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Inoxpa’s wide range of CIP equipment is suitable for the cleaning processes of all types of processing installations in the food and pharmaceutical industries. In this space, strict cleaning results are required to ensure product quality.
The company’s range of mobile CIP units means they can be moved closer in proximity to equipment and installations when cleaning is required. Electrical resistances are normally used for heating and tanks with volumes up to 500l and equipment can be either manually operated or automatic.
A portfolio of static CIP units are available, with all components (pumps, valves, heat exchangers, and instrumentation) mounted on a base frame. The set-up also includes the control board. With tanks placed directly onto the floor, Inoxpa can supply the CIP base frame and customers can buy tanks from local manufacturers.
The range can use one tank or even between five and six tanks. The equipment can have specific tanks for acidic products, alkaline products, water, recovered water, purified water and disinfectant.
Equipment can be designed to clean just one line or several lines simultaneously. A CIP unit will have as many lines as production lines to be cleaned simultaneously. Sizing the tanks for a chemical product or water is very important so that different lines are fed simultaneously during operation.
The production quality department needs to work in conjunction with a chemical product manufacturer to choose the right cleaning products for its production plant to ensure that it is cleaned correctly.
Inoxpa will either select or design the CIP equipment that can operate with those cleaning products, varying the time, temperature and concentration in accordance with the technical specifications of the chemical products
Once chosen, Inoxpa will either select or design the CIP equipment that can operate with those cleaning products, varying the time, temperature and concentration in accordance with the technical specifications of the Proper cleaning is essential to maintain a safe and hygienic processing facility chemical products. It is also important to guarantee the flow rate to ensure a suitable mechanical cleaning effect.
“Our customers are increasingly requesting reports on each cleaning process to ensure that the process was carried out correctly. This makes it essential for CIP units to be fully automatic, using scheduled programmes for cleaning different installations or products. Automatically operated CIP systems can significantly reduce cleaning process time, prevent errors, and avoid exposing operators to unnecessary risks,” says Bruce Hazewindus, managing director Inoxpa SA.
Inoxpa supplies CIP units for the food, cosmetic, and pharmaceutical industries, where there are specific demands in terms of operations and level of automation to avoid crosscontamination, to guarantee that the process is carried out correctly, and to record the operator in charge of the cleaning programme activation. •
