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Even experienced operators tend to have their own way of doing things, and the new operator may be at risk of not performing the required activities as intended. Unfortunately, the workforce does not always perform these activities consistently. Often, the automation solution assumes the operators have performed the required setup activities prior to starting the actual CIP and SIP automated sequence. It means that all steps and actions required to perform all tasks are executed in the correct order in an unambiguous way regardless of how these tasks are executed (automated equipment or operator actions). Procedure automation does not imply that the equipment is automated.

The system must provide the maximum flexibility and modularity based on the equipment capabilities, as well as incorporate the required operator actions as part of these procedures. This optimization capability can be achieved with off-the-shelf products and a paradigm change in the implementation approach.

When specifying the optimal CIP and SIP sequence, users may need to consider the many factors that affect equipment cleaning and sterilization, such as the surface characteristics, environmental considerations, chemical factors, detergent concentration, temperature, chemical active ingredients, physical active ingredients, chemistry of detergents, acid-anionic sanitizers, hydrogen peroxide, exposure time, flow rate and so on. Sometimes the sequences are “black box” where nothing can be viewed or changed, which limits the end user from making significant optimization changes without requiring control system reprograming. CIP and SIP automation are commonly prescribed with little flexibility that often only allows the end user to change minor functionality via parameter sets.

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Some of the complexities may come from the lack of automated devices, as well as creating control code to perform the procedures defined during automation design, then, changing them until they meet the final qualifications. Attention to batch automation models, programming, and human-machine interface design can help, in one example improving production capacity by 20%. Process plant operators seeking to automate their manufacturing processes should consider automating clean in place (CIP) and sterilize in place (SIP) sequences, which often are more complex than making the products (see Figure 1).

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