Process Equipment Cleaning

Process equipment must be kept clean to maintain throughput, product quality, and safety. Methods vary based on soils and operating conditions.

Common methods

• Dry ice blasting: Cleans production equipment, conveyors, molds, and packaging machines online or during short outages.

• Foam cleaning: Provides long-dwell chemical cleaning of tanks, lines, and hard-to-reach areas.

• Ultrasonic cleaning: Cleans small and intricate components removed from process lines.

• Chemical cleaning: Dissolves scale, deposits, and residues in closed circuits and vessels.

• Dry vapor steam cleaning: Targets valves, seals, gaskets, and surfaces where low moisture is critical.

Typical applications

• Cleaning molds, dies, and tooling in manufacturing.

• Removing product residues from conveyors, fillers, and packaging lines.

• Descaling heat exchangers, pipes, and process vessels.

• Sanitizing food and beverage processing equipment.

• Restoring equipment performance between production campaigns.