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AssigneeToyo Seikan Kaisha, Ltd.
InventorsNobuaki Nagatani, Takeshi Iwashita, Youichi Kawasaki
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The purpose of the present invention is to provide a container sterilization method, washing method, and system which retain food hygiene manufacturing standards and a required production line speed, as well as reducing the amount of treatment fluids used such as pharmaceutical fluid, hot water and aseptic water. The container sterilization method and washing method of the present invention is a method in which a container is sterilized/washed using a treatment fluid, and the sterilization step and/or washing step are divided into at least two parts. By storing and pumping upwards the treatment fluid supplied from one part of the divided sterilization or washing step after use, the treatment fluid can be supplied in series to the other part of the same divided sterilization or washing step.
A method for sterilizing and washing a container, comprising:
A system for sterilization and washing a container, wherein a sterilization zone and/or a washing zone determined by a sterilizing or washing time are/is divided into two or more, a tank and a pump for supplying treatment solution to each division of the sterilization or washing zone are disposed, and, to the tanks for supplying the treatment solution to the respective zones excluding the one tank for supplying the treatment solution first, the treatment solution used in the other divisions of the same sterilization zone and/or the washing zone is supplied in series.
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