CIP-plants

FlowTech’s range of CIP plants are designed to meet all the hygiene requirements in the food-industry and related industries. In close co-operation with the customer we make sure, that the CIP plant is compatible with the existing process plant to design the most rational, hygienic and reliable solution.

Advantages of using CIP plants specially designed by FlowTech:

• The plant does not need to be disassembled when cleaned, which means:
  • Better hygiene
  • Reduced costs on a lasting basis
  • Increased efficiency of the entire plant
• Production shutdown is minimized
• Cleaning of the plant can take place while part of the plant is still running
• Manual cleaning is minimised or completely eliminated
• Considerable savings on CIP liquids and water
• The obtained hygiene meets all the requirements in the food industry and related industries

Plant design

A CIP plant consists of tanks, measuring and dosing devices. To adjust the temperature, a heat exchanger is integrated and typically a supply pump and a return pump are installed.

This basic design is used in nearly all food plants. The size and number of tanks used may vary.

The basic CIP plants are single use systems, which mean that the water and detergent goes to the drain after use. This system is recommended to smaller processes or to processes where cross-contamination isn’t desirable.

A standard CIP plant is built from one tank with post and pre rinse water (cold), a hot caustic tank and an acid tank. The liquid is pumped to the process lines with the feed pump and back to the CIP system with the return pump. Sometimes the plant is cleaned counter the production direction. Other tanks for hot and cold caustic or acid can be added to increase the flexibility of the system.

Usually, the caustic and sometimes other agents, like acid and additives, are stored in concentrate tanks. The tanks need special attention to protect the environment. In several countries laws are set to ensure this.