This is a promotional film made by C.H. Wood for the Miraclean system produced by Thomas Hill Engineering of Hull.  It provides an overview of the revolutionary cleaning machine they designed in the early 1980s for bottle cleaning, the Miraclean.  Here it cleans Hammond sauce bottles (Shipley), soft drink bottles from Bradford, Guinness bottles from Liverpool, wine bottles, vials for medicines and bottles of pop. Title – The Thomas Hill Engineering Company (Hull) Ltd present Miraclean A C.H....

This is a promotional film made by C.H. Wood for the Miraclean system produced by Thomas Hill Engineering of Hull.  It provides an overview of the revolutionary cleaning machine they designed in the early 1980s for bottle cleaning, the Miraclean.  Here it cleans Hammond sauce bottles (Shipley), soft drink bottles from Bradford, Guinness bottles from Liverpool, wine bottles, vials for medicines and bottles of pop. Title – The Thomas Hill Engineering Company (Hull) Ltd present Miraclean A C.H. Wood Production  Copyright C.H. Wood (Bradford) LTD MCMLXXX The film begins showing a variety of food products that are packaged in glass containers including Cross and Blackwell Salad Cream, Oxo, Woodpecker Cider and Sunshine Beetroot.  The narrator explains that Thomas Hill of Hull have developed their new Miraclean system to clean all kinds of bottles of different shapes and sizes.  The system uses both liquid and air cleaning methods, and that at the heart of the system is the Helio turnover unit which inverts the bottles, tipping them upside down, and then back again.   The process, sending bottles along a conveyor belt, is shown in operation for sauce bottles made by Hammonds of Shipley.  The bottles are fed by a star feed system and are blasted by air jets to remove any contaminants.  The commentary explains that the air is sucked out of the system to remove any dust.  Then the control panel is shown in operation.  The safety features are explained, and women workers load bottles onto the loading table. Miraclean is also shown in operation using plastic bottles from G Barraclough Ltd. of Bradford.  The company makes soft drinks.  The commentary explains that it is easy to convert the Miraclean system from glass to plastic bottles, showing the star wheel being changed over as well as parts of the machinery.   Inside the Drawing Room designs are being made for components based on the individual characteristics of the bottles.  It is explained that Hills designs and manufactures its own operating panels which are shown being tested out.  The versatility of the system is shown using wine bottles and bottles for Guineas in Liverpool.  Also pharmaceutical containers can also be cleaned with the system, such as small aluminium vials used by Glaxo in Speke.  The film finishes again showing examples of the bottles that are cleaned using Miraclean.  Title – Miraclean – A British product Designed and Manufactured by The Thomas Hill Engineering Company (Hull) Ltd. Miraclean by Hills of Hull