These days, firms require pipe fittings of all sizes. These range from large flanges used in gas pipelines, to custom-made pipe fittings for miniature sampling systems. In recent years, there have been tremendous advances made to downsize plant systems to improve production, reduce the carbon footprint and increase fuel economy.

The biopharmaceutical industry places specific emphasis on precision and high tolerance limits in its apparatus. The fittings and flanges used are an important part of this, with players in the biopharmaceutical industry increasingly looking for ways to speed up production without compromising on quality. However, the key elements of biopharmaceutical systems still contain a bewildering array of pipe fittings, valves, pumps, tubes and other paraphernalia, just as they did when the industry was in its infancy.

These systems must be totally renewable at any point in the process i.e. every component must be able to be removed and replaced easily, to allow for quick, thorough cleaning and draining with minimum disruption to services. In addition, fittings must meet specific quality control standards, in order to pass inspection by a third party.

The laboratory standards demanded by the biopharmaceutical industry are very exacting. Pipe fittings must be manufactured from the very highest grade alloys, guaranteed to be 100% chemically and biologically inert for their entire time of use. They form part of a controlled pathway that includes valves, tubes, chromatography columns and connectors, all of which must be totally non-reactive with volatile solvents.

We at Chemipetro supply a range of high specification fittings and flanges, manufactured to the very highest of industry standards.