Mork's Mobile CIP Unit to be Showcased at Interphex

While at Interphex, check out a mobile clean-in-place unit from Mork A/S (booth 2468). "Mobile clean-in-place" may sound like an oxymoron or George Carlin schtick. But of course the "mobile" part refers to the cleaning unit, and as everyone knows "in place," when discussing pipes and reactors, actually means "automatically," or "without disassembly."

"Mobile CIP units are flexible. They ensure optimal, documented cleaning of production equipment, and of course they can be moved," says Mork's Gitte Djurslev. "The fact that the CIP unit can be moved around in the production area and used to clean equipment automatically makes installation costs much lower than for stationary cleaning units. At the same time the mobile CIP unit consumes minimum amounts of chemicals and water during cleaning. Finally, the mobile CIP unit is delivered fully documented and validated according to strict FDA requirements."

Mork's primary market is pharmaceuticals (with Novo Nordisk as its most important customer). Like most CIP equipment, however, the company's complete mobile or framed modular CIP units can be used for multiple point-of-use in food/beverages, biotechnology, and chemicals. In addition to equipment Mork provides development, production, installation, qualification, and validation of its CIP units for cleaning equipment, machinery, piping systems, tanks, vessels, and glassware.

For all its designs and CIP unit constructions, Mork, in consultation with its customers, adheres to applicable cGMP requirements and the latest cleaning validation standards. All units are factory tested and tested on site.

Inside the Mobile CIP Unit
Mobile CIP units are used for automatically cleaning mixing and preparation tanks ranging from 25 to 3000 liters, as well as for automatic cleaning of pipe routes in between vessels. The CIP unit has a 100 liter CIP tank for mixing the CIP liquid.

Heating elements mounted in the CIP tank bring CIP liquids to recommended temperature. A booster pump delivers supply pressure for the spray ball in the mixing tank or for the pipe strings. The supply pump is controlled by a frequency inverter to allow regulation of the supply pressure and of the amount of CIP liquid. A return pump (self-priming) pumps the CIP liquid back to the CIP unit.

The mobile CIP unit has two proportioning pumps for the dosing acidic and alkaline detergents. Flow meters monitor the supply of detergents.

If the mixing tanks are equipped with a permanent spray ball, the supply line of the CIP unit is connected direct to the spray ball with a flexible hose. The outflow of the mixing tank is connected direct to the return flow of the CIP unit with a flexible hose. During cleaning of the pipe strings between the mixing tanks, the forward flow of the CIP unit is connected direct to the connection of the pipe strings with a flexible hose. The outlet of the pipe string is connected direct to the return flow of the CIP unit with a flexible hose.

Visit Mork Proces A/S at Interphex, booth 2468.

For more information: Mork Proces A/S, Højbyvej 19, DK-4320 Lejre, Denmark. Tel: +45 4648-2684. Fax: +45 4648-2686.

By Angelo DePalma