To promote food and safety and sanitary compliance, processors are increasingly seeking the ability to Clean-in-Place (CIP), an automated method of cleaning the interior surfaces of tubular drag conveyors without disassembly. With the advent of mobile tools like “smart cart” that quick-connects to any tubular conveyor and enables simple, customizable “single button cleaning recipes,” CIP is becoming easier, faster, less labor-intensive, more repeatable and almost fully automated.
Tubular drag conveyor systems gently move product through a sealed, enclosed tube using a drag cable and circular discs pulled through a loop, so they are ideal for delicate items. In the wet CIP process, the system is flooded with water, flushed, rinsed, cleansed and thoroughly sanitized. The process thoroughly removes any potential allergens like nuts or gluten from conveying equipment and can be used with various food types such as nuts, grains, cereals, powdered soups and frozen fruits and vegetables.