New Generation of KHS CIP Technology
Compact Innopro CIP C achieves considerable savings and loses none of its outstanding cleaning capacity
With its latest CIP system, the Innopro CIP C, KHS has succeeded in developing a new generation of CIP technology which combines the best cleaning results with an exceptionally compact, economical, and maintenance-friendly design. Given advantages like these, an investment in the Innopro CIP C can be regarded as an investment in a future when the watchword "Ecological Footprint" will come into increasingly sharp focus. The Innopro CIP C is a locally active CIP system which sanitizes not just the filler and itself but also one other process component, such as the flash pasteurizer or mixer. Equipped with three tanks (primary water feed and a caustic and hot water tank which can also be used as an acid tank if necessary), the Innopro CIP C is a CIP system that can cope with the entire filling operation on its own in medium-sized beverage plants in which there is only one filling line to clean. Companies which have several lines and an extensive pipe system can also exploit the advantages of the compact Innopro CIP C in combination with a central CIP system. Compared to similar systems that use conventional CIP technology, the Innopro CIP C means a considerable reduction in energy consumption thanks to positioning directly next to the filling system, not least because there is hardly any heating loss while the media are conveyed. In addition, media consumption is also reduced as a result of the shorter conveying distance to the components to be sanitized, and fewer mixing stages mean less water and cleaning media are used, too. The Innopro CIP C is predestined for use in every imaginable kind of process and filling technology. Whether beer, water, soft drinks, juice, wine, or milk are to be filled into cans, glass bottles, plastic bottles, or kegs, the Innopro CIP C can be integrated anywhere. Moreover, not only can the Innopro CIP C be used in cold filling; it is equally well suited to aseptic filling, ultra-clean filling, and hot filling. The cleaning capacity of the Innopro CIP C is such that it can handle fillers with up to 150 filling valves and a filling output of up to 35,000 liters per hour. Another major advantage of the Innopro CIP C is that thanks to the use of rectangular tanks, among other features, it can be packed in one container. The system can be cost-effectively shipped in a standard overseas container. All the components needed to operate the system, such as pumps, valves, heaters, media tanks, and the switch cabinet with control, are already arranged and installed ready for operation on a stainless steel framework at the KHS plant. Furthermore, since all the components have already been tested at the KHS plant the Innopro CIP C can be commissioned very quickly at a beverage plant using the Plug & Produce principle.
