Alfa Laval’s Free Rotating Retractor UltraPure is a wall mounted cleaning device for high-purity ducts, tanks and other hard-to-clean vessels. The Alfa Laval Free Rotating Retractor UltraPure is the finest choice when it comes to high-purity pharmaceutical processing. The wall-mounted cleaning device allows manufacturers to spend less time cleaning and more time producing which lifts the uptime and boosts productivity with cleaner ducts and tanks, highlighting its ability to even clean the hard-to-reach shadow areas. This dynamic, resource-efficient, retractable cleaning device removes contaminants from the interior surfaces of processing vessels while reducing the total cost of ownership.
Applications
The Alfa Laval Free Rotating Retractor UltraPure provides the highest levels of hygiene for high-purity products manufactured in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries. It provides 100% cleaning coverage ducts, tanks and processing vessels with hard-to-reach shadow areas. The device, combined with other Free Rotating Retractors, can be used as a stand-alone wall-mounted cleaning device. The interior surfaces of processing vessels are spotless after every CIP cycle.
Standard Design
Based on the proven solutions of the Alfa Laval SSV valve and the SaniMidget SB series, versatile and modular, the Free Rotating Retractor UltraPure consists of all AISI 316L stainless-steel for product-wetted metal parts. Process-wetted parts have a surface finish of Ra 0.38. Product-wetted elastomers and polymers are food-compliant (FDA and EU regulations) and compliant with pharmaceutical standards (USP 87 and 88 Class VI or ISO 10993-5 and ISO 10993-6, -10, -11). The Free Rotating Retractor UltraPure comes with the Alfa Laval Q-doc documentation package, ensuring full traceability of the entire supply chain.
Working Principles
The Alfa Laval Free Rotating Retractor UltraPure functions as a pneumatically open and spring-close seat valve to clean the interior surfaces of vessels used for the manufacture of high-purity products. In the closed position, the installation forms a flush design with the vessel wall, and the spray head is not exposed to the product zone. Prior to cleaning, the spray head extends into the product area. It rotates between to hydro bearings due to the reaction forces of the cleaning media expelled from the orifices in a swirling 310°-up spray pattern. In doing so, the device provides complete coverage of the vessel surfaces through vibrating impact and cascading flow of the cleaning media.
The actuator can remain extended during a draining or purging phase. The device is completely self-cleaning except for the product-facing part of the plug. The surface is typically cleaned by pairing it with another tank cleaning device. When properly installed, the device is self-draining.
Benefits
- Up to 35% savings in time, water and cleaning media compared to static spray ball systems.
- Reduce total cost of ownership due to minimal cost and effort to install operate and maintain the retractor.
- Lift uptime and productivity with faster and resource-efficient CIP cycles
- Electropolished product contact surface with roughness less than Ra 0.38
- Fully automated operation when paired with an Alfa Laval ThinkTop sensing and control unit
The Alfa Laval Free Rotating Retractor UltraPure for the highest levels of hygiene for high purity products. Precision-engineered, this retractable cleaning-in-place device secures processing that is free from contaminants. The Alfa Laval Free Rotating Retractor makes it possible for changeovers to be faster, safer and contaminant free, boosting batch or continuous process productivity in the biotechnology industries.
