Sanitary Stainless Steel Tank Industries
Food and Beverage: Mixing vessels, storage tanks, fermentation tanks
Pharmaceuticals: Buffer tanks, sterile process vessels, bioreactor
Personal Care Product: Blending tanks, emulsification vessels, fragrance storage stank
Sanitary Pressure Vessel Requirements
Sanitary design: A sanitary vessel must be built with hygienic design principles in mind to ensure food safety. Such principles include the use of crevice free construction, smooth finishes, and easy of cleaning.
Prevention of cross contamination: Sanitary pressure vessels have to prevent bacteria growth. Eliminating areas that harbor bacteria and the use of corrosion resistant materials help prevent the spread of bacteria.
Compliance with food safety regulations: Requirements of regulatory bodies will have to be adhered to. Complying with these regulations help the safety of operators and consumers, and also prevent costly legal ramifications.
Sanitary Stainless Steel Tank Cleaning
Sanitary tanks can be designed to be cleaned manually or automatically.
Manual
Tanks that are designed to be cleaned manually typically comes with surface finish of 2B, and is passivated. They are usually equipped with threaded unions or flange connections.
Such tanks are normally used for storage, solvents, or even waste.
Cleaned out of place (COP)
COP tanks are more complex and are designed for their components to be easily removed for cleaning. Surface finish of COP sanitary tanks are normally mechanically polished. They are equipped with tri clamp ferrules or other sanitary unions for ease of component removal.
These sanitary stainless steel tanks are normally used for mixing, dispensing, and extractions.
Cleaned in place (CIP)
CIP tanks are the most complex types of sanitary tanks and is designed to be cleaned automatically by rotary spray heads without manual input. They are usually mechanically polished to less than 32 RA or even electro-polished. They are sometimes equipped with electro-polished sanitary fittings and unions.
Such tanks are designed for automated processing and manufacturing.
NKE Flow is a supplier of sanitary tank equipment, have a look at our selection of manhole covers, tank sight glasses, sanitary spray balls, and sanitary valves.
While we do not possess the expertise to fabricate sanitary pressure vessels, we can recommend some of our capable clients who specialize in sanitary vessel fabrication.
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