Patent ID: 9393331
Filing Date: 2016-07-19
CPC Classification: A61L,B29C

Claim Text:
1. A method of cleaning-in-place (CIP) of a blow molding machine including a plurality of blow molding stations, the stations having assigned thereto valve blocks with blowing nozzles and with at least one introducing valve for introducing blowing air and with at least one discharging valve for discharging the blowing air, a cleaning-in-place (CIP) system for cleaning the blow molding machine, and the valve blocks configured such that the valve blocks are included, the method comprising: a) connecting a CIP feed line for a CIP agent to at least one blowing-air feed line for the at least one introducing valve, b) shutting off a section of the at least one blowing-air feed line at a compressor side thereof to prevent cleaning agents from penetrating into a blowing-air compressor and the blowing air from exiting into a CIP circuit, and c) passing the CIP agent through the valve blocks of the blow molding stations, including the at least one introducing valve and the blowing nozzles.