Flow, level & control
of service teams from two or more vendors working together.
Meeting regulatory hygiene standards, including the automated availability of full process data, is another area where separation of hardware and systems has the potential to introduce risk. Components may comply at an individual level but integrating separate vendor components into the process system or skid is likely to make it more challenging to validate as a complete hygienic unit. Moreover, the independent selection of vendors can complicate data management, whether this results from the software, communications protocols, or the measurement sensors themselves.
PROJECT PARTNER
Unifying the mechanical, electrical and instrumentation, and automation aspects of a process or skid project under a single supplier can remove risks, optimise the capability of the system overall, and enable more efficient development. In practice, this means working with a project partner that has in-depth expertise across fluid control and automation, combined with in-house expertise to develop a full system. Bürkert’s Pharma Project Management (Pharma PM) team offers a central pool of expertise that can be positioned towards resolving a specific design challenge. The Pharma PM team allocates engineers to work with the original project team and provides assistance to all three areas of design. A local project manager is assigned responsibility for coordinating all aspects, similar to becoming an in-house – albeit temporary – member of the
original team. This holistic approach provides project management support along with practical expertise and input towards design and documentation, including the development of step files, drawings, 3D models, simulations, and sizing tools for control valves.
FLEXIBILITY AND TIME TO MARKET Ensuring a flexible system design is also a frequent requirement for pharma process and skid development, where processes increasingly require modular systems, adaptable recipes, and scalable production. Managing a project with a holistic approach to the integration of valves, measurement devices, and control systems makes it significantly easier to build-in required flexibility.
Fast time to market is essential for any pharmaceutical development project, and any design adaptions can be quickly realised via a single supplier with the right expertise. Not only does a single partner enhance coordination in project delivery across the mechanical, electrical and instrumentation, and automation teams, but this approach also minimises the potential for compatibility challenges to arise later in the project. Often, pharma process and skid development is as much about minimising risk as it is optimising performance. To deliver both aims, the project partner approach is nearly always the more secure choice.
Bürkert Fluid Control Systems
www.burkert.co.uk
Instrumentation Monthly June 2026
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