Semi Automatic CIP System

CIP is the method used in sanitary processing plants to clean interior surfaces of pipes, vessels, process equipment, filters and associated fittings, without disassembly by recirculating detergent and rinse solutions. The washing process consists of several cycles in which rinsing material is recycled through the vessels, pumps, valves and other process equipment in the flow system. The system consists of acid, alkali and rinse water tanks, centrifugal pump and connection to the system being cleaned for the readymade cleaning solution. The cleaning solution is circulated and heated up to the operating temperature through direct steam injection. The detergent flow rates are adjusted by the cleaning program. The benefit to industries that use CIP is that the cleaning is faster, less labor intensive and more repeatable, and poses less of a chemical exposure risk to people.