Vulcan X13-PLUS User Manual

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.

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

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.

F35287 (November 2012)