GEA CIP-STAR® Craft Station

CIP solutions that meet critical hygiene standards to ensure product safety at every point of the brewing process. The GEA CIP-STAR® Craft Station addresses the CIP requirements of all small to medium sized breweries.

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.