water. A double rinsing system is used – top and bottom. The manufacturer gives a 1 year warranty. The country of assembly is Spain.
Other characteristics:
- Tank volume: 25 l.
- Dimensions (LxWxH): 60x60x82 cm.
- Number of programs: 2 (quick wash, rinse mode).
- Water consumption per cycle: 2,7 liters.
- Noise: 42 dB.
- Weight: 60 kg.
- Average cost: 150 rubles.
Fagor FI-48 is suitable for serving a small or medium-sized canteen, restaurant, cafe, pizzeria. The machine is convenient for establishments with limited space.
Krupps C537 – economic front loading
A simple and reliable machine from an Italian manufacturer. The case is one-piece, made of stainless steel, super reliable. Washing sleeves, unlike many competitors, are also made of stainless steel, not plastic. The cycle lasts only 2 minutes. The machine washes 500 dishes per hour. Productivity – 30 cassettes per hour.
There are baskets – for plates, glasses, and two holders for cutlery. Maximum diameter for plates – 33 cm, for glasses – 30 cm. Assembly – Italy.
Other characteristics:
- Dimensions (LxWxH): 58,5x68x80,5 cm.
- Weight: 60 kg.
- Water consumption per cycle: 2 liters.
- Average cost: 100 rubles.
Features:
- When rinsing, you can increase the speed of rotation of the sleeve – to enhance the washing out of the detergent. Or reduce – if you need to wash products of complex shape.
- There is a hydraulic rinse aid dispenser.
- The speed of rotation of the cross in the rinsing system is regulated.
- Spiral jet 3D wash.
The Krupps C537 can serve a 50-100 seat facility with full table service and 1/2 seat turnover per hour.
Ozti OBM 1080 – dome
The dome-type dishwasher from the Turkish company Oztiryakiler competes with models from industry leaders. The body of this machine is made of stainless steel. Implemented its own system to save electricity and water. Connection to hot water supply is possible. The device is suitable for any type of installation – corner or in-line.
Washes 1080 dishes per hour. Washing temperature – 40-45 °C, rinsing temperature – 80-85 °C. Sprinkler material – reinforced polypropylene. The maximum diameter of plates/glasses is 34 cm. The set includes three washing baskets, as well as flexible hoses – water and drain. Manufacturer’s warranty – 1 year. The country of assembly is Turkey. Used German and Italian components.
Other characteristics:
- Tank volume: 37 l.
- Dimensions (LxWxH): 73,5x62x142 cm.
- Number of programs: 3.
- Loading: 67,5 baskets per hour.
- Water consumption per cycle: 2,8 liters.
- Noise: 75 dB.
- Weight: 110 kg.
- Average cost: 150 rubles.
This dome machine is designed to work in establishments where the daily load is from 400 servings.
Features:
- There is a thermostat that regulates the temperature of washing and rinsing.
- Easy to turn on – with one button, water is supplied and its heating starts.
- The sink has rounded corners for easy cleaning after use.
- There is a special pump for rinsing.
- Legs are adjustable in height.
- Optional detergent and rinse aid dispensers, as well as a drain pump and stainless steel sprinkler are available.
Other models of this brand are here.
Whirlpool AGB 668/DR – dome type
Another domed machine, designed to serve a small dining room. Here is an electromechanical control panel and baskets measuring 500×500 mm. Stainless steel body. The water temperature is 50–60 °C. Comes with three baskets. The country of origin is Italy.
Features:
- Tank volume: 25 l.
- Dimensions (LxWxH): 64×73,5×142 cm.
- Weight: 115 kg.
- Water consumption: 3 l/h.
- Average cost: 150 rubles.
The productivity of this model reaches 1100 plates per hour.
Silanos T1500 DE – conveyor
Tunnel PPMM, with movement from right to left. In this device electromechanical control is applied, there is a temperature display. One cassette holds 18 cymbals. There are separate cassettes for glasses and cutlery. Cassette size: 500×500 mm. Washes up to 1800 dishes per hour.
The tank has rounded corners, double filters and a self-draining washing pump. Warranty – 12 months. The country of origin is Italy.
Other characteristics:
- Tank volume: 28 l.
- Dimensions (LxWxH): 79x115x148,5 cm.
- Number of programs: 3.
- Weight: 215 kg.
- Water consumption: 285 l/h.
- Average cost: 450 rubles.
The device is designed for catering establishments with a large visit. It is suitable for canteens designed for 100 people served at the same time.
Features:
- An additional option is automatic start and stop.
- You can order a drying module. It adds 60 cm to the length of the car.
- A multi-stage filtration system is used.
- There is double insulation of the walls – reduces noise and heat transfer.
- There are no dispensers.
Krupps Koral 980DB – pan-washer
Roomy car, with a camera that does not have sharp corners. Body, chamber and moving elements are made of stainless steel. On the control panel – LED indicators and switches. It uses an improved washing system that allows you to wash utensils in 120 seconds. Boilers up to 84 cm high are placed. Productivity of the device is 10, 15 or 30 cassettes per hour – depends on the duration of the cycle.
Features:
- The PPMM kettle is equipped with vertical self-cleaning pumps.
- There is a built-in thermo-stop option that ensures a minimum rinsing temperature of 85°C at the very beginning of the cycle.
- Water temperature is regulated on the control panel.
- There are built-in dispensers.
- Legs are adjustable in height.
- Panel with push button waterproof structure. Here you can set – the temperature in the bath and in the boiler, the number of cycles, the temperature of each cycle.
- Spiral jets 3D wash.
In catering establishments, it is necessary to wash not only cups and glasses, but also large-sized utensils – pots, baking sheets, boilers, pans, stewpans, trays and much more. It is for this purpose that special pan-washing dishwashers are used. The average cost of Krupps Koral 980DB: 400 rubles.
Conclusions
Summing up:
- The most expensive PMMs are tunnel ones. But such devices work fastest of all, they are able to wash large volumes – quickly and efficiently.
- Small businesses may well limit themselves to frontal PPMMs – they are much cheaper than tunnel ones.
- To serve a cafe, bar, and even more so a dining room, ordinary Bosch or Siemens will not work. Even the best household machines are not designed for catering operation. With a load typical for establishments with a large number of visitors, household appliances will quickly exhaust their resource and become unusable.
The success of the dining room largely depends on the right dishwasher. There are professional PMMs on sale, designed for any amount of work, so you can choose the best option for an institution with any attendance.