Efficient cleaning technology

GEA has showed a new mod­u­lar orbital clean­er at Brau Beviale 2019 in Nurem­berg. Com­pared to con­ven­tion­al orbital clean­ers, the OC200 offers dis­tinc­tive advan­tages in terms of clean­ing per­for­mance and effi­cien­cy, build qual­i­ty and life­time. The mod­u­lar con­cept allows the opti­mi­sa­tion of the clean­ing process, result­ing in sig­nif­i­cant cost sav­ings. The orbital cleaner’s nor­mal oper­at­ing pres­sures are 4 to 10 bar and can eas­i­ly deliv­er high impact liq­uids for tanks with a diam­e­ter of up to 35 metres. The OC200 is par­tic­u­lar­ly suit­able for large process tanks and stor­age ves­sels for indus­tries includ­ing food, bev­er­age, fish farm­ing, health­care, chem­i­cal, marine, bioethanol and wine.

Ground breaking design is a recipe for success

Effec­tive, effi­cient and repeat­able clean­ing process­es are essen­tial in today’s mod­ern hygien­ic man­u­fac­tur­ing indus­tries. The team at GEA has now devel­oped a ground break­ing mod­u­lar clean­ing solu­tion for large ves­sels and par­tic­u­lar­ly demand­ing clean­ing appli­ca­tions. The new GEA Orbital Clean­er OC200 can be indi­vid­u­al­ly con­fig­ured and eas­i­ly adapt­ed to the clean­ing tasks at hand, ensur­ing opti­miza­tion of the clean­ing process whilst pro­tect­ing valu­able resources. The mod­u­lar sys­tem allows inter­change­abil­i­ty of key com­po­nents — rotors, noz­zle car­ri­ers and noz­zles — in var­i­ous stan­dard options whilst the main clean­er assem­bly sim­ply remains in place. This mod­u­lar­i­ty offers flex­i­ble adjust­ments of impact val­ues, clean­ing diam­e­ter, dwell time and inser­tion size, as well as reduced con­sump­tion of clean­ing media, accord­ing to the appli­ca­tion require­ments and cus­tomers’ priorities.

Powerful and flexible cleaner type

The new GEA Orbital Clean­er OC200 is the largest and most pow­er­ful clean­er in the GEA range. With noz­zle sizes up to 15mm, it com­bines extend­ed clean­ing dis­tances through the use of the lat­est noz­zle and flow guide com­bi­na­tions, ensur­ing high impact per­for­mance stan­dards. If the process para­me­ters change, the clean­er can sim­ply be adapt­ed to the new require­ments through the inter­change­abil­i­ty of key com­po­nents. Opti­miz­ing the clean­ing per­for­mance helps to pre­vent prod­uct con­t­a­m­i­na­tion and increase prod­uct safe­ty, there­by pro­tect­ing the prod­uct and brand.

Significant cost savings due to optimized cleaning

The GEA Orbital Clean­er OC200 saves time and valu­able resources (chem­i­cals, water, labor costs) thanks to the unit’s abil­i­ty to be total­ly adjustable to the clean­ing process. Once the clean­er has been installed, the process engi­neer is able to fine tune the “clean in place” process to obtain max­i­mum effi­cien­cy, keep­ing the “total cost of own­er­ship” and cost per clean optimized.

At the forefront when it comes to service and build quality

The supe­ri­or design and build qual­i­ty ensures repeat­able per­for­mance, com­bined with extend­ed ser­vice inter­vals, ensur­ing longer plant pro­duc­tion. When ser­vice is required, the unit’s rel­a­tive­ly small num­ber of inter­nal com­po­nents, togeth­er with the avail­abil­i­ty of stan­dard ser­vice kits through the exten­sive GEA net­work, allow a swift cost effec­tive return to full operation.