Restaurant owners have a number of responsibilities to ensure safe conditions are maintained for both workers and patrons. In addition to food preparations, there is also the need for proper, sanitary disposal of foods and cooking greases that must be handled.
The process of recycling and removing grease and waste oil has evolved over the years. In the past, the draining and removal of gallons upon gallons of oil happened by the bucket and bin full. Most restaurant owners would pay for the delivery of new oil and removal of waste.
Today, however, with the increase in biofuel vehicles and rising gas prices, waste oil has found more important than before. In fact, it has become a commonly stolen item from the back of restaurants and owners have been looking for ways to handle waste oil more efficiently.
Enter level sensors and float switches which find application in the tanks and storage bins. They help make the process of retrieving and disposing of waste oil a smoother and more effective one for restaurants.
SMD Fluid Switch is your source for any custom design and OEM services to help your restaurant meet better waste oil removal and recycling goals.
Modern fryers offer the safest option for grease and oil removal because they can be directly hooked up to a pump system that removes hot, old grease from a fryer without any interaction or handling by a human worker. This reduces accidents and helps kitchens to run smoothly.
SMD Fluid Controls offers vertical float switches and horizontal float switches in a variety of sizes and materials. A level sensor can alert restaurant staff when a storage tank is full and needs to be changed or picked up by the oil recycling company and can prevent overflow.
In manual oil waste removal process systems, temperature sensors can also be added so workers responsible for the removal know that temperatures are safe for moving the liquid out. SMD Fluid Controls’ temperature sensors work with extreme precision by gauging electrical resistance relative to the temperature of the surrounding fluids.
The FM22 – Combo Level/Temperature Switches are a terrific option for this application. These switches work well in oils and with the bimetal snap-action temperature switch, it can be used to shut down a fryer if the oil goes over temperature to help protect heaters.
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SMD Fluid Controls design and manufacture, as well as sells float switches and liquid level sensors of all types, for a variety of industrial applications.