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News Release from: Edwards | Subject: DP160/DP80 vacuum pumps
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 21 June 2001
Dry vacuum pumps at Italian centre for
oncology
Italian pharmaceutical company Phamacia has installed six BOC Edwards dry vacuum pumps equipped with flame arrestors, explosion-proof instruments and local control cabinets
Italian pharmaceutical company Phamacia has installed six BOC Edwards dry vacuum pumps at its centre for oncology in Nerviano, Milan The pumps form a centralised system used to support different chemical applications in the development of anti-cancer drugs
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 16 May 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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The centralised vacuum system, which consists of five DP160s and one DP80, is connected to a distributed control system (DCS) to allow the pumps to be operated independently or in groups, depending on the vacuum demand.
Phamacia has recently expanded the Nerviano plant, with BOC Edwards products and systems accounting for 20% of the total investment.
All of the pumps are equipped with flame arrestors, explosion-proof instruments and local control cabinets.
This is vital in an environment where flammable organic substances are present.
To ensure optimum protection for the environment, post-condensers and receivers recover the solvents, and active carbon filters minimise exhaust emissions.
Suction filters are also installed on the pumps to prevent the build-up of powders which could potentially form as process by-products.
As part of the supply package, BOC Edwards also provided the plant validation procedure (Installation and Operational Qualification) and the compilation and execution of the validation protocols.
BOC Edwards' dry vacuum pump technology offers considerable process benefits over traditional oil-sealed mechanisms.
There is no risk of contamination of the process and no oil-change / disposal requirement.
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