Bi-Annual Cleaning and Maintenance
IDC Pro Pocket Guide — Cleaning and Maintenance
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Clean and Sanitize Syrup Line Tubing and BIB Connectors
On a bi-annual basis, perform the daily and weekly cleaning procedures, as well as cleaning and sanitizing the syrup lines and cleaning the hopper.
To clean and sanitize the syrup line tubing and BIB connectors, follow this procedure.
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Clean BIB Disconnects
Remove all the quick disconnects from the BIB containers, and submerge them in a soapy water solution. Clean them with a nylon bristle brush (not a wire brush). Rinse them with clean, potable water.
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Sanitize BIB Disconnects
Next, rinse the cleaned BIB connections in a 5-gallon pail of sanitizing solution. Attach sanitizing fittings to each BIB disconnect so that sanitizing solution can be drawn through the disconnect.
Place all BIB disconnects in the sanitizing solution. Open the valves and allow them to flow until sanitizer flows from the valves. Sanitizer should remain in the tubing lines for 15 minutes.
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Clean Nozzle and Diffusers
Remove all nozzles and syrup diffusers and clean them in a mild soap solution. Rinse the nozzles and diffusers, and reassemble them onto the valves.
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Reconnect BIB Disconnects
Remove the sanitized fittings from the BIB disconnects and connect the disconnects to the appropriate BIB container.
Open the valves and let sanitizer flow until all the sanitizer has been flushed from the system and only syrup is flowing.
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Clean Hopper
To clean the hopper, first remove all the ice. Then clean and sanitize the entire interior surface of the hopper.
Be sure to use the brush provided with the IDC Pro to clean the cold plate surface. To do so, the brush must be extended through the opening in the bottom of the hopper and/or the cold plate access panel located behind the splash panel and on top of the cold plate.