The single-place automatic inside washer is used for keg washing. Output of the machine is up to 20 kegs/hr.
The machine is equipped with a keg centering device and a pneumatically operated pressure cylinder, including electronic control. Cleaning agent: caustic
The device includes:
- Freestanding base with storage table for kegs
- Washing head for automatic connection to the keg
- Media distributor and control unit – combination of valves for wash media supply, combination of valves for wash media drain valves, all valves are pneumatically operated via magnetic valves
- Caustic tank with medium pump and temperature control
- Memory programmable control, HITACHI type, including switchboard
- Control cells – leak check, wet and dry condition reporting via special fork probe, media control via pressure switch etc.
- Rinsing media – cold and hot – are taken from the operating network.
- Steam sterilization and pre-pressurization with CO2 is assumed.
Washing procedure
- barrel exchange
- pressing the barrel and dropping the lifting table
- leak testing
- connection and testing of residual pressure
- blowing out the residue
- Pre-spray (cold water)
- blowing out cold water
- Caustic injection (pulsed)
- blowing out the caustic with sterile air
- hot water injection (pulsating)
- steam blowing of hot water
- steaming
- condensate discharge
- steaming/pressure build-up
- disconnection and release of pressure
- releasing the barrel and lifting the lifting table
- barrel exchange
