I am always intrigued by the claims I see from some keg cleaning machine manufacturers that their single head cleaners can clean 20-30 kegs an hour.
I have a semi-automatic single head Lang Minimat 3000 that cleans about 10 kegs per hour. (manufacturer claims 12/hr) The cycle includes...
purging the kegs with air
rinsing with water
recirc with caustic
rinse with water
sanitize with steam
purge and pressurize with CO2
As far as i can tell this is a normal keg cleaning cycle, with the only optional step being the sanitization step.
So I have two questions...
1. Can i shorten the water rinse and casutic re-circulation steps to speed up the cleaning process with out compromising the cleanliness of my kegs? Curently it takes about 6 minutes for the complete cycle.
2. Is it possible for a cleaning machine to clean and sanitize a keg in 2 minutes like it is suggested by some manufacturers?
Scott
I have a semi-automatic single head Lang Minimat 3000 that cleans about 10 kegs per hour. (manufacturer claims 12/hr) The cycle includes...
purging the kegs with air
rinsing with water
recirc with caustic
rinse with water
sanitize with steam
purge and pressurize with CO2
As far as i can tell this is a normal keg cleaning cycle, with the only optional step being the sanitization step.
So I have two questions...
1. Can i shorten the water rinse and casutic re-circulation steps to speed up the cleaning process with out compromising the cleanliness of my kegs? Curently it takes about 6 minutes for the complete cycle.
2. Is it possible for a cleaning machine to clean and sanitize a keg in 2 minutes like it is suggested by some manufacturers?
Scott
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