{"id":4186,"date":"2026-08-26T05:11:30","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T05:11:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/masstechx.com\/?page_id=4186"},"modified":"2026-08-26T05:12:55","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T05:12:55","slug":"drum-washer-class-selector","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/masstechx.com\/es\/industrial-drum-washing-machine\/drum-washer-class-selector\/","title":{"rendered":"selector de clase de lavaplatos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-columns alignfull stk-block-columns stk-block stk-496e318\" data-block-id=\"496e318\"><style>.stk-496e318 {margin-bottom:0px !important;}<\/style><div class=\"stk-row stk-inner-blocks stk-block-content stk-content-align stk-496e318-column alignfull\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-column stk-block-column stk-column stk-block stk-6f6e8fa\" data-v=\"4\" data-block-id=\"6f6e8fa\"><style>.stk-6f6e8fa-container{margin-top:var(--stk--preset--spacing--50, 1.5rem) !important;margin-right:var(--stk--preset--spacing--50, 1.5rem) !important;margin-bottom:var(--stk--preset--spacing--50, 1.5rem) !important;margin-left:var(--stk--preset--spacing--50, 1.5rem) !important;}<\/style><div class=\"stk-column-wrapper stk-block-column__content stk-container stk-6f6e8fa-container stk--no-background stk--no-padding\"><div class=\"has-text-align-center stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks stk-6f6e8fa-inner-blocks\"><div class=\"ct-breadcrumbs\" data-source=\"rankmath\" ><nav aria-label=\"breadcrumbs\" class=\"rank-math-breadcrumb\"><p><span class=\"last\">Home<\/span><\/p><\/nav><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-columns alignfull stk-block-columns stk-block stk-26f8d86\" data-block-id=\"26f8d86\"><div class=\"stk-row stk-inner-blocks stk-block-content stk-content-align stk-26f8d86-column alignfull\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-column stk-block-column stk-column stk-block stk-52899b2\" data-v=\"4\" data-block-id=\"52899b2\"><div class=\"stk-column-wrapper stk-block-column__content stk-container stk-52899b2-container stk--no-background stk--no-padding\"><div class=\"stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks stk-52899b2-inner-blocks\">\n<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html lang=\"en\">\n<head>\n<meta charset=\"utf-8\">\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width, initial-scale=1\">\n<title>Drum Washer Class Selector | Mass Technology<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Three questions name the drum washer class you actually need, including the classes Mass Technology does not build. 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Answer three questions and this names the\nclass you actually need, including the cases where that class is not one we build.<\/p>\n\n<div>\n  <label for=\"q1\">1. What is being cleaned?<\/label>\n  <select id=\"q1\">\n    <option value=\"container\">The container itself &#8211; a barrel, bucket, pail or bin<\/option>\n    <option value=\"parts\">Loose components that tumble inside a rotating drum<\/option>\n    <option value=\"pulp\">Pulp on a drum in a paper mill<\/option>\n    <option value=\"produce\">Produce such as root crops or edamame<\/option>\n    <option value=\"laundry\">Textiles in a laundry machine<\/option>\n    <option value=\"fluid\">Nothing &#8211; I am looking for a drum of washer fluid<\/option>\n  <\/select>\n\n  <label for=\"q2\">2. How does your container open?<\/label>\n  <select id=\"q2\">\n    <option value=\"opentop\">Open top &#8211; the lid comes off entirely<\/option>\n    <option value=\"bung\">Closed head with a bung opening<\/option>\n    <option value=\"na\">Not applicable<\/option>\n  <\/select>\n\n  <label for=\"q3\">3. Does the duty require an explosion-protected area or a validated disinfection endpoint?<\/label>\n  <select id=\"q3\">\n    <option value=\"no\">No &#8211; washing and descaling for reuse<\/option>\n    <option value=\"atex\">Yes &#8211; solvent or flammable media, explosion protection needed<\/option>\n    <option value=\"sanitise\">Yes &#8211; a validated sanitising or sterilising endpoint is required<\/option>\n  <\/select>\n<\/div>\n\n<button id=\"run\" type=\"button\">Name the class<\/button>\n<a class=\"cta\" href=\"#ct-popup-813\">Send us your barrel details<\/a>\n\n<div class=\"out\" id=\"out\" hidden>\n  <h3>Result<\/h3>\n  <p class=\"verdict\" id=\"verdict\"><\/p>\n  <div id=\"detail\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2>Why this question comes first<\/h2>\n<p>One question sorts every search result you will see: is the drum the thing being cleaned, or is the drum\npart of the machine? Everything else follows from that.<\/p>\n<ul>\n  <li>Drum as the item cleaned means a container washer.<\/li>\n  <li>Drum as part of the machine means parts tumble, pulp mats, produce turns or textiles wash inside it.<\/li>\n  <li>No machine at all means you are looking at a barrel of fluid, not equipment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"note\"><a href=\"industrial-drum-cleaning-machine-pillar-page.html\">Back to the drum washing machine\npage<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<script data-tool-core=\"1\">\n\/\/ Pure decision core - no DOM access, unit-testable.\nfunction selectDrumWasherClass(input) {\n  var subject = input.whatIsCleaned;\n  var opening = input.openingType;\n  var duty = input.dutyRequirement;\n\n  if (['container', 'parts', 'pulp', 'produce', 'laundry', 'fluid'].indexOf(subject) === -1) {\n    return { built: false, className: 'Not enough information',\n      why: 'Choose what is being cleaned from the list. That answer decides which machine class applies.' };\n  }\n\n  if (subject === 'parts') {\n    return { built: false, className: 'Rotary drum parts washer',\n      why: 'Here the drum is part of the machine. Loose components tumble inside while spray stages clean them. This is a different equipment category from container washing.' };\n  }\n  if (subject === 'pulp') {\n    return { built: false, className: 'Open drum washer in a pulp mill',\n      why: 'This is pulp-processing equipment. TAPPI\/ANSI T 281 sp-22 defines the mat sampling technique used on it.' };\n  }\n  if (subject === 'produce') {\n    return { built: false, className: 'Rotary drum washer for produce',\n      why: 'A rotating barrel tumbles produce during rinsing, usually after a soak stage. Food-crop washing equipment, not container cleaning.' };\n  }\n  if (subject === 'laundry') {\n    return { built: false, className: 'Laundry washing machine',\n      why: 'The drum is the inner tub of a laundry machine. This meaning carries most of the raw search traffic for the term.' };\n  }\n  if (subject === 'fluid') {\n    return { built: false, className: 'A 55-gallon drum of washer fluid',\n      why: 'This is a product sold by the barrel, not a machine that cleans barrels.' };\n  }\n\n  if (opening === 'bung') {\n    return { built: false, className: 'Bung-entry drum washer with a rotating jet head',\n      why: 'Closed-head drums are cleaned through the bung with an inserted rotating jet head. Our machines load from the top and use brushes that need line of sight to the wall.' };\n  }\n\n  if (duty === 'atex') {\n    return { built: false, className: 'Explosion-protected container washer',\n      why: 'Solvent residue and flammable media need equipment supplied with the explosion-protection certification your area classification requires. We supply no such documentation for these two series.' };\n  }\n  if (duty === 'sanitise') {\n    return { built: false, className: 'Container washer with a validated disinfection stage',\n      why: 'Our two barrel washer series are built for brushing and descaling and are not supplied with a validated disinfection cycle. Our trash bin washer is the machine in our range that carries a disinfection stage.' };\n  }\n\n  return { built: true, className: 'Open-top container washer',\n    why: 'The drum is the item being cleaned, it opens from the top, and the duty is washing and descaling for reuse. That is the MS\/HX round-barrel series or the FS square-bucket series depending on barrel geometry.' };\n}\n\nglobalThis.__TOOL_CORE__ = { selectDrumWasherClass: selectDrumWasherClass };\n<\/script>\n\n<script>\nif (typeof document !== 'undefined') {\n  var selectDrumWasherClass = globalThis.__TOOL_CORE__.selectDrumWasherClass;\n  var runBtn = document.getElementById('run');\n  if (runBtn) {\n    runBtn.addEventListener('click', function () {\n      var r = selectDrumWasherClass({\n        whatIsCleaned: document.getElementById('q1').value,\n        openingType: document.getElementById('q2').value,\n        dutyRequirement: document.getElementById('q3').value\n      });\n      var out = document.getElementById('out');\n      var verdict = document.getElementById('verdict');\n      var detail = document.getElementById('detail');\n      out.hidden = false;\n\n      verdict.className = r.built ? 'verdict ok' : 'verdict no';\n      verdict.textContent = r.built\n        ? r.className + ' - this is what we build'\n        : r.className + ' - not a machine we build';\n\n      var rows = '<tr><td>Machine class<\/td><td>' + r.className + '<\/td><\/tr>' +\n                 '<tr><td>Why<\/td><td>' + r.why + '<\/td><\/tr>';\n\n      var next = r.built\n        ? '<p class=\"note\">Next step: check your barrel against the standard envelope with the ' +\n          '<a href=\"tool-1-barrel-fit-checker.html\">barrel fit and throughput checker<\/a>.<\/p>'\n        : '<p class=\"note\">We would rather tell you this now than at commissioning. If you also run open-top ' +\n          'barrels for reuse, the <a href=\"tool-1-barrel-fit-checker.html\">barrel fit checker<\/a> covers that side.<\/p>';\n\n      detail.innerHTML = '<table><tbody>' + rows + '<\/tbody><\/table>' + next;\n    });\n  }\n}\n<\/script>\n\n<\/section>\n<\/body>\n<\/html>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drum Washer Class Selector | Mass Technology Drum Washer Class Selector In English, a drum washer can be five or six unrelated machines. Answer three questions and this names the class you actually need, including the cases where that class is not one we build. 1. What is being cleaned? 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