GEA CIP-STAR® Craft Station

Ensuring a consistently high product quality requires a dependable and efficient cleaning-in-place (CIP) process for machinery, tanks, and the pipe network. Tailored for small to medium-sized craft breweries and designed to complement brewhouses, the GEA CIP-STAR® Craft Station offers a pre-engineered solution to facilitate the distribution of CIP media across the entire brewery plant. With its modular design, the GEA CIP-STAR® Craft Station can be easily customized to meet specific cleaning requirements.

Key benefits of the GEA CIP-STAR® Craft Station

• Pre-assembled process unit for easy transportation, installation and setup.
• Skidded design and horizontal tanks for a compact footprint and low installation height.
• Easy customization by combining the main process module with the required number of tank modules. The CIP Station can feed both brewhouse and cold block for more possible applications. 
• Three (3) detergent dosing pumps for flexible use, e.g. caustics, acid and disinfectant.
• Two (2) separated CIP feed lines for dedicated use with cold and hot cleaning media.
• Heat exchanger integrated into the hot feed line, for batch or inline heating of caustics.
• Manifold for multiple feed and return lines installed on skid.

Available configurations and tank sizes

• Tank modules with 1, 2 or 3 CIP buffer tanks available.
• Choice of CIP buffer tanks with 10 hl or 15 hl volume.
• Insulated or non-insulated tanks, depending on application.
• Choice of stand-alone control system or full integration into a GEA CODEX® system.

Technical data

• Flowrate of CIP Feed, hot media = 18 cbm/h
• Flowrate of CIP Feed, cold media = 13 cbm/h
• Steam Connection at CIP Heater = 250 kg/h  
• Connected Load, 3-phase power = 10 kW
• Footprint of Process Module, approx. =  2,200 x 2,600 mm 
• Footprint of per tank module, approx. = 2,000 x 2,000 mm