Our solutions:
Examples of treated products: Permeation solutions, sterile solutions, …
Combined mastery of boilerworks and mobile agitation units makes GOAVEC Engineering one of the main suppliers of pharmaceutical boilerworks that comply with ASME-BPE (Association of Mechanical Engineering – Bioprocess Engineering) recommendations.
MOBILE TANKS
Product description:
- Storage and transfer of liquid or paste-like products
- Tanks with capacities of up to 1,000 litres are manufactured in our workshops
- Operating conditions in accordance with customers’ needs: Atmospheric, ultra-clean, and sterile conditions (Pressurised Equipment Directive)
- Agitation defined depending on the rheological characteristics of the product
- Magnetic drive or standard throughput drive
- Specific equipment items developed such as transfer trolleys for autoclave tanks
- ATEX zoning factored in
- Tight metallurgical control of the specific characteristics desired: Various grades of stainless steel, ferrite rate, roughness Ra of 0.2 μm, etc …
- Design and manufacturing in accordance with the company QAP, and the PQP (Project Quality Plan) (FAT/SAT, IQ/OQ).
STORAGE TANKS
Product description:
- Storage of liquid or paste-like products
- Tanks with capacities of up to 300,000 litres are manufactured in our workshops
- Operating conditions in accordance with customers’ needs: Atmospheric, ultra-clean, and sterile conditions (Pressurised Equipment Directive)
- Agitation defined depending on the rheological characteristics of the product
- Magnetic drive or standard throughput drive
- Specific equipment items developed for cleanability, ATEX decommissioning
- ATEX zoning factored in
- Tight metallurgical control of the specific characteristics desired: Various grades of stainless steel, ferrite rate, roughness Ra of 0.2 μm, etc …
- Design and manufacturing in accordance with the company QAP, and the PQP (Project Quality Plan) (FAT/SAT, IQ/OQ)
Examples of treated products: Purified water storage, water for injection, …
Examples of treated products: Yeasts, bacteria, enzymes, cells, biomass, …
FERMENTATION TANKS/BIOREACTOR
Product description:
- Specific tanks which can be sterilised in place enabling microbial and cell cultures for your products in a GMP environment in accordance with batch and continuous fed-batch supply methods. Checking of the key fermentation parameters – 0°, pH, aeration, etc …
- Tanks with capacities of up to 40,000 litres are manufactured in our workshops
- Agitation defined depending on the rheological characteristics of the product and enabling high yields in terms of oxygenation and thermal performances
- Specific equipment items developed for cleanability and aeration (sparger)
- Design and manufacturing in accordance with the Goavec Engineering PQP (Project Quality Plan) (FAT/SAT, IQ/OQ)
CULTURE MEDIA PREPARATION TANKS
Product description:
- Specific tanks which can be sterilised on site enabling culture media to be prepared and kept homogeneous
- Tanks with capacities of up to 50,000 litres are manufactured in our workshops
- Agitation defined depending on the characteristics of the product (density, viscosity) and ensuring effective mixing of the medium
- Specific equipment items developed for cleanability and incorporating raw materials
- Design and manufacturing in accordance with the Goavec Engineering PQP (Project Quality Plan) (FAT/SAT, IQ/OQ).
SKIMMING AND INACTIVATION TANKS
Product description:
- Specific tanks which can be sterilised in place enabling skimming and inactivation of the products’ active principles
- Tanks with capacities of up to 20,000 litres are manufactured in our workshops
- Agitation defined depending on the characteristics of the product (density, viscosity) and ensuring effective mixing of the product
- Specific equipment items developed for cleanability
- Design and manufacturing in accordance with the Goavec Engineering PQP (Project Quality Plan) (FAT/SAT, IQ/OQ).
TURNKEY FERMENTATION PLATFORMS
Goavec Engineering designs and executes:
- Storage and distribution of bulk raw materials
- Systems for purified water and water for injection
- Clean fluids distribution (sterile air, nitrogen, pure steam, etc…)
- Culture media preparation skids
- Pilot fermentation tanks
- Fermentation installations
- Storage and distribution of related products
- CIP / SIP station
- The electrical and automatic control systems architectures
Examples of products treated by our teams:
- Enzymes
- Yeasts
- Bacteria
- Cell cultures for vaccines
- Antibiotics
- Monoclonal antibodies
- Growth hormones…