Clean-in-Place (CIP) is a process allowing a complete system to be cleaned without dismantling it or the manual involvement of the operator. It includes several activities that combine to properly clean all or part of a process system without having to take the system apart. CIP systems pump cleaning, rinsing, and sanitizing solutions through the same piping path as the product to eliminate product soil from internal surfaces. CIP systems vary widely in configuration, capacity, quality, and level of automation.http://www.bobendistillers.com/cip-system/