Leading Supplier of Pharmaceutical-Grade Shell & Tube Heat Exchangers
Enerquip is a leading supplier of pharmaceutical-grade stainless steel shell and tube heat exchangers. Our experts understand the quality and precision needed to help our customers perform their life-saving work. We take our role in this process seriously, demonstrated by the highest level of craftsmanship, rigorous in-process inspections and testing and full traceability of our materials.
For decades, we’ve been providing solutions for applications with the toughest operating and regulatory requirements. Leading Clean-in-Place (CIP) and Water-for-Injection (WFI) suppliers across the world have not only been impressed with our quality, but have standardized on Enerquip’s heat exchangers for their systems.
Enerquip’s resourceful team is here to provide you with sizing and design selection assistance. Our skilled sales engineers use state-of-the-art modeling software to recommend the right heat exchanger for each heating or cooling application.
Pharmaceutical-Grade Shell & Tube Heat Exchanger Design
Our engineers participate in ASME-BPE committee meetings to ensure that our talented craftsmen are leading the industry in hygienic design and fabrication. Our cGMP’s and strict tolerances lower the risk of contamination and provide peace-of-mind to our customers.
Standard Pharmaceutical Design Features
Roller Expanded, Seamless Tubes – Enerquip’s pharmaceutical exchangers will have 316L seamless tubes, polished to 25Ra or better. During fabrication, we roller expand the tubes into double-grooved tube sheets and seal weld the tubes in place which enhances stability and contamination prevention.
Surface Finish – As a standard, Enerquip polishes the exterior of our exchangers and insulation jackets to 40Ra, giving your equipment a sanitary look and feel while also enhancing its cleanability. Our in-house electropolishing capabilities ensure your equipment gets the best surface finish available, while allowing us to control cost, quality, and lead-time.
Pitched for Cleanability – Enerquip’s pharmaceutical exchangers are pitched to encourage gravity draining of both sides of the unit. The weep slots incorporated into the pass partitions help to facilitate draining of fluids. Our return pockets and weep slots are also fully radiused and polished to enhance cleanability and draining. Due to surface tension in highly polished tubes, air or heat may be required to fully drain exchangers.
Additional Features Available
Double Tube Sheet – Double tube sheets prevent cross-contamination of process fluids between the shell and tubes. The gap between the tube sheets help to minimize stress on the tube-to-tube sheet expansions and allows for leak detection.
Passivation – Our in-house passivation capabilities also ensure your equipment is clean and degreased while enhancing corrosion resistance.
Insulation Jacket – When customers request insulation for their exchangers, Enerquip offers a Thermalux moisture barrier, covered with non-asbestos, chloride free Inswool ceramic insulation material. Our polished pipe jackets are fully welded and polished to a beautiful 40Ra finish. Nozzle covers can be either tack welded stainless sheet or PipeTite boots.
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