Pumps that are used to produce Pharmaceuticals are distinctly different from the traditional designs found in other industrial applications. The validation requirements of pharmaceutical plants require pump manufacturers to have a good understanding of plant processes. The selection of materials that are suitable for contact with products and the avoidance of deadend and stagnation zones, in addition to product-friendly hydraulics, are significant criteria for a pump design, explain Rainer Pfeffer, Managing Director and Gunther Schlapp Product Manager Sterile Technology, at German company Philipp Hilge GmbH & Co KG.
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