C O M PA N Y F O C U S
CIP system offers greater control 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.
T
he company’s range of mobile CIP
cleaned simultaneously. Sizing the tanks
chemical products. It is also important
units means they can be moved
for a chemical product or water is very
to guarantee the flow rate to ensure a
closer in proximity to equipment
important so that different lines are fed
suitable mechanical cleaning effect.
and installations when cleaning is required. Electrical resistances are
simultaneously during operation. The production quality department
“Our customers are increasingly requesting reports on each cleaning
normally used for heating and tanks
needs to work in conjunction with a
process to ensure that the process
with volumes up to 500l and equipment
chemical product manufacturer to
was carried out correctly. This makes
can be either manually operated
choose the right cleaning products for
it essential for CIP units to be fully
or automatic.
its production plant to ensure that it is
automatic, using scheduled programmes
cleaned correctly.
for cleaning different installations or
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
products. Automatically operated CIP
“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”
equipment can have specific tanks for
and disinfectant. Equipment can be designed to
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
process is carried out correctly, and
select or design the CIP equipment
to record the operator in charge of the
that can operate with those cleaning
cleaning programme activation. •
products, varying the time, temperature
simultaneously. A CIP unit will have as
and concentration in accordance with
many lines as production lines to be
the technical specifications of the
Proper cleaning is essential to maintain a safe and hygienic processing facility
Food Review | June 2020
exposing operators to unnecessary
contamination, to guarantee that the Once chosen, Inoxpa will either
clean just one line or several lines
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process time, prevent errors, and avoid
level of automation to avoid cross-
acidic products, alkaline products, water, recovered water, purified water
systems can significantly reduce cleaning
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