CIP cleaning station
By introducing a stirring shaft and dispersing blades into the CIP cleaning station, efficient mixing of cleaning fluid and detergent is achieved. The use of a dual filtration system and scrapers to remove residues from the inner wall solves the problem of insufficient mixing of detergent, thereby improving cleaning efficiency and system stability.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- CN202423291595.9
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Utility models(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2024-12-31
- Publication Date
- 2026-02-13
- Estimated Expiration
- 2034-12-31
AI Technical Summary
The existing CIP cleaning station has an imperfect cleaning agent mixing mechanism and low stirring efficiency, which results in particulate impurities not being fully dispersed and dissolved, affecting the cleaning effect and easily causing damage to objects and pipe wear and blockage, reducing system stability and service life.
The design employs a stirring shaft and dispersing blades to generate vortex and shear force, ensuring that the cleaning agent is fully dissolved. Combined with a dual filtration system to intercept impurities, a scraper removes residue from the inner wall, and a one-way valve prevents backflow and leakage of the cleaning solution.
It improves cleaning efficiency and quality consistency, reduces the risk of clogging, and ensures the safety of the cleaning process and the long-term stability of the system.
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Abstract
Description
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The utility model belongs to CIP cleaning technical field, especially relate to a CIP cleaning station. BACKGROUND
[0002] In modern industrial manufacturing, especially in the fields of food processing, pharmaceutical manufacturing, chemical production and other highly focused product quality and safety, the importance of cleaning and disinfection is self-evident. Traditional manual cleaning method is time-consuming and laborious, low efficiency, and difficult to achieve cleaning consistency and thoroughness, which cannot meet the production demand of large-scale and high efficiency. Therefore, developing a device that can automatically, efficiently and thoroughly complete cleaning and disinfection tasks, namely CIP (Clean-In-Place) cleaning station, has become an urgent demand in the industry.
[0003] CIP cleaning station is a cleaning device integrating advanced cleaning technology, automatic control system and high-efficiency filtration device. Its core advantage is to realize efficient mixing of cleaning liquid and cleaning agent, and to ensure the purity and stability of cleaning liquid through double filtration system. However, in actual application, although the existing CIP cleaning station realizes the automation and high efficiency of cleaning operation to a certain extent, it still has deficiencies in cleaning agent mixing. Specifically, due to the imperfect mixing mechanism or low stirring efficiency, the particulate impurities in the cleaning agent cannot be fully dispersed and dissolved in the cleaning liquid. This not only affects the overall cleaning effect of the cleaning liquid, but also may cause scratches, corrosion and other damages to the cleaned objects due to the local accumulation of particulate impurities. In addition, these insufficiently mixed particulate impurities may enter the pipeline system along with the flow of cleaning liquid, increasing the risk of pipeline wear and blockage, thereby affecting the stability and service life of the entire cleaning system. SUMMARY
[0004] The utility model provides a CIP cleaning station, aims at solving the problem that although the existing CIP cleaning station is automated and efficient, the cleaning agent mixing mechanism is imperfect, the stirring efficiency is low, the particulate impurities cannot be fully dispersed and dissolved, the cleaning effect is affected, and the object damage and pipeline wear and blockage are easy to cause, the system stability and service life are reduced.
[0005] This utility model is implemented as follows: a CIP cleaning station includes a support frame; a cleaning tank disposed within the support frame; a vertically arranged stirring shaft disposed within the cleaning tank, the stirring shaft being rotatably engaged with the cleaning tank; a servo motor disposed on the outer wall of the cleaning tank, the output end of the servo motor being keyedly connected to the end of the stirring shaft; a plurality of connecting shafts disposed on the stirring shaft, the connecting shafts being provided with a plurality of dispersing blades; a U-shaped frame disposed on the bottom side of the stirring shaft; a plurality of scrapers disposed on the side of the U-shaped frame opposite to the cleaning tank; a first filter screen disposed at the lower part of the inner cavity of the cleaning tank; and a second filter screen disposed below the first filter screen in the cleaning tank, both the first and second filter screens being inclined.
[0006] Preferably, the bottom of the cleaning tank is provided with a guide pipe that communicates with its inner cavity, and a one-way valve is provided on the guide pipe.
[0007] Preferably, a plurality of dedicated interfaces are provided on one side of the support frame, and a connecting conduit is connected to each of the plurality of dedicated interfaces. The ends of the plurality of connecting conduits away from the corresponding dedicated interfaces are connected to the same collection pipe. The collection pipe is connected to the feed pipe, and a butterfly valve is provided on the dedicated interfaces.
[0008] Preferably, electric heating blocks are provided on both inner walls of the cleaning tank, and temperature sensors are provided on the inner walls of the cleaning tank. The temperature sensors are electrically connected to the electric heating blocks.
[0009] Preferably, the support frame is provided with a receiving groove at the lower part of several dedicated interfaces, and a reserved channel is provided through the bottom of the inner cavity of the receiving groove.
[0010] Preferably, a steam pipe connected to the inner cavity of the top of the cleaning tank is located at the middle position.
[0011] Preferably, the pore size of the first filter screen is larger than that of the second filter screen.
[0012] Preferably, the outer wall of the support frame is provided with a control panel, and the control panel is provided with an electronic screen.
[0013] Compared with the prior art, the embodiments of this application have the following main advantages:
[0014] Firstly, this device achieves efficient mixing of cleaning fluid and detergent. The stable rotation of the stirring shaft drives the dispersing blades to generate vortices and shear forces, ensuring that the detergent is fully dissolved in the cleaning fluid. At the same time, the scraper scrapes away the residue on the inner wall of the cleaning tank as the stirring shaft rotates, ensuring thorough cleaning of the inner wall of the cleaning tank. This design not only improves cleaning efficiency but also ensures the consistency of cleaning quality.
[0015] Secondly, the double filtering system of the cleaning tank of the device can effectively intercept impurities in the cleaning liquid, avoid poor cleaning effect caused by uneven concentration of the cleaning agent, reduce the risk of blocking the pipeline and equipment, the one-way valve prevents backflow and leakage of the cleaning liquid, improves the safety and reliability of the cleaning process, in order to collect the cleaning liquid or impurities that may drop, the supporting frame is also provided with a material receiving groove, further improving the cleanliness and long-term operation stability of the whole cleaning system. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
[0016] Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of the three-dimensional structure of the utility model;
[0017] Figure 2 is a top view of the utility model;
[0018] Figure 3 is a schematic diagram of the three-dimensional structure of the utility model;
[0019] Figure 4 is a schematic diagram of the front structure of the utility model;
[0020] Figure 5 is a schematic diagram of the cleaning tank cross-section structure of the utility model;
[0021] In the drawing: 1, supporting frame; 2, cleaning tank; 3, stirring shaft; 4, servo motor; 5, connecting shaft; 6, dispersion blade; 7, U-shaped frame; 8, scraper; 9, first filter screen; 10, second filter screen; 11, material guide pipe; 12, one-way valve; 13, special interface; 14, connecting pipe; 15, collecting pipe; 16, electric heating block; 17, temperature sensor; 18, material receiving groove; 19, reserved channel; 20, steam pipe; 21, control panel; 22, butterfly valve. DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0022] Unless otherwise defined, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this application belongs; the terminology used in the description herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the application; the description and claims of this application as well as the above discussion of the related art are intended to be illustrative only and not intended to be limiting upon the scope of the application; the terminology used in the description and the claims of this application as well as the above discussion of the related art all is intended to be read in the context of the application as a whole; the terms "comprising," "including," "containing," and "having," and variations thereof, are intended to be inclusive and mean that there are other items or components in addition to those specifically recited; the terms "first," "second," and "third," and the like, are used merely as labels, and are not intended to impose numerical requirements on their objects; the terms "plurality" and "a plurality" contained in this application means two or more than two; the terms "coupled," "connected," and "coupling," and variations thereof, are intended to mean an electrical or mechanical connection between two or more objects, and are not necessarily limited to a direct connection.
[0023] Reference to "an embodiment" means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment can be included in at least one embodiment. The appearances of the phrase "in an embodiment" in various places in the specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment, nor are they necessarily all referring to a common or independent embodiment. One of ordinary skill in the art will recognize that the embodiments described herein can be combined with other embodiments.
[0024] The utility model embodiment provides a CIP cleaning station, as shown in Figures 1-5 The utility model discloses a CIP cleaning station, as shown in
[0025] It needs to be explained that, although the existing CIP cleaning station is automatic and efficient, the cleaning agent mixing mechanism is imperfect, the stirring efficiency is low, the granular impurities cannot be fully dispersed and dissolved, the cleaning effect is affected, and the object damage and pipeline wear and blockage are easy to cause, the system stability and service life are reduced, the scheme realizes the efficient mixing of cleaning liquid and cleaning agent and adopts the double filtration system, which greatly improves the efficiency and quality of cleaning operation, and ensures the safety of the cleaning process and the stability of long-term operation; The stable rotation of the stirring shaft 3 and the design of the dispersion blade 6 ensure the full dissolution and uniform distribution of the cleaning agent in the cleaning liquid, improve the cleaning efficiency, and the scraper 8 effectively removes the residues on the inner wall of the tank, ensures the consistency of the cleaning quality; The double filtration system intercepts impurities, avoids the risk of uneven cleaning agent concentration and pipeline blockage; The setting of the one-way valve 12 and the material receiving groove 18 further prevents the backflow, leakage and dripping of the cleaning liquid, improves the safety of the cleaning process and the cleanliness of the whole system, and provides a solid guarantee for long-term stable operation.
[0026] Specifically, in the present embodiment, the scheme mainly includes a supporting frame 1; a cleaning tank body 2 is stably placed in the supporting frame 1, and a stirring shaft 3 is arranged in the inside of the cleaning tank body 2, which is rotatably connected with the cleaning tank body 2 and can rotate freely; the rotating power of the stirring shaft 3 comes from a servo motor 4 installed on the outer side wall of the cleaning tank body 2, which ensures that the stirring shaft 3 can rotate in a stable and accurate manner;
[0027] A plurality of connecting shafts 5 are arranged on the stirring shaft 3, and a plurality of dispersion blades 6 are further arranged on the connecting shafts 5; when the stirring shaft 3 starts to rotate, the dispersion blades 6 also rotate, thereby generating a strong stirring effect, so that the cleaning liquid forms a vortex in the cleaning tank 2 and generates a shearing force, thereby efficiently mixing the cleaning agent in the tank;
[0028] In order to further improve the cleaning efficiency, a U-shaped frame 7 is specially arranged at the bottom of the stirring shaft 3; a plurality of scrapers 8 are fixed on the side opposite to the U-shaped frame 7 and the cleaning tank 2; the scrapers 8 can flexibly scrape the residues on the inner wall of the tank with the rotation of the stirring shaft 3, thereby ensuring the thorough cleaning of the inner wall of the cleaning tank 2;
[0029] A first filter screen 9 is specially arranged below the inner cavity of the cleaning tank 2; the main function of the first filter screen 9 is to preliminarily filter large-particle impurities in the cleaning liquid; and a second filter screen 10 located below the first filter screen 9 undertakes the task of further filtering small-particle impurities and suspended matters; such a double-filtering design ensures that the impurities in the mixed cleaning liquid can be effectively intercepted, avoids the poor cleaning effect caused by the uneven concentration of the cleaning agent, reduces the risk of blocking the pipeline and equipment, and improves the reliability of the cleaning process.
[0030] As shown in the further preferred embodiment of the utility model, Figures 4-5 The bottom of the cleaning tank 2 is provided with a material guide pipe 11 communicating with the inner cavity thereof, and the material guide pipe 11 is provided with a one-way valve 12.
[0031] In this embodiment, the cleaning liquid is smoothly discharged through the material guide pipe 11, and the one-way valve 12 effectively avoids the backflow and leakage of the cleaning liquid; this design not only significantly improves the use efficiency of the cleaning tank 2, but also provides a solid guarantee for the safety and reliability of the cleaning process.
[0032] As shown in the further preferred embodiment of the utility model, Figure 2 One side of the supporting frame 1 is provided with a plurality of special interfaces 13, a connecting guide pipe 14 is respectively communicated with each of the special interfaces 13, a plurality of the connecting guide pipes 14 are communicated with the same collecting pipe 15 at the end away from the corresponding special interface 13, the collecting pipe 15 is communicated with the material guide pipe 11, and a butterfly valve 22 is arranged on the special interface 13.
[0033] In this embodiment, the special interface 13 is designed for connecting external equipment or pipeline; each special interface 13 is connected with a connecting guide pipe 14, and the connecting guide pipes 14 are commonly connected to the same collecting pipe 15 at the end away from the interface; the collecting pipe 15 is further communicated with the material guide pipe 11 at the bottom of the cleaning tank 2, thereby forming a complete discharge system;
[0034] Each dedicated interface 13 is provided with a butterfly valve 22; the flexible opening and closing function of the butterfly valve 22 enables the user to accurately control the flow of cleaning liquid in each connecting conduit 14; and when discharge is not required, the butterfly valve 22 is kept closed, effectively preventing backflow and leakage of the cleaning liquid.
[0035] Further preferably, as shown in the drawings, Figure 5 The inner walls of the cleaning tank 2 are provided with electric heating blocks 16, and the inner walls of the cleaning tank 2 are provided with temperature sensors 17, which are electrically connected to the electric heating blocks 16.
[0036] In this embodiment, the temperature sensor 17 (PT100) can sense the temperature in the cleaning tank 2 in real time and transmit data to the control system, and the control panel 21 intelligently adjusts the working state of the electric heating block 16 according to the received temperature data to maintain the constant temperature in the cleaning tank 2.
[0037] Further preferably, as shown in the drawings, Figures 2-4 The supporting frame 1 is provided with a material receiving groove 18 at the lower part of the plurality of dedicated interfaces 13, and the bottom of the inner cavity of the material receiving groove 18 is provided with a reserved passage 19.
[0038] In this embodiment, in order to collect the cleaning liquid that may drip from the dedicated interface 13, the supporting frame 1 is provided with a material receiving groove 18 at the lower part of the dedicated interface 13, and when a certain amount of cleaning liquid accumulates in the material receiving groove 18, they can be smoothly discharged through the passage, avoiding the problem of overflow or leakage caused by excessive accumulation. Such design not only improves the cleanliness of the entire cleaning system, but also ensures the stability and safety of long-term operation.
[0039] Further preferably, as shown in the drawings, Figures 2-3 The top of the cleaning tank 2 is connected to a steam pipe 20 that communicates with the inner cavity thereof.
[0040] In this embodiment, the introduction of steam not only helps to raise the temperature of the cleaning liquid and speed up the cleaning process, but also uses the penetrating power of steam to improve the mixing of the cleaning agent, further improving the cleaning quality.
[0041] Further preferably, as shown in the drawings, Figure 5 The aperture size of the first filter screen 9 is larger than that of the second filter screen 10.
[0042] In the embodiment, the two layers of filter screens not only effectively intercept impurities in the cleaning liquid, but also have a size separation effect, that is, the first filter screen 9 has a larger pore size than the second filter screen 10, so that larger impurity particles are filtered out by the first filter screen 9 first, and then the second filter screen 10 further filters out small impurities, thereby ensuring the purity and cleaning effect of the cleaning liquid.
[0043] In the further preferred embodiment of the utility model, as shown in the drawings, Figure 3 The outer side wall of the support frame 1 is provided with a control panel 21, and the control panel 21 is provided with an electronic screen.
[0044] In the embodiment, the design enables the operator to easily operate and monitor the cleaning tank 2, and the control panel 21 is equipped with an electronic screen that intuitively and clearly displays various parameters and states of the cleaning tank 2, such as temperature, pressure, cleaning time, etc., thereby providing real-time data support for the operator.
[0045] Working principle: The cleaning tank 2 is stably placed on the support frame 1, and the stirring shaft 3, as the core component of the cleaning tank 2, is rotationally connected with the cleaning tank 2 and can rotate flexibly; the rotation power is derived from the servo motor 4 installed on the outer side wall of the cleaning tank 2, which ensures the stable and accurate rotation of the stirring shaft 3;
[0046] A plurality of connecting shafts 5 are arranged on the stirring shaft 3, and a plurality of dispersion blades 6 are further installed on the connecting shafts 5; when the stirring shaft 3 starts to rotate, the dispersion blades 6 also rotate, producing a strong stirring effect; this design causes the cleaning liquid to form a vortex in the cleaning tank 2 and generate shear force, thereby efficiently mixing the cleaning agent in the tank and ensuring the sufficient mixing of the cleaning liquid and the cleaning agent;
[0047] In order to further improve the cleaning efficiency of the inner wall of the cleaning tank 2, a U-shaped frame 7 is specially arranged at the bottom of the stirring shaft 3; on the side opposite to the U-shaped frame 7 and the cleaning tank 2, a plurality of scrapers 8 are fixed; these scrapers 8 can flexibly scrape off the residues on the inner wall of the cleaning tank 2 with the rotation of the stirring shaft 3, thereby ensuring the thorough cleaning of the inner wall of the cleaning tank 2;
[0048] A double filtration system is specially arranged below the inner cavity of the cleaning tank 2; the first filter screen 9 is located above, mainly for preliminary filtering of large particles in the cleaning liquid; while the second filter screen 10 located below the first filter screen 9 undertakes the heavy task of further filtering small particles and suspended matter; such design not only effectively intercepts impurities in the cleaning liquid, but also forms a coarse and fine separation effect because the aperture size of the first filter screen 9 is larger than that of the second filter screen 10; such double filtration design ensures that impurities in the mixed cleaning liquid can be effectively intercepted, avoiding poor cleaning effect caused by uneven cleaning agent concentration, while reducing the risk of pipe and equipment blockage, improving the reliability of the cleaning process;
[0049] The cleaning liquid is smoothly discharged through the material guide pipe 11, and the one-way valve 12 effectively avoids backflow and leakage of the cleaning liquid; this design not only significantly improves the efficiency of the cleaning tank 2, but also provides a solid guarantee for the safety and reliability of the cleaning process;
[0050] The support frame 1 is equipped with multiple special interfaces 13, which are designed for connecting external equipment or pipelines; each special interface 13 is connected to a connecting conduit 14, and these connecting conduits 14 are collectively connected to a collection pipe 15 at the end away from the interface; the collection pipe 15 is further connected to the material guide pipe 11 at the bottom of the cleaning tank 2, forming a complete discharge system; it is particularly worth noting that a butterfly valve 22 is installed on each special interface 13; the flexible opening and closing function of the butterfly valve 22 allows users to accurately control the flow of cleaning liquid in each connecting conduit 14; when discharge is not needed, the butterfly valve 22 remains closed, effectively preventing backflow and leakage of the cleaning liquid;
[0051] In addition, the cleaning tank 2 is also equipped with a temperature sensor 17; the temperature sensor 17 can sense the temperature in the cleaning tank 2 in real time and transmit the data to the control panel 21; the control panel 21 intelligently adjusts the working state of the electric heating block 16 according to the received temperature data to maintain the constant temperature in the cleaning tank 2; this design ensures that the cleaning operation is carried out within the optimal temperature range, further improving the cleaning efficiency and quality;
[0052] In order to collect the cleaning liquid that may drip from the special interface 13, the support frame 1 is provided with a material receiving groove 18 at the lower position of the special interface 13; when a certain amount of cleaning liquid or impurities accumulates in the material receiving groove 18, they can be smoothly discharged through the reserved channel; such design not only improves the cleanliness of the entire cleaning system, but also ensures the stability and safety of its long-term operation.
[0053] It should be noted that for the foregoing embodiments, for the sake of simple description, they are all expressed as a series of action combinations, but those skilled in the art should know that the present application is not limited by the action sequence described, because according to the present application, some steps can be performed in other sequences or simultaneously. Secondly, those skilled in the art should also know that the embodiments described in the specification all belong to preferred embodiments, and the actions and modules involved are not necessarily necessary for the present application.
[0054] In several embodiments provided by the present application, it should be understood that the disclosed device can be implemented by other ways. For example, the device embodiments described above are only illustrative, for example, the division of the above units, actual implementation can have another division way, for example, a plurality of units or components can be combined or integrated into another system, or some features can be ignored or not executed. Another point, the coupling or communication connection between the displayed or discussed each other can be through some interface, indirect coupling or communication connection between devices or units, which can be electrical or other forms.
[0055] The units described above as separate components may or may not be physically separated, and the components shown as units may or may not be physical units, that is, they can be located in one place, or they can be distributed on multiple network units. Part or all of the units can be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the embodiment scheme.
[0056] The above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of the present application, and not to limit the protection scope of the present application. Obviously, the described embodiments are only some of the embodiments of the present application, not all the embodiments. Based on these embodiments, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative labor fall within the scope of the present application. Although the present application has been described in detail with reference to the above embodiments, those skilled in the art can still combine, add or delete or make other adjustments to the features of the embodiments of the present application according to the circumstances without creative labor, so as to obtain different other technical solutions which do not deviate from the concept of the present application in essence. These technical solutions also belong to the scope of the present application.
Claims
1. A CIP cleaning station, characterized in that, The utility model relates to a cleaning device for the production of food and beverage, including: Support frame (1); The cleaning tank body (2) is arranged in the support frame (1); The stirring shaft (3) is arranged in the vertical direction in the cleaning tank body (2), and the stirring shaft (3) is rotatably connected with the cleaning tank body (2); The servo motor (4) is arranged on the outer wall of the cleaning tank body (2), and the output end of the servo motor (4) is fixedly connected with the end of the stirring shaft (3) by keying; A plurality of connecting shafts (5) are arranged on the stirring shaft (3), and a plurality of dispersion blades (6) are arranged on the connecting shaft (5); The bottom side of the stirring shaft (3) is provided with a U-shaped frame (7); A plurality of scrapers (8) are arranged on the side opposite to the cleaning tank body (2) of the U-shaped frame (7); The first filter screen (9) is arranged at the lower position of the inner cavity of the cleaning tank body (2); The second filter screen (10) is arranged below the first filter screen (9) in the cleaning tank body (2), and the first filter screen (9) and the second filter screen (10) are both arranged in an inclined manner.
2. A CIP cleaning station as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that The bottom of the cleaning tank body (2) is provided with a material guide pipe (11) connected with the inner cavity thereof, and a one-way valve (12) is arranged on the material guide pipe (11).
3. A CIP cleaning station as claimed in claim 1, wherein, A plurality of special interfaces (13) are arranged on one side of the support frame (1), a connecting pipe (14) is respectively communicated with each of the special interfaces (13), the same collection pipe (15) is communicated with the ends of a plurality of connecting pipes (14) away from the corresponding special interfaces (13), the collection pipe (15) is communicated with the material guide pipe (11), and a butterfly valve (22) is arranged on the special interface.
4. A CIP cleaning station as claimed in claim 2, wherein, The inner walls on both sides of the cleaning tank body (2) are provided with electric heating blocks (16), and the inner wall of the cleaning tank body (2) is provided with a temperature sensor (17), and the temperature sensor (17) and the electric heating block (16) are electrically connected.
5. A CIP cleaning station as claimed in claim 3, wherein, The support frame (1) is provided with a material receiving groove (18) at the lower position of the plurality of special interfaces (13), and a reserved channel (19) is formed through the bottom position of the inner cavity of the material receiving groove (18).
6. A CIP cleaning station as claimed in claim 4, wherein, The top of the cleaning tank body (2) is communicated with a steam pipe (20) connected with the inner cavity thereof.
7. A CIP cleaning station as claimed in claim 1, wherein, The aperture size of the first filter screen (9) is larger than the aperture size of the second filter screen (10).
8. A CIP cleaning station as claimed in claim 5, wherein, The outer wall of the support frame (1) is provided with a control panel (21), and the control panel (21) is provided with an electronic screen.