Earlier this year, the MEIKO flight dishwasher at Wrexham Maelor Hospital was replaced after 15 years of service. The previous manager had begun securing a new machine, and the new catering manager, Janet Duley, was tasked with presenting a proposal for the replacement to senior management. “MEIKO helped by providing a lot of the information needed, including everything on the savings in energy, chemicals, and water with this latest generation machine,” says Catering Manager Janet Duley. “MEIKO’s Regional Sales Manager, Ross Genner, worked diligently to ensure the presentation was successful. But he has also followed up on the installation of the new dishwasher with training support several times, as and when we have needed it.
“The training has required sensitive handling as the dishwash team are very used to the old machine. Ross takes them back to the basics and shows them MEIKO’s recommended ways of working the machine, and the team is adapting and finding their own way. A visit to a nearby MEIKO hospital site showed the team a similar machine in operation. They could have a go for themselves and talk to the staff, which took a lot of their concerns away.
MEIKO was a new company for me, and I have been impressed – so far, so good, and I recommend them.
The machine installed is a MEIKO M-iQ flight dishwasher, B-M54-V8-P8, which has a capacity of more than 3000 plates per hour (compliant with 2 mins contact time as per DIN 10510) + TABLING + HOSE REEL.
M-iQ FLIGHT KEY FEATURES
- Air movement inside the machine is channelled from the hot, clean rear end towards the front, ensuring that precious thermal energy remains within the machine and is not wasted in the outside air.
- In addition to the M-iQ dishwasher’s immense cleaning performance, the drying results are also astounding! To ensure the ideal conditions for drying even with bulky washware such as food transport containers, MEIKO engineers used ‘equalisation venting’ inside the M-iQ to ensure that the swirling air movements are equalised by feeding in extra air to keep them in balance.
- This machine also features moving nozzles to achieve complete 360-degree drying. The nozzles self-adjust to bring the airflow as close as possible to the ware being washed and dried.
- Food waste is removed from wash water by a series of filters, including fine mesh, to remove small particles.
- ‘Reduced wash water particle pollution’ – or cleaner wash water – is a key function of a quality dishwasher. This improves energy efficiency, saves chemicals, and ensures the best quality wash by keeping wash jets free of debris.
- Colour-coding the dishwasher components that require removal and cleaning by hand improves efficiency and helps with training. Choosing a dishwasher with colour coding identifies the parts that need to be removed for manual washing and cleaning.
