APV Ultra Clean Pigging System

The APV® Ultra Clean Pigging System efficiently recovers product from process pipes while maintaining ultra clean standards, ensuring high food integrity. The system provides a sustainable solution that increases productivity, reduces waste and enhances product yields. It is widely used in manufacturing lines for fresh and fermented products, such as milks & vegetable creams, yogurt and desserts, as well as plant-based alternatives, ice cream mix and some types of personal care products.

Efficiently Recover Your Valuable Product

The APV® Ultra Clean Pigging System is based on SPX FLOW’s award-winning pigging technology and designed to provide efficient and ultra clean product recovery in manufacturing lines for fresh and fermented products. From milk and vegetable creams, yogurt and desserts to plant-based alternatives, ice cream mix and even some types of personal care products, our scraping system is a sustainable, breakthrough innovation.

This system minimizes product loss and enhances cleaning-in-place (CIP) processes, leading to improved production efficiency and sustainability. The Ultra Clean Pigging System adheres to the world’s highest hygienic standards with CE marked, FDA, and EU food contact certified materials. The system can be fitted or retrofitted to any existing system for maximum flexibility. Our pigging technology saves more of your high-value product by reducing product loss through a quicker cleaning process and more uptime. Reducing CIP also helps minimize chemical and water usage.

Highest Hygienic Standards for High Food Safety

The Ultra Clean Pigging System is performed under permanent positive pressure which produces a hygienic process while also providing control of the sanitary state by returning the pig in ultra clean conditions for multiple uses.

Benefits:

High Product Recovery: Provides up to a 70%* reduction in product loss compared to hygienic cleaning systems without the APV pigging system and optimizes recovery before Cleaning-in-Place (CIP), resulting in more uptime with less CIP.
Enhanced Hygiene: No product bypass; electropolished housings for enhanced cleanability; precise pressure control.
Increased uptime: Due to faster cleaning methods, it provides more runtime compared to food processing plants without the APV pigging system.
Certified Materials: CE marked, FDA and EU food contact certified materials.
Sustainable Design: Minimizes water and CIP chemical usage by up to 70% * due to less product soil to be washed out of the pipes.
Easy to use and maintain: It can be retrofitted into existing systems and is optimized for maintenance using SPX FLOW spare parts, simplifying maintenance and operation.

*Figures are contingent on actual running conditions within the plant.

Why Choose APV® Ultra Clean Pigging System?

By Design: Ensures no product bypass and precise pressure control. Features the same upgraded design developed for SPX FLOW’s award-winning Aseptic Pigging System without steam barriers.
By Construction: Electropolished housings for better cleanability.
By Material: Certified for FDA and EU food contact.
Functionality: Optimized for high-efficiency product recovery and minimal waste.

Our pigging system is designed to handle a wide range of products, ensuring efficiency and hygiene across various industries. Below are some of the key applications:

Any liquid and viscous products
Cream with 40% fat and higher
Cosmetics
Fresh and fermented products, such as yogurts and spreadable cheeses
Ice cream
Milk concentrates
Nutraceuticals
Plant based applications

PIGGING SYSTEM

Material in Contact with Product: SS316L
Internal Launching and Receiving Station: Electro-polished
External Surface: Glass-blasted
Compatibility: Compatible with existing SPX FLOW pig; suitable for new lines or existing lines
Maximum Pressure: 10 bar (below PED directive) Maximum Production Temperature: 90°C
CIP temperature: Maximum 90°C

PIG

Design: SPX FLOW
Product Recovery: Maximum product recovery, up to 70%* of the line volume
Materials: Made of 1935/2004/EC food contact-compliant silicone or EPDM
Certifications: CE-marked and constructed with both FDA and EU food contact-certified materials
Traceability: Material part and batch numbers engraved on the pig for full material traceability

*Figures are contingent on actual running conditions within the plant.

COMPLIANCE

CE Marking for Machine: (MD 2004/62/EC)
Food Contact Material: 1935/2004/EU & FDA 21 CFR 177.2600 compliant/US

Ultra Clean Pigging Systems

The Ultra Clean Pigging System is available in various connection diameters and in SMS and DIN piping.

PIPE STANDARD

ISO (SMS): Available from 1.5" to 4"
DIN: Selected standards available

Our pigging systems are identified by an order code and a serial number. The order code is constructed according to selected options and follows this pattern:

TYPE	DIAMETER	CONTROL UNIT	SEALS	PIG	PUSH CONFIGURATION
SSA-	038	ASI (A)	EPDM (E)	SILICONE (S)	Drain only (A)
	051	DIRECT CONNECT (D)	HNBR (H)	EPDM (E)	Push by air (B)
	063		FPM (F)
	076
	101
	050
	100

For example, this would result in SSA-038AESA.