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March 04th 2008

Reducing water & energy consumption? Reducing waste and effluent? Maintaining hygiene standards?

These issues are of paramount importance to companies involved in the manufacture & processing of food products. The installation of a Premisphere® Product Recovery Systems will ensure that such companies will benefit from significant reductions and achieve considerable payback within a short time.

“Pigging” to remove residual product from a pipeline is not new technology, but transferring this technology to the food industry is difficult. The Premisphere® Systems have been specifically designed for the food industry, avoiding problems associated with industrial pigging systems.

The Premisphere® family offers unique benefits:-

• The systems use a sphere (or 2 spheres dependant on application) to pig the line: the cleanest possible design with exceptional service life.

• Hygienic design allows the pigs to be cleaned in place and ensures there are no deadlegs or “bug traps”

• The system uses magnets to retain the spheres in line and move them into position for recovery/CIP.

• The speed of the sphere is controlled very precisely, even when being driven by air. This reduces wear & tear and maintains the integrity of the pipeline. These control systems can be integrated with any new or existing PLC, or can be supplied stand-alone.

• The unique multi-layered design of the pig incorporates technology that protects the internal magnet, and can provide operators with data to show when it is due for replacement.

• A variety of launch / receive options are available which can be combined in different ways and retro-fitted into any pipeline installation. They all allow the sphere to be cleaned in-line and do not require “off-line” cleaning stations.

A correctly designed & installed Premisphere® system will provide immediate benefits including:-

Recovery of a minimum of 95% of the residual product in a line, reducing the amount of water required for the first CIP rinse by as much as 70%. Subsequent cycles can be completed much faster, further reducing water, chemical and energy usage.Additionally, waste and effluent amounts are minimised and cleaning downtime is reduced by upto 75%.