“At that time, as far as we knew, this special
treatment of firefighters’ equipment needed something new, so we did more than one year of testing in labs and in the field to ensure we knew how to change the temperatures and adapt the instruction manuals for safety and validation.”
A hotbed of innovation Brugnolaro and his team discovered that they could not use the standard equipment used for warewashing. “We had to engineer new supports and new
racks,” he explains. “We didn’t need to change it completely, but around 40% of the solution is tailor- made to meet the needs of firefighters. Te first machine was installed in Venice and that is where we did the field testing.” Developed directly in collaboration with a
Reliability and high performance To develop its new Clean Spark technology, DIHR applied all of the knowledge gained in the commercial foodservice market, where its machines have a reputation for reliability and high performance. Specially designed to meet the everyday needs of a barracks, the solution is designed specifically to treat and sanitize the entire kit used by firefighters. Te machine has specific wash and rinse temperatures for the job, which happens in a closed chamber with rotating and fixed lateral arms that ensure water reaches all the points where it is required. “Everything started from one of my trips to
Poland two years ago,” says Marco Brugnolaro, area sales manager for DIHR. “I was in a totally different country looking for a new partner and I came across a company looking to sell equipment to the fire brigade. We started to engineer a solution, gathering technical specifications from the market to help us prepare for product development and, ultimately, launch into this niche market.” “When you think about our core business –
dishwashers – you don’t think about this area of the market, but everyone has something that needs to be washed, whether it is clothes, dishes or something else, so we decided to open a case study for a new technology,” he adds.
number of Italian Fire Brigade Commands, including Venice, Clean Spark not only facilitates the treatment of breathing apparatuses, but also the rest of the kit – backrests, canisters, valves, face masks, helmets, even gloves and boots. Furthermore, the cycle is automatic, and guarantees a fast decontamination process. Te machine features an electronic touch display
with energy-saving functions, a double-skinned washing chamber, a standard rinse pump and a vertical self-cleaning pump, a fully molded deep tank, independent stainless steel wash and rinse arms, a split tank filter, Termostop technology to ensure the correct rinsing temperature, a self- cleaning cycle, and many more enhanced features. Ultimately, it is designed to allow firefighters
to simply put all of their kit into the machine and press a button to ensure that all of their equipment is safely, efficiently and thoroughly sanitized. “Now, we are selling to firefighting services in
three regions in Italy, and we hope to spread further into the market,” says Brugnolaro. “We wanted to be 200% sure that the machine was working well under different conditions, so there is still an ongoing development process.” “It is robust, solid and easy to use,” he emphasizes.
“Press one button and it does its cycle. It can even be operated remotely from a phone or a PC. It is very clear where everything goes, so it is simple to load and use. And it has a dedicated self-cleaning cycle,” he says. For busy firefighters, equipment cleaning could not be simpler, safer or more efficient.
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Clean Spark allows firefighters to simply put all of their kit into the machine to ensure that their equipment is safely, efficiently and thoroughly sanitized
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