How to disinfect Oil Filling Machine?

For food processing machinery, disinfection is definitely a very critical and indispensable step. Especially for the oil filling machine, the disinfection effect will completely affect the follow-up work. So,”How is the oil filling machine disinfected?”

CIP internal cleaning

Other measures

1、CIP internal cleaning

The previous closed beverage filling system is still dominated by manual disassembly and cleaning. Now for industries that need to clean  their processes frequently, the emergence of CIP is an essential  time-saving technology. CIP was also manually operated at the beginning, requiring a balance tank, centrifugal pump, and connection to the system to be cleaned. Since the 1950s, CIP has developed into a fully automatic programmable logic controller system. CIP is the process of disinfecting the oil filling machine to avoid contamination of bacteria when producing beverages for human consumption. The design principles include the following.

Provide solutions with high turbulence and high flow rate to achieve good cleaning results.

The solution is provided as a low-energy spray to completely wet the surface.

Provide high-energy impact spray.

High temperature and chemical cleaners can also be used to enhance the cleaning effect.

Control the sterilization time and temperature to ensure the final effect. Also, avoid excessive sterilization time or high temperature, reduce liquid oxidation, and cool as soon as possible after sterilization so that the temperature does not exceed 35°C. In order to avoid temperature changes causing fluctuations in the working environment.

2、Other measures

The aseptic environment of the filling machine requires a series of technological processes to be established and a series of measures to maintain the aseptic state. Next, expand several measures.

COP (external cleaning)

Loosen the upper and lower set screws, remove the liquid injection system for overall disinfection, or disassemble for disinfection and cleaning separately.

SIP (Internal Sterilization)

The disinfection is mainly controlled by the system.

SOP (external sterilization)

Put the inlet pipe in the cleaning solution and start the cleaning. Needle tube for filling machine, standard 5ml or 10ml syringe for type 10, 20ml glass filler for type 20, and 100ml glass filler for type 100.

CIP, COP, SIP, SOP clean and disinfect the product pipeline of the oil filling machine and the filling environment before production, and then pass the sterile isolation cover to isolate the production area from the outside world, and blow through the internal positive pressure and sterile air , Steam barrier, water seal, and other measures to maintain aseptic status. Under continuous production, the aseptic retention time generally does not exceed 72 hours. In the production process, if any maintenance measures fail, it will be regarded as sterility loss, and the disinfection process needs to be performed again.

It can be seen from the above measures that the sterilization process is very important, and maintaining a sterile state is even more important. Therefore, a good manufacturer will strictly require the disinfection measures of the oil filling machine and standardize the disinfection process. 000