Tanker cleaner
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A TRIPLE bay tanker-cleaning plant has been built at Wincanton Transport's Aldermeads depot, at Wincanton, Somerset.
The installation was carried out by the parent group's engineering company and is located near the A303 Wincanton bypass. It offers a convenient cleaning facility for any of the group's non-hazardous productcarrying road tankers, or local operators' vehicles.
The three CIP (cleaning in place) units are installed side by side in a new purpose-built building. They provide the facility for cleaning all types of tankers, from single compartment milk collection vehicles through to multi-compartment 38-tonne gcw units which can carry milk, fruit juice, liquid sugar, wines, spirits, molasses, edible oils or tallow.
With an individual vehicle cleaning time of approximately 20 minutes, the three CIP units operate 16 hours per day throughout the year, and are currently cleaning about 80 tankers daily.
Washing times, detergents, and alkaline washes all can be varied to suit the individual tanker.
The heart of the cleaning system is the microcomputer control system, evolved by Wincanton Process Control — part of Wincanton Engineering — which provides totally flexible control over all cleaning operations.
A central keyboard provides the operator with key-switch control over each of the three CIP units, and no computer language knowledge is needed by the operator to set up each individual cleaning programme.
Wincanton Engineering provides a comprehensive service for all types of CIP unit, including design, manufacture and installation.