Clean Cosmetic Manufacturing Pipelines
Ensuring pipelines are clean is key to producing non-contaminated, high quality cosmetic and personal care products.
Our innovative Ice Pigging technology removes and prevents biofilm and other contaminants using a slurry ice mixture which exerts high shear forces on the inner walls of the pipelines without causing any damage. We refer to this as a “soft” clean.
Ice Pigging is a pipeline cleaning process utilising a two-phase ice and liquid slurry which forms a semi-solid plug within the pipe known as the Ice Pig. The slurry is pumped through the pipe like a liquid, but moves through pipework like a solid plug, detaching contaminants and fouling from the pipe wall and carrying them out of the pipe within the Ice Pig.
Cleaning Pipes with Minimal Downtime
Ice Pigging can be integrated into the production process, or used as a one off cleaning option. Either can be operated quickly and effectively which minimises production line downtime, producing a high quality, time saving clean.
Unlike other cleaning methods, Ice Pigging cleans in a single pass. We can clean several kilometres of pipe in a few hours, and smaller pipes in minutes, so your systems are back up and running in record time.
Ice Pigging can be used to provide a superior clean between production batches. It is also much faster than flushing - when using our "in factory" NIV500 equipment, this can all be done automatically when the Nivalis machines "handshake" with the factory control system.
The set up and removal time for Ice Pigging is also much lower than with other cleaning methods, so we’ll be out of your way quicker.
Maintaining Hygienic Cleaning in Cosmetic Manufacturing
The NIV 500 Ice Pigging system which we often use in factories, is linked into the plant CIP system. This means the equipment that makes the ice can be thoroughly cleaned on a regular basis.
This ensures a high quality of hygienically made ice is used throughout your system during the Ice Pigging process.
Ice Pigging is a low-risk cleaning option - the worse that can happen is that the ice melts!
Boosting Cosmetic and Personal Care Production
Regular Ice Pigging will keep your pipelines clean and free of biofilm and other contaminants. This will not only ensure that your product is of high quality but it will keep production lines running smoothly and effectively, minimising downtime and maximising product production.
Our innovative Ice Pigging process also enables us to recover maximum amounts of product from the line before the cleaning process begins. Saving you product and ultimately money.
Using Ice Pigging to regularly clean pipelines in your personal care and cosmetics factory will not only save time, but in turn will save you money, waste and increase productivity.
Get in touch now to find out how how Ice Pigging can help your business.
Super impressed with the professionalism from initial enquiry to completion. Every person that I spoke to was very helpful, knowledgeable and obviously focused on client satisfaction.
Rob Green, Managing Director: Sayvol