3. Organization of washing and filling of PI drums
Drums with built-in plungers are not washed in the same way as drums with removable plungers. That is, on a simple transfer machine, which transports the unloaded drum from station to station above rotating injectors, which treat its internal surface by successively spraying it with pressurized jets of various solutions (cold or hot) of detergents and pre-rinse or rinse water.
In the case of drums with built-in plungers, the drum is fed to the various processing stations with the plunger in place.
All the packaging functions (washing, sterilizing, pressurizing and filling) can be grouped together on a single station, or they can be separated and performed on three (or four) stations, each of which performs one, or a limited number, of the washing, sterilizing and filling sequences.
Each station consists of a device...
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Bibliography
Websites
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Reviews
• Liquids and packaging http://www.editionspci.fr
• Magazine liquids http://www.interfaces-logistiques.com
• Digest packaging
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Events
International Packaging Exhibition held annually in Paris http://www.all4pack.fr
Regulations
• Decree no. 78-166 of January 31, 1978 on the metrological control of certain prepackages, supplemented by the Decrees of October 20, 1978 and February 25, 1980.
• Directive 2007/45/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 September 2007 laying down rules on nominal quantities for pre-packed products, repealing Council Directives 75/106/EEC and 80/232/EEC, and amending Council Directive...
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Professional and training organizations
• Professional technical center: IFBM – Qualtech, Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy (France)
• Institut français des boissons de la brasserie malterie http://www.ifbm.fr
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