Method for cleaning beverage bottling apparatus

Abstract

The purpose of the present invention is to shorten the time between production runs when switching between types of beverages for bottling. Provided is a method for cleaning a beverage bottling apparatus equipped with a beverage supply line for delivering a beverage to a bottling machine (2), and a sterile chamber (3) enclosing at least the bottling machine, wherein the method has at least two programs selected from among: a first program adapted to untreated carbonated beverages, for executing COP on the sterile chamber interior, and CIP on the beverage supply line interior; a second program adapted to high-acidity beverages, for executing COP and SOP on the sterile chamber interior, and CIP and SIP on the beverage supply line interior; and a third program adapted to low-acidity beverages, for executing COP and SOP on the sterile chamber interior, and CIP and SIP on the beverage supply line interior; and has a function for selectively executing any one thereof. By selecting the first program when the beverage is an untreated carbonated beverage, selecting the second program when the beverage is a high-acidity beverage, and selecting the third program when the beverage is a low-acidity beverage, corresponding cleaning processes are performed on the beverage supply line interior and the sterile chamber interior, prior to initiating bottling of the corresponding beverage.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a cleaning method for devices filled with beverages in containers such as PET bottles. Background technique [0002] At present, in an aseptic filling device for beverages, when changing the type of beverage filled in a container such as a bottle, for example, tea beverage to milk coffee, the beverage supply system piping of the aseptic filling device first CIP (Cleaning in Place) processing is performed, followed by SIP (Sterilizing in Place) processing (for example, refer to Patent Document 1). [0003] CIP is made by making the cleaning solution added with alkaline chemicals such as sodium hydroxide in water flow through the flow path from the beverage filling path to the filling nozzle of the filling machine, and then flowing the cleaning solution added with acidic chemicals in water. And proceed. Thereby, the residue of the previous drink adhering to the drink filling path etc. is removed (for example, refer pate...

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Problems solved by technology

[0014] Therefore, when switching from the production of bottled products of a certain beverage to the production of bottled products of other beverages, the so-called production time (downtime) that is consumed is very long, causing the production efficiency to deteriorate.

Especially in factories that produce small batches of many varieties, the production efficiency is very low due to the variety of beverages.

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