Burggraaf & Partners has developed a two-day Cleaning in Place course for producers and machine builders in Food, Feed and Pharma. All new automatic cleaning systems are discussed here. Not only pipes and tanks, but also the automatic cleaning of open systems such as conveyor belts, filling machines and other equipment. Robot-CIP or r-CIP is the future. This not only allows you to save on total cleaning costs (and down-time), but it is also the only way to guarantee that you can start with clean equipment.

Companies affiliated with OOM may be eligible for a contribution to the costs. For more information, see www.oom.nl.

Topics covered:

Introduction to cleaning in place

• History of CIP; developments in various sectors (food, pharma, other)

Cleaning principles

• Types of soil, formation of soil layers

• Sinner cycle, cleaning mechanisms

• Flow behaviour (Reynolds, boundary layer theory)

Detergents and disinfectants

• Types and selection

• Foam cleaning

• Disinfectants (type, legislation)

• Effect on materials (plastics, rubbers)

Criteria for hygienic design of process equipment

• Requirements for equipment cleaning

• EHEDG criteria for hygienic design

  • Geometry

  • Surface roughness

  • Weld quality

  
  

Principles of SIP

• Chemical, thermal

• Accessibility, bacterial tightness, asepticity

• Biosafety

CIP installation design

• Single-use cleaning, circulation with/without recovery

• CIP process steps

• CIP components & measuring instruments

• Determination/calculation of design of CIP/SIP installation

CIP pipeline systems

• Valve and pump selection

• Pipeline layout

  • Thermal expansion

  • Pressure drop calculation

  
  

Spray systems

• Principles

• Impact

• Requirements, selection, different types (advantages and disadvantages)

• Shadow areas

• Determination/calculation of spray systems

Special techniques

• Mole systems

• Air purging

• Water hammer measurement

• CIP robot

• Air/water cleaning

Validation of CIP/SIP system

• Determination/calculation of CIP times (tank, pipelines, heat exchanger)

• Validation and verification techniques

• GMP (OK, IK, BK, PK, qualifications)

• Revalidation

• Change control

• Cleaning validation protocol

• Monitoring

Practical examples

• Disinfection rooms (clean room; isolator; packaging machine)

• WIP-CW cleaning/ Cleaning of dry processes

• CIP cleaning of conveyor systems

• CIP cleaning of freight and tank trucks

WITH (MUCH) VIDEO MATERIAL:

• Cleaning and disinfectants

• EHEDG tests: cleanability, steam sterilisability

• CIP systems

• Spray systems

• Valves

• CIP return pump

• Air purging pipeline systems

• Foam cleaning

• Carbon dioxide cleaning