Early in 2007 Allergy Therapeutics PLC (ATp) launched a project to upgrade one
of their manufacturing processes for the treatment of allergies. Suncombe were awarded the contract for the detailed design
and build of the 8 preassembled units that comprised the process.
Rick Poland - UK Manufacturing Engineering Manager - 10th
December 2007
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Clean In Place Systems
What is CIP ?
CIP or in its full form, Cleaning In
Place, is defined as a method of cleaning equipment with minimal
dismantling and with minimal operator involvement.
How Does CIP Work?
CIP relies on the principal
of applying a suitable detergent or solvent at a suitable flow,
pressure, temperature and concentration for the correct length
of time. The science is based on applying the required amount of
energy. The energy is primarily provided by the solution
temperature (thermal energy), the use of detergent or solvent
(chemical energy) and the application of suitable pipeline
velocities or pressures (kinetic energy) over a time period.
The Result of CIP?
In-place cleaning results in the
equipment being chemically clean. This is defined as "the
removal of all residues of soil and all CIP agents so that
contact with the cleaned surface does not result in physical
contamination".
PharmaCIP - Total Loss Cleaning In Place for the
Pharmaceutical Industry
The Suncombe PharmaCIP range has been developed
over 40 years for providing a robust, reliable means
of supplying repeatable, validate able, controllable
CIP cleaning for the Biotech, Pharmaceutical,
Medical, Healthcare, Personal Care and other
critical processing industries.
MobileCIP - Total
or Partial Recovery Cleaning In Place System
The MobileCIP is a system for cleaning processing
equipment. It is designed to be mobile to allow the
entire system to be moved to its point of use. The
systems can be used for cleaning tanks, vessels,
processors, mixers, pipe work and many other cleaning
uses.
PureCIP - A
Packaged CIP System for Location in Clean Areas
The PureCIP is a modular system, provided with
stainless steel covers for location in your clean
areas. It is used for cleaning processing
equipment. The
systems can be used for cleaning tanks, vessels,
processors, mixers, pipe work and many other cleaning
uses.
CIP+Plus
The CIP+Plus systems have been developed over 40
years to provide an economic, high Quality Total
Recovery or Partial Recovery solution for Cleaning
and Sanitizing. It is used in the Food, Dairy,
Brewery, Beverage, Agro-chemical, Flavourings,
Healthcare, Personal Care, and many other processing
industries.
The Suncombe RTC - Road Tanker Cleaning - Systems
are specifically designed to clean Road Tankers.
They are available to operate in various modes and
can include low, medium or high pressure cleaning.
They are also available as total recovery types
(re-using all the CIP liquid), partial recovery or
total loss types. We have been supplying these units for
nearly 40 years and still have some of these
original units running in the UK. Can be supplied
enclosed in containers and with in built boilers for
heating.
