According to AxFlow’s service base manager Tom Cooper, every effort has been made to ensure that the requirements of customers involved in the manufacture of consumable products that involve hygienic processing plant have been addressed. The room is fitted with a clean air supply with Grade I air filter for static pressure testing and a specialist lifting rig.
“Having a cleanroom facility for undertaking the cleaning of pumps and their final build has been on the agenda for some time,” says Cooper. “It is a facility that several prospective customers had requested, so in order to capitalise on this business opportunity we requested the assistance of process engineers from one of Europe’s leading food manufacturers to advise us on the design and fitting out of the room. “Their hands-on support throughout the whole project was greatly appreciated and as a result, we have secured aspects of the company’s pump maintenance work.”
In the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries it is a basic requirement that pumps must be compliant with EHEDG, FDA and 3A regulations. When taken out of service for general maintenance, replacement of worn components and repair, the same regulations apply to the work undertaken and the testing prior to service re-entry. For those processing companies that do not have a pump maintenance resource in house, or are unable to go back to the original equipment supplier when maintenance and repairs are needed, AxFlow’s facilities will be particularly useful.
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