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Raw water to points of use, a single source solution for Albumedix

Puretech is proud to have provided a large scale, integrated system for producing pyrogen free water for pharmaceutical ingredients manufacturer Albumedix. The new system has increased capacity and removed a bottleneck in the production of Albumedix’ unique USP-NF compliant Recombinant Human Albumin, ultimately enabling the system to run 24/7 and meet increased demand.

The delivery of the new Albumedix pharmaceutical-grade water system, procured and managed by Scitech Engineering as the EPCV main contractor, was originally tendered as three packages: i) water generation, ii) storage and distribution skid, iii) installation of the distribution loops. Puretech is one of the only companies worldwide that has the ‘in-house’ capabilities to deliver all three packages, providing Albumedix and Scitech with a single specialist supplier taking full responsibility from the incoming raw water supply all the way through to the points of use within the manufacturing facility.

Puretech’s successful delivery on previous projects working alongside Scitech and their ability to deliver the whole project were both contributory factors in winning the contract but so too was Albumedix’s first-hand experience of the Puretech team’s service capabilities and willingness to work collaboratively to help find effective solutions.

SCADA integration for 24-7 manufacturing

Albumedix’s new pyrogen-free water system, which was required to increase production capacity for the manufacture of Recombinant Human Albumin, was specified to run 24-7 for the next few decades. A Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system, combined with ‘host’ and ‘guest’ systems which mirror each other to provide backup, ensures 24/7 manufacturing is achieved.

Puretech designed and supplied the pyrogen-free water generation, storage, and distribution systems and supplied control panel hardware and functional design specifications for the Puretech water system to be integrated into the SCADA system. The team from Scitech Engineering, which had overall design, construction, and validation responsibility for the project, worked together with teams from Puretech and Albumedix to commission and qualify this essential element of the overall system, ultimately helping Albumedix to maintain production output and increase the positive impact their work has on the lives of millions of people throughout the world.

Clients are often requesting SCADA integration for their systems to allow for 24/7 monitoring, remote monitoring, recording, analysing and archiving data.  If you are planning a system and need SCADA integration with a new or existing Puretech system, please get in touch to discuss your requirements.