In food production, the purity of technological equipment is directly related to the quality and safety of finished products. Manual disassembly of pipelines, tanks and individual components for each sanitary treatment requires significant time and labor. Therefore, modern enterprises use CIP systems that allow them to wash equipment directly on site, without completely dismantling the process line.
Such solutions are used in dairies, breweries, enterprises producing beverages, juices and other food products. Depending on the scale of production, compact mobile installations or stationary SIP stations integrated into the technological infrastructure of the enterprise are used.
What is a CIP sink?
The abbreviation CIP stands for Cleaning In Place — cleaning equipment on site. The basic principle is the circulation of water and special cleaning solutions along the inner surfaces of the process circuits. At the same time, the equipment does not have to be completely disassembled before each cycle of sanitary treatment.
Depending on the process chart, the sequence may include pre-rinsing with water, alkaline solution treatment, intermediate rinsing, acid treatment, disinfection, and final rinsing. The specific regime is selected taking into account the type of equipment, the nature of contamination and the detergents used.
What are SIP sinks for in production?
Automation of sanitary treatment makes the procedure more repeatable and controllable. The operator does not need to manually disassemble the technological communications every time, clean individual elements and then assemble the line back.
Modern systems can control temperature, processing time, solution concentration, and other cycle parameters. This helps to comply with established technological regulations and reduces the influence of the human factor.
Such a system is especially relevant for industries with a large number of pipelines, tanks, heat exchangers and other equipment in contact with the product. The more complex the process circuit, the more advantages centralized circulating washing provides.
Mobile and stationary solutions
Mobile equipment can be used for small enterprises or individual production sites. The mobile installation is convenient because it can be connected to different technological circuits as needed.
In large enterprises, it is more rational to use a centralized complex. The stationary system is designed taking into account