CIP process involves high investments in terms of the media used to clean tanks e.g. caustic, acid, fresh water.
Productivity
Running CIP also equates to higher downtime and less production time. Time is of crucial essence in many plants running full production, sometimes 24 hours 7 days a week.
Quality
The importance of cleaning your tanks efficiently relates directly to product quality. It is of utmost priority to clean the tanks and process lines adequately before the next product batch.
Safety
Most countries require a certificate of confined spaces in order to enter and clean the tank manually.
Key Elements of Tank Cleaning Process
Coverage
360 Degree Full Internal Tank Surface Coverage.
Impact
Calculated Velocity and Pressure against Mass
Surface Areas required to Clean.
Product
Correct Evaluation of Chemical Composition and Temperatures against types of products concerned and the characteristics of the products.
Time
To Achieve Minimum Time = Savings in Water and Heat Generation Costs
Tank Cleaning Solutions
Static Spray Ball
Easy to clean application:
Water tanks, CIP tanks
Tanks cleaned few times per year
Max. tank diameter: 3 meter
Operating pressure: 2-3 bar
Cleaning cost: High
Cleaning efficiency: Low
Rotary Spray Ball
Easy to clean application:
Milk tanks, Syrup tanks
Small process tanks
Max. tank diameter: 5 meter
Operating pressure: 2-3 bar
Cleaning cost: Medium
Cleaning efficiency: Medium
Rotary Jet Head
Easy to clean application:
Fermentation, Big process tanks
Large tanks
Max. tank diameter: 15+ meter
Operating pressure: 5-7 bar
Cleaning cost: Low
Cleaning efficiency: High
Helping businesses succeed.
See our case study:
Cost saving tank cleaning solution
Global customer producing peanut butter.
Challenge
Product depositing on the tank bottoms of 16 tanks, even after CIP process was completed.
Manual cleaning and entry to the tanks were required to complete the cleaning process.
Solution
Provided customer optimised CIP cleaning process.
Installed and performed trials with the TJ20G rotary jet head. Replacing the static spray balls.
Results
Savings per year:
€ 360,000
Complete Return on Investment:
0.35 years
Reduced CIP Sequence
by 10 minutes per cycle
No manual labor required.
Delivery of a safe and efficient cleaning process.
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