Cleaning & Maintenance
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Cleaning and Maintenance
This chapter describes general cleaning guidelines and maintenance procedures.
Afimilk MPC milk meters are washed together with the milking system (CIP cleaning),
therefore, general CIP guidelines are used. This chapter highlights cleaning instructions
and specific requirements for the cleaning of milk meters. afimilk recommends using
dispensing pumps for accurate detergent dispensation to ovoid over use of detergents.
General Instructions
The following conditions must be fulfilled in every cleaning cycle.
o Vacuum pump should operate throughout the cleaning cycle to avoid leakage of
milk and cleaning solution through gaskets.
o During every stage of cleaning, check that there is sufficient water to “flood” the
interior chamber of the milk meter bodies. If due to insufficient water supply the
last meter bodies in the parlor fail to fill up, adjust valve closing time as explained
above.
o The volume of each Milk Meter body is 500cc. The amount of water required per
milking point varies between 6 – 8 liters, according to:
> Parlor configuration,
> Length and diameter of milk lines,
> Volume of the receiving vessels.
Follow all of the detergents' manufacturers’ recommendations,
including: concentrations, temperatures, and cleaning-cycle times.
Excessive use of chemicals may damage the Milk Meters.
Leaving the detergent inside the Milk Meter may damage its
components.
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