For further information please contact:

Diversey EMA
Headquarters
Maarssenbroeksedijk 2
3542 DN Utrecht
Netherlands

Diversey Engineering
Main office
Morschheimer Strasse 12
67292 Kirchheimbolanden
Germany

Tel.: + 31 30 247 6912

www.diversey.com

Tel.: +49 6352 4090

www.diversey.de

Efficiency is in our nature

Diversey Engineering Solutions - External Filler Cleaning EFC

Produced by Diversey Engineering 2010

Maximum hygiene, maximum efficiency

External Filler Cleaning

Take your cleaning capacity to

the next level
Automated EFC provides a number of key benefits for F&B
manufacturers, especially for producers of products like
new-age beverages, sports drinks, fruit juices, iced tea and
bottled water.
Automated EFC is the only way to guarantee consistency,
speed, 100% compliance with hygiene regulations and a
decrease in labour resources. Automated EFC allows you to
reach the hardest to get to areas, without the need for time
consuming manual operations.
Automated EFC is available for all defined hygienic levels
at filler and filling areas, from Extended Filler Hygiene and
Extended Shelf Life filling areas up to Cold Aseptic Filling
areas and others.

Reduce risk, gain productivity

Optimal filler hygiene:
Reliable cleaning results with various hygiene solutions for
different filling hygiene levels.

Cleaning time reduction:
Less down time, more production time.

Cost reduction:
A more efficient usage of C&S chemicals and rinse water.

Labour reduction:
Simplifying C&S processes via automation to ensure
program consistency without the need for any standard
manual actions needed to reach critical areas.

Maximization of personnel safety:
No unwanted C&S product contact for staff during cleaning
procedures.

How does fully automated EFC

equipment work?

Modern food & beverage production plants need the most up-to-date solutions for automatic cleaning to
ensure consistent production standards and optimum hygiene safety. Wherever sensitive areas have to be
cleaned on a regular basis, automatic cleaning systems are essential to standardise cleaning processes,
significantly reducing costs and the risk of microbiological contaminations.
An essential aspect of automatic cleaning is the optimized application of chemical products for cleaning and
sanitizing to hygiene-sensitive areas, like filler systems and filling areas. Diversey applies its engineering
expertise to the design and implementation of External Filler Cleaning (EFC) systems, customised to the
individual requirements of every plant and every hygiene level.

The system consists of a Diversey Hygiene Centre containing

all necessary mechanical devices like pumps, injectors,
valves, sensors etc. for required functionality of EFC hygiene
standards. Furthermore an independent control (PLC or MC)
handles all information control and transfer to connected
sensors and hardware as well as to the customer control units
of the corresponding equipment. Via standardized piping with
connected static or rotating nozzles, boosted water as well as
foam/gel or disinfectant is delivered in an optimised way to the
surfaces which have to be cleaned or sanitized.
The cleaning programme is carried out based on individual
phases which are adapted by filler type and hygiene level: Prerinse Foam cleaning step reaction time - Rinse - Sanitising
Final Rinse. If necessary, the cleaning programmes can
be triggered automatically by the filler control panel, saving
additional time.

Automatic cleaning systems can be installed successfully in

plants with fillers and conveyor belts, guaranteeing an optimal
level of hygiene and increasing operational efficiency. Special
designed and patented nozzle systems for best spray shadow
free application are of course integrated in Diversey standard.
Thorough cleaning is imperative in order to guarantee the
necessary hygiene of each individual part of the equipment. To
safeguard the appropriate effect of the cleaning procedures,
various parameters must be observed and maintained such as
concentration of chemicals and time to take effect.
Depending on customer and production criteria Diversey EFC
will be designed as segmented EFC.

Segmented EFC:
The responsible filling area is split into optimal engineered
segments, which are cleaned in parallel, with the functionality
of the Hygiene Centre. This procedure effects minimized
cleaning time for the total filling area. Furthermore, single
segments can be triggered for single cleaning requirements
(i.e. during filling pauses). The number of segments and
corresponding cleaning time is individually adapted to each
single filler or filling area.
Also this cleaning process can be undertaken in a three or five
step cleaning procedure for each segment.

Additional option:
In addition to well organized automatic cleaning procedures
there is the opportunity for use of integrated manual cleaning
system for additional objects and areas subsequently to
automatic cleaning.

The benefits of Diversey EFC

Diversey has long experience developing customised EFC
systems for a wide variety of F&B clients, and we apply that
knowledge to our engineering processes through a number of
unique solutions and experienced implementation methods.
Diversey will take care of all aspects of the installation,
covering areas like:

C&S product selection

Microbiology issues
Application knowledge
Best practices
Validation accompanied

Documentation
Safety and training
Automatic controls
Material and corrosion issues
Service

How can I get Diversey EFC

equipment?
The first step is a thorough analysis of your EFC cleaning needs
by our team of engineering and application experts. Diversey will
design a program to overhaul existing automatic cleaning systems
or build and implement a completely new installation optimised
for your specific needs and defined hygiene levels. In close
cooperation with the customer Diversey will find the best possible
solution for each individual filler layout and filling hygiene level.