Cosmetics

Intro

As the cosmetic industry moves the boundaries between fashion and therapeutic products creating “cosmoceuticles”, so the legislation becomes more stringent. The move towards much more hygienic CIP systems is ever bringing them in line with the pharmaceuticals industry.

Ducting & Pipe work

Ducting and pipe work can pose very specific problems for the cosmetic industry as it comprises a large part of the CIP cleaning in place needs. Often the diameter of the pipes coupled with long and complex pipe runs can generate significant cleaning challenges...

Filling Lines

The cosmetics industries process systems culminate in the product being packaged into consumer level finished goods...

Hoppers

Hoppers in general tend to be quite small and can be sealed or open topped. They carry transit products and may require frequent cleaning...

IBC's

Industrial bulk containers or IBC’s are found in almost every industry...

Mixers & Blenders

Mixers and blenders as their name implies are specifically designed to agitate, mix and blend a single product or a mixture of products. The end result required very much depends on the final process requirement. However, CIP cleaning in place of such vessels can be very difficult...

Powder Handling Equipment

Process systems that handle powder can be prone to accumulations of powder around any protrusions or dead legs in the system. Static spray balls and nozzles fixed inside these systems can cause clumping of powder, and worse still they can themselves become clogged and not function correctly during the CIP cycle. Retracting devices such as the MR2 RETRACTOR is very useful in such applications.

Process Vessels

In any process industry, the manufacturing process will contain various stages. During these stages a variety of individual tanks, vessels, vats and hoppers are used. These tanks hold various products at all stages of the production process from raw materials to finished product. The product contained can be easily soluble in water or simply a water storage tank, or it can be very viscous or very sticky. Cleaning these will depend very much on the product contained.

Process vessels within the cosmetics industry will quite often contain some kind of mixing device, agitator, baffle, heating coil, vortex, or other piece of equipment that makes effective CIP cleaning in place that little bit harder to achieve. The wide variety of tank and vessel sizes and applications combined with the multitude of proprietary fitted equipment makes it highly important to choose the correct tank washer multiple tank washers to ensure an efficient and effective CIP solution. All too often manufacturers simply install fixed spray balls or basic rotating sprayballs due to cost considerations. Correct CIP protocol is often overlooked as they are simply building a generic process vessel and can not cover every application for its use with a spray ball. It is therefore vital for equipment manufacturers and oem’s to build CIP into their vessels from the outset and not simply add a couple of spray balls.

As the possibility of design permutations and product cleaning requirements is extensive, it is advisable to contact you local product expert/distributor or contact Breconcherry directly for help and assistance in choosing the correct tank washer. Alternatively, as a first step you can go to the technical resource section of this web site for advice and information requirements. For generic spray ball replacement, a good place to start would be with the TURBO DISC information.

Optimised CIP cycles and efficient use of water with high tech tank washers can lead to greatly reduced down times, increased plant efficiency and increased profitability.

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Storage Tanks & Silos

Storage tanks & vessels can hold various products at all stages of the production process from raw materials to finished product...

Tote Bins & Drums

Cleaning smaller transport containers and semi disposable vessels has often been left to manual systems. Due to the often high throughput required for this type of product and the multitude of designs, shapes and sizes...

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