
X13-PLUS Slicer Series – Cleaning and Sanitizing Instructions
This machine must be cleaned, rinsed and sanitized at intervals to comply with national, state and/or local health codes.
 The slicer knife is sharp. Exercise extreme caution when 
working near the knife.
Note: Sanitizer concentration shall comply with Section 4-501.114, Manual and Mechanical 
Warewashing Equipment, Chemical Sanitization – Temperature, pH, Concentration, and 
Hardness of the FDA Food Code. If a chemical sanitizer other than chlorine, iodine, or 
quaternary ammonium is used, it shall be applied in accordance with the EPA-registered 
label use instructions.
•  Unscrew the red handle from the pusher 
and remove the pusher from the pusher 
arm. Unscrew and remove the pusher 
arm slide rod from the product table. 
Loosen the product table locking knob 
and remove the table. The product table 
•  Close the slicer thickness control knob.
•  Turn the slicer off and unplug power cord 
from the wall outlet.
•  Pull the product table to the front of the 
slicer. If it is an automatic slicer, make 
sure the engagement knob is in the 
manual position before pulling the product 
table to the front of the slicer.
cannot be removed unless it is fully for 
ward and the thickness control knob is 
completely closed.
•  Remove the center plate by lifting the 
center plate locking knob at the top of the 
center plate and lift from the slicer.
•  Pre-scrape food from removable product 
table and center plate.
•  Wash center plate, product table, red han 
dle, pusher, pusher arm, and slide rod in 
hot detergent solution. The sharpener can 
be submerged in the hot detergent solution for cleaning.
•  Rinse the center plate, product table, red 
handle, pusher, pusher arm, slide rod, and 
sharpener in fresh, hot, potable water.
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 Unplug the machine power cord and turn thickness control 
knob fully clockwise to close the gauge plate before cleaning the slicer.
•  Submerge the center plate, product table, 
red handle, pusher, pusher arm, slide rod, 
and sharpener in sanitizer solution. Set 
parts to the side on a sanitized surface 
and allow to air dry.
•  Put on cut resistant gloves. Pre-scrape 
food from slicer.
•  Using fresh detergent solution, clean the 
front side of the knife with a non- abrasive 
pad, nylon brush, and/or cloth wipes. 
 Always wipe from the center of the knife 
to the outer edge.
•  Clean the backside of the knife with the 
fresh detergent solution, non-abrasive 
pad, nylon brush, and/or cloth wipes.
•  Fold a cloth wipe that has been sub 
merged in fresh detergent solution and 
work it between the ring guard and knife, 
starting at the base of the ring guard. 
Carefully work the cloth around the knife, 
cleaning the edge of the knife, edge of the 
ring guard and edge of the gauge plate. 
Use extreme caution.
•  Clean the rest of the slicer base and other 
components with the fresh detergent solu 
tion and a non-abrasive pad.
•  Lift up the front of the slicer about 6 inch 
es. A spring loaded kick stand will drop 
down to the table surface and hold the 
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front of the slicer up. This will allow you to 
pre-scrape food and clean the table sur 
face under the slicer with fresh detergent 
solution.
•  Using a fresh cloth wipe, rinse slicer and 
area under slicer with fresh hot potable 
water.
•  Spray slicer and area under slicer with 
fresh sanitizer solution from a sanitizer 
spray bottle and allow to air dry. Remove 
cut-resistant gloves.
•  Once the table surface under the slicer 
has been washed, rinsed and sanitized, 
lift the front edge of the slicer and push 
the kick stand back under the slicer. Slow 
ly lower the slicer back to the table.
•  Slide the pusher arm onto the slide rod 
and reassemble the pusher to the pusher 
arm using the red handle. Reassemble 
the slide rod to the product table. Reinstall 
the center plate and the product table to 
the slicer. After assembly, spray with sani 
tizer solution and allow to air dry.
•  Plug in slicer. Place sharpener in proper 
storage location.
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F35287 (November 2012)