Please remember that ONLY the stem of your PLAATO Pro can be submerged in liquid. When necessary, use a damp cloth to clean the black casing, ensuring the lid remains firmly on at all times. Although the casing of your Plaato Pro is waterproof, you should not submerge it in water as this will damage it!
CIP
The stem and the tines of your device are made of stainless steel (SS304) and are CIP-compliant.
See below recommendations. These recommendations are based on typical durations and temperatures in CIP processes.
Caustic Cleaners:
Sodium Hydroxide (NaOH, <5 %w/w concentration, <80 °C)
Potassium Hydroxide (KOH, <5 %w/w concentration, <80 °C)Non-caustic Cleaners:
Sodium Carbonate (Na2CO3, <2 %w/w concentration, <80 °C)
Sodium Metasilicate (Na2SiO3, <2 %w/w concentration, <80 °C)Acid Cleaners:
Nitric acid (HNO3, <5 %w/w concentration, <70 °C).Disinfectants/Sterilizers:
Peracetic acid (Peroxyacetic acid, briefly at ambient temperatures). Phosphoric acid (H3PO4) is not recommended.
Avoid chlorine-based cleaning chemicals!
Manual Cleaning
When manually cleaning your device, please be cautious to avoid any impacts on the stem and tines ⚠️ This will offset its calibration and cause erroneous readings.
Spray the stem with a caustic or oxidising cleaning agent
Rinse with water
Sanitise
Install your Plaato Pro 🛠️
Using a Tri-Clamp
Each Plaato Pro is fitted with a standard 1.5" Tri Clamp making it compatible with most fermentation tanks. The inner diameter of the available port on your fermenter must be 23 mm (0.9") wide or more.
We recommend using a 1.5” Tri-Clamp port to mount your device to your fermenter.
To mount your device into your fermenter, you need to ensure that the tines are positioned correctly, so sedimentation and bubbles can freely pass through.
To do this, make sure that you align the built-in spirit level, so the bubble lays in the middle. Fasten and secure your Plaato Pro into your fermenter
If you do not have a spare tri-clamp port, you can try the following:
Tri-Clamp Alternative
Use an adapter. Adapters exists between most sanitary standards. The DIN11851 adapters are standard industry European to US Tri-Clamp adapters.
Weld on a Tri-Clamp
The Stem of your Plaato Pro should ideally be fully immersed in the liquid inside of the fermentation tank. If you have any further questions on the installation or mounting of your PLAATO Pro device, please click here.
Spare Port Alternative
If you have a temperature probe, you can replace it with your Plaato Pro as the Plaato Pro will also measure temperature!
Use a T-Connector
Before you head to your Plaato Pro App to customise your settings and start your batch, we recommend that you click here to run through the Plaato Pro safety considerations.
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