of example only discharge module 110 may not comprise an auto roll discharge as will other module components described herein discharge apparatus 224 is merely optional and may be modified substituted supplemented or omitted as desired discharge module 110 may have any other suitable components features configurations functionalities operability etc other suitable variations of washing module 106 and associated components will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art in view of the teachings herein furthermore the above described system 100 is merely one example of a mat cleaning system any other suitable type of modules and associated components may be used by way of example only the above mentioned modules may be modified substituted supplemented re ordered or omitted as desired for example system 100 may include additional safety features such as safety interlocks guards and or e stops on all moving parts system 100 may have any other suitable components features configurations functionalities operability etc other suitable variations of system 100 and associated components will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art in view of the teachings herein in the above mentioned embodiments the figures depict modules wherein the movement of the mat through the module was from left to right in a given figure for example the conveyor travel in fig3 is generally from left to right such a direction is in no way intended and should not be used to limit the practicing of the invention fig3 35 depict a particular embodiment of a mat cleaning system 300 such a system also comprises a loading module 302 a.