PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To shorten downtime for a beverage filling operation while enhancing a cleaning bactericidal effect of an aseptic filling apparatus.SOLUTION: Various stations including a content filling station are provided in order from an upstream side of a flow of a preform or a container to a downstream side thereof along the flow, and covered with a chamber to constitute an aseptic filling apparatus. SIP (Sterilizing in Place) also serving as CIP (Cleaning in Place) is performed in association with the content filling station. Concurrently with the SIP, either or both of COP (Cleaning out of Place) and SOP (Sterilizing out of Place) is or are performed in predetermined order in association with the content filling station.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4【課題】無菌充填装置の洗浄・殺菌効果を高めつつ、飲料の充填作業におけるダウンタイムを短縮する。【解決手段】プリフォーム又は容器の流れに沿って、その上流側から下流側へと内容物充填ステーションを含む各種ステーションを順に設け、各種ステーションをチャンバーで覆うことにより無菌充填装置を構成し、内容物充填ステーションについてＣＩＰを兼ねたＳＩＰを行い、このＳＩＰと同時に内容物充填ステーションについてＣＯＰ及びＳＯＰの一方又は双方を所定の順序で行う。【選択図】図４
