EXCELSYN ENGINEERING LAUNCHES MODULAR DESIGN & BUILD PACKAGE

Excelsyn Engineering Technology has launched a new full service package in modular plant and automation equipment for the pharma and bio production equipment sectors.

Key benefits come from remote design-and-build, which is faster for customers and less disruptive to day-to-day production. Excelsyn says that ‘plug-and-play’ skid-mounted modular installations can bring production flexibility benefits for both large and small players - and be ideal for small biotechs with limited engineering capabilities.

As emphasised during the service launch at the recent BIO show, Excelsyn has full in-house capability to design, build, install and commission sterile systems for bio and pharma production applications.

Excelsyn’s modular systems, which range from one-off, bespoke units to entire process plants, are designed to be fully integrated with customer’s existing plant and other manufacturer’s specialist equipment. The complete compatibility of software control and process technology prior to installation significantly reduces commissioning time on site.

Excelsyn Engineering Technology, located in Durham UK, is one of three businesses in the Excelsyn Group, which provides a connected range of services across healthcare manufacturing.

The company plans, constructs and tests modules in its own workshops, then installs the self-contained and pre-tested units at customer premises – or works closely with the customer’s own engineering team to the appropriate handover point.

Excelsyn provides complete modular solutions in a sequence of three phases. Phase 1 covers concept applicability and cost-benefit evaluation; modelling and design; automation, plant and material procurement. Phase II includes fabrication/assembly; testing & commissioning; pre-qualification and customer training. Phase III delivers site installation; site testing; commissioning and qualification.

Direct advantages:

“Our remote construction approach has attracted a lot of interest”, says Excelsyn Engineering Technology Managing Director Kenny Gilmour. “It offers clear direct advantages to customer operating companies, but can also be an excellent fit for their appointed major contracting engineers”.

“A workshop build will be faster. It allows for a high degree of customisation and avoids the time, quality and disruption impacts that on-site construction has on existing operations”, Gilmour says. “There are further gains from testing, commissioning and pre-qualification all taking place offsite – and a major advantage over fixed assets as the flexibility of modular kit allows redeployment based on changes in future requirements”.

Gilmour believes that growing numbers of short-run biopharmaceuticals will bring an increasing production emphasis on the highly flexible production set-ups that will be the most cost-effective way to produce them.

Well-known in the UK biotech sector for its engineering services, Excelsyn Engineering Technology has a full range of staff in the project management, engineering and design, workshop, commissioning and validation disciplines.