Types of can Washers and Their Operational Details

Raw milk from producers/suppliers is brought to the chilling center or dairy plant in milk cans. Initially, the cans were only made of aluminium or galvanized mild steel but presently stainless steel or plastic coated cans are also emerging. Cleaning of cans is an important feature of a dairy plant. Small numbers of cans are mostly cleaned manually, whereas it is not practicable in large dairy plant or chilling/collection centers. A large number of cans are used for collection of milk from primary collection centers. Manual cleaning takes lot of time and involves huge manpower.

To cope with a heavy load, machine cleaning is preferred for effective washing and sanitization of cans. Better cleanliness through can washer not only helps in preventing quality deterioration of raw milk by good hygiene of cans, but at the same time, this promotes the mind set of dairy about maintenance of overall hygiene practices in the system. The effect slowly and steadily promotes clean milk production in the milk-shed area.

Economical designs of milk cans are available in the market and can be had depending on the scale of operation and financial capability of organization. Periodical review of cleaning and sanitization effectiveness keeps alarmed about the working of washers for taking preventive maintenance action.