Benefits of using a pigging system!
Increase production and improve ROI
Food, dairy, and beverage manufacturers use pigging for a variety of reasons. The most common cause is recovering residual fluid from inside the process piping. Pigging replaces the treatment expected from conventional methods. Instead, the recovered product can be further processed, bottled, canned, or stored. This significantly increases yield. This is one of the main reasons pigging systems provide a high return on investment. Typically, the longer the pipeline, the more frequent the transitions or the more valuable the product. And the beverage processor benefits more from pigging.
Achieve sustainable development
Properly designed and implemented cleaning system solutions can improve process efficiency, productivity, and profitability. This is achieved through increased product yield, less waste, less downtime, faster changeovers, and reduced chemical and water consumption. For example, filling leftover products into final packaging. Rather than disposing of it, waste can be reduced. Also, cleaning the pigging line is faster. It also uses less water, thus increasing efficiency while saving money. The various benefits of a pigging system can help increase profits and reduce CO2.
Prevents bubbling and aeration
There are other reasons why food and beverage companies use pigging. For example, some liquid products are prone to foaming. Also, certain products must not be exposed to air, such as wine. In such cases, liquor and beverage manufacturers often use specialized double-pig systems (dual-pig systems). Dual pig system prevents foaming, dissolved oxygen and contamination.
Causes of pipe cleaner clogging
Pig jamming is the most likely failure to occur during pigging of production pipelines. This is also the biggest loss and danger in pigging operations. The pig is stuck, and the pressure continues to rise after the pig. The pressure in front of the pig continued to drop, and the pig stopped running. If you can’t touch the pig, it’s stuck. Due to the difficulty of finding the ball, cutting or changing the pipe will cause huge losses. So how to avoid the pig stuck ball failure. And what to do after the pipe cleaner is blocked. This is still pigging work which needs to be explored.
