Brewery Cleaning in Place (CIP) with Chemtex

Brewery Cleaning in Place (CIP) with Chemtex

With a high degree of inaccessibility to the desired areas, manual cleaning operations seem far-fetched. Cleaning in place or CIP allows cleaning and sanitizing on a regular basis to avoid the growth and spread of harmful bacteria which can contaminate the beer. Maintaining a consistent and thorough cleaning regimen will ensure that every pint you pour is worthy of your brand. To thoroughly clean and sanitize brewery equipment and machinery, you will need cleaning in place or a CIP system. CIP systems have been designed for cleaning and disinfecting the interior processing machinery/equipment without the need for manual cleaning.

Cleaning-in-place

Cleaning in place in Brewery Industry requires chemical, bacteriological, physical, and sterile cleaning before the next production process forming an essential aspect of dairy production. CIP systems are engineered for fast, efficient, and consistently high-quality cleaning of product contact surfaces.

The CIP System is designed to clean

• Sanitary Process Line
• Vessel
• Common equipment in breweries

CIP Systems in the brewery industry is an efficient way to thoroughly clean and sanitize the interior processing machinery and other equipment, creating a safer production space. CIP Systems are not just made for the equipment within a brewery, but also made for maintaining clean and sanitize food. CIP Systems need related chemicals, disinfectants, and additives for enhancing the performance of formulated cleaners.

For Breweries, CIP systems are engineered for fast, efficient, and consistent high-quality cleaning of product contact surfaces. It is necessary to clean stainless steel tanks has become the industry standard method for cleaning because it eliminates a majority of the human error elements, saves you money on chemicals, and reduce your exposure to harmful chemicals.

The seven-step CIP process for the brewery industry:

1. Pre-rinsing with hot water ensures the physical removal of any residue, dissolved sugar, melting fat, and non-chemical pressure of the flow path.
2. Caustic wash helps for melting fats by using hot water, making them easier to remove
3. Intermediate hot water rinse to remove any remaining detergent
4. Acid cleaning is used to perk up stainless steel by removing the residues
5. Rinsing with deionized reverse osmosis water to further remove remaining residues
6. Sanitizing to eradicate any microorganisms before the next process run.
7. Potable water rinsing to rinse off any further residue left behind from the previous step.

It can be effectively used at low dosages, it has defoaming nature for CIP applications and it is quite suitable for both automatic and manual dosing. CIP systems have been designed for cleaning and disinfecting the interior processing/equipment without the need for manual cleaning. CIP systems circulate cleaning agents through tanks and pipes and flush them out during rinsing.

Chemtex CIP chemicals are uniquely formulated to enhance the performance of brewery equipment, and save money, water, and electricity as well as the following benefits:

• Effective cleaning at low dosage
• Increases productivity with lesser downtime
• Non-foaming nature aiding in CIP
• Saves water and energy
• Non-toxic, Non-corrosive

See full Chemtex CIP range: https://www.chemtexltd.com/products-and-solutions/cleaning-and-disinfectant-chemicals/cleaning-in-place/

The name Chemtex depicts Chemical Technology Experts. The early 1970s saw the foundation of Chemtex. And in the following decades, it expanded with its variety of indigenous chemicals and industries catered.