Sampling - Keofitt CIP RECIRCULATOR User Manual

6. SAMPLING

Disconnect the Recirculator and perform the sampling according to your SOP.
The top port should be capped quickly once flushed, in order to prevent airborne contaminants from
entering the valve chamber.
Instead of using rubber caps suspended on a chain from the valve, you may use disinfected re-usable
caps (rubber or steel), which are brought to the sampling point in a container filled with alcohol. This is a
common practice in some industries.
It is also in some industries common practice to flush with product in order to expel any alcohol remain-
ing in the valve chamber.
NB! If you do not flush with the product before taking the sample, you must allow some time for
the alcohol to evaporate.
NB! The actual sampling operation must follow your individual standard operating procedures.
KEOFITT CIP RECIRCULATOR USER MANUAL V.2
11. Disconnect hose from top port
12. Plug top port immediately with a clean
cap
13. Disconnect hose from lower port
14. Flush the valve for 2-3 seconds with
product (depending on usual practice for
the specific application)
15. Take your sample (sampling procedure is
not part of this user guide; see sampling
valve user manual)
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