CIP System Machine/cleaning in place machine/cip cleaning system
The sanitary aspects of producing food and beverage products are of extreme importance. Plants must meet high hygienic standards to avoid a product's degradation and contamination during operation, and plant cleaning must be carried out quickly and thoroughly. The cleaning requirements are best met with Cleaning-in-Place (CIP) systems.
CIP systems offer fast, efficient and reliable cleaning of all types of process plant. It's a method which cleans complete items of plant equipment or pipelines circuits without dismantling the equipment .
CIP systems are divided in differents operations :
1- Flushing in order to eliminate residues
2- Alkaline cleaning operation : alkaline detergents
dissolve fat and proteins, and cleaning where harder
deposits have occured
3- Intermediate water rinse
4- Acidic cleaning operation: for neutralising the caustic
remaining on the surfaces of the plant. The acidic
detergents remove mineral deposits in the equipment
(especially warm areas like in the pasteurizer)
5- Final water rinse: Cold water purges out the residual
acid solution
CIP is a closed system where recirculating cleaning solution is applied (often with nozzles) that cleans, rinses and sanitises equipment . The CIP system is usually automatically controlled and the cleaning sequences are given the optimum timing for efficient cleaning of all parts of the plants.