Medical & Pharmaceutical
When human health and safety are the subject, an unwavering commitment to process integrity is the only acceptable starting point. The Medical Device and Pharmaceutical Manufacturing industries collectively hold public trust in their hands, and earn that trust through safe, consistent, dependable production of goods and treatments. Process control technologies play an increasingly critical role in these industries, a role that Whitman Controls embodies through our wide range of engineered, hygienic, ultra-reliable instrumentation.
CHALLENGES
In a market where recalls, defects, and contaminated product sales are business-ending catastrophes, the phrase ‘mission critical reliability’ takes on all new meaning. Not only should instrumentation components sold into Medical Device and Pharmaceutical applications embody the responsibility to achieve this high degree of performance, but suppliers providing these products must as well.
EXTENSIVE REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS
➤ FDA, CFR, ASME BPE, cGMP, UL, CE, EHEDG – there is a proverbial alphabet soup of acronyms for regulatory bodies in the pharma industry, making matters of compliance a full time job for engineers and buyers in this sector. Navigating these code bodies is one thing, but quite another to fully absorb and apply the underlying technical requirements to live production environments.
ULTRA-HIGH HYGIENIC STANDARDS
➤ Pharmaceutical manufacturing lives and dies by degrees of sterility. Microscopic contaminants present a constant threat to hygienic production conditions that can shut down entire runs and drive costly re-sterilization of whole manufacturing spaces. Components and equipment installed in medical device and pharmaceutical environments must meet extreme hygienic design requirements, as well as operate in ways that do not contribute to contamination risks of any kind.
RELIABILITY & DATA INTEGRITY
➤ The cost of unreliable data in medical device and pharma manufacturing can be directly expressed in terms of human health, public goodwill, and consumer confidence. Sterile containment breeches, ingredient over- or under-dosing, loss of traceability, and complete device failures can result from seemingly benign performance degradation that wouldn’t even be noticed in less stringent processes. Manufacturing systems in this sector must be intentionally designed with reliability and integrity in mind.
SOLUTIONS
When you partner with Whitman Controls, you’ll receive ultra-pure, hygienic, resilient instrumentation that comes along with an inherent commitment to providing customer service that understands the responsibility of serving Medical Device and Pharmaceutical manufacturers.
Ultra-Pure Sensor Technology
Ultra-pure, fully traceable applications demand instrumentation that is not just a match in specifications, but is completely manufactured and delivered under high-purity procedures. Whitman produces Ultra-Pure sensors featuring austenitic stainless-steel materials, electron beam welds, helium leak-checking, NEMA 4X housings, documented pre-ship cleaning and sealed packaging. Further, our Ultra-Pure sensors have industry-leading cycle, temperature, pressure, and set-point ranges that assure high reliability in the most sensitive applications.
ISO Quality Control
Our product quality may speak for itself, but how can we assure this before you put our instruments into use? Whitman Controls is an ISO 9001 Certified business, providing you with the assurance that our products are entirely designed, manufactured, tested, and delivered using third-party verified practices, complete with total process documentation, material traceability, and chain of custody control.
Simplified Standardization
Our product catalog includes a wide range of solutions that span in-process as well as central utility applications, and everything in between. Standardizing on a common instrument manufacturer across multiple areas of a plant vastly simplifies procurement, maintenance, troubleshooting, and support, not to mention new project developments – benefits that are especially pertinent to large, complex manufacturing sites.
Compound Sensors
Certain specialized products and systems require the best of both worlds: high technical performance across multiple process variables, in an economical, lightweight, small-size format. Distinct medical device, microelectronic, consumer good, industrial tooling, and similar applications can directly benefit from Whitman’s unique Compound Sensor products, which provide multiple process variable measurement in a single low-cost, OEM style housing.
MEDICAL & PHARMACEUTICAL APPLICATION
PRODUCTS
Whitman Controls offers multiple instrument, switch, and transmitter models that are engineered to match the demands of the Medical Device and Pharmaceutical Industries, such as these below related products.
W117G Ultra Pure Pressure Switch
The W117G Ultra Pure Stainless Steel Pressure Switches have all welded stainless steel interiors which are Helium leak checked to pass 4 x 10-9 Std CC/Sec. These switches are used in silicon wafer ovens, numerous medical devices and other applications where even the slightest impurities are not tolerated.
W117LV Ultra Pure Long Body Vacuum Switch
The W117V Ultra Pure Stainless Steel Vacuum Switches have all welded stainless steel interiors which are Helium leak checked to pass 4 x 10-9 Std CC/Sec. These switches are used in silicon wafer ovens, numerous medical devices, and other applications where even the slightest impurities are not tolerated.
W117 In-Stock Ultra Pure Pressure Switch
The W117 In-Stock switches come with fewer options than our customizable W117 switches, but are available for same day shipping when an order is placed prior to 1pm EST. These Ultra Pure Stainless Steel Pressure Switches have all welded stainless steel interiors which are Helium leak checked to pass 4 x 10-9 Std CC/Sec. The W117 is used in silicon wafer ovens, numerous medical devices and other applications where even the slightest impurities are not tolerated.
L92 Vibrating Fork Level Switch
The L92 Series Vibrating Fork Point Level Switch is a heavy-duty stainless steel vibrating fork ideal for measuring the presence of solids and powders across a wide range of media and applications.
When materials come into contact with the fork tines, the frequency of vibration falls relative to the natural resonance frequency in free air, sending an electronic signal detecting the presence of material. These durable, yet compact, devices come with a wide range of electrical connections, outputs, fittings, and a number of other selections to meet any end-user demands. The vibrating fork level switch is ideal in free flowing powders and granules, most commonly found in the agriculture and cement industries. They can be mounted on the top or side of tanks or grain elevators, and can operate in temperatures up to 392°F and pressures up to 215 PSIG.
