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PHARMACEUTICAL PROCESS AIR

Holding a Steady Point in Pharma Process Air

11,050 CMH610 mmWC40 HPdirect drive

— with a smaller unit running to ~1,060 mmWC at 50 HP

A Maharashtra-based pharmaceutical process-equipment maker builds the machines that other pharma plants run their processes on. Those machines need process air that stays put — a steady flow at a steady pressure, held over long runs, not a number that wanders as the shift wears on. When their equipment is validated, the air moving through it has to behave the same way on hour eight as it did on hour one.

That is the hard part. Pharma process air is not a "move a lot of air" problem — it is a "hold this exact point" problem. Some of these duties sit at high static pressure: one unit works to roughly 1,060 mmWC at 50 HP, which puts real load on the impeller, the shaft and the bearings, and leaves no slack for a selection that drifts off its curve. Pick the fan a little wrong and it either starves the process or runs hot and loud trying to make up the difference.

We supplied direct-drive centrifugal blowers, built to the point — not near it. Direct drive takes the belt out of the loop: no drift as belts stretch, no second alignment to hold, one less thing to service on a machine that has to stay validated. Each blower was engineered and computed to sit on its operating point at the stated duty, then performance-tested in-house on our 200 HP VFD test rig, to the IS 4894 / AMCA 210 method before it left the works. The curve you are promised is the curve we measured.

The relationship has run multi-year, order after order. A process-equipment builder does not send repeat work to a fan supplier unless the earlier fans held their point in the field — that is the only reference that matters here, and it is the one we have earned.

If you build process equipment and need a blower to sit on a defined duty — whatever the flow, whatever the static pressure — send us the point you have to hold. We will select to it, test to it, and tell you plainly if it sits outside what we would stand behind.

— Mihir Kulkarni, Director, Jitamitra Electro Engineering

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From our own floor

Fans we've built for pharmaceutical process air.

Real dispatched fans from this duty class — nameplate-scrubbed. Representative of the work; not the customer's own unit.

Jitamitra centrifugal fan built for pharmaceutical process air
Jitamitra centrifugal fan built for pharmaceutical process air
Jitamitra centrifugal fan built for pharmaceutical process air
Jitamitra centrifugal fan built for pharmaceutical process air
Jitamitra centrifugal fan built for pharmaceutical process air
Jitamitra centrifugal fan built for pharmaceutical process air
Questions

Frequently asked

My process equipment needs air that holds a fixed flow and pressure all shift. Is that just a matter of sizing a bigger fan?

No. Pharma process air is not a "move a lot of air" problem — it is a "hold this exact point" problem. The air has to behave the same way on hour eight as it did on hour one, held over long runs, not a number that wanders as the shift wears on.

Should I specify direct drive or belt drive for a blower on a machine that has to stay validated?

Direct drive takes the belt out of the loop: no drift as belts stretch, no second alignment to hold, one less thing to service on a machine that has to stay validated. On this job we supplied direct-drive centrifugal blowers at 11,050 CMH, 610 mmWC and 40 HP.

My duty sits at high static pressure. Does that change what I should be asking the fan maker?

It should. One unit on this job works to roughly 1,060 mmWC at 50 HP, which puts real load on the impeller, the shaft and the bearings, and leaves no slack for a selection that drifts off its curve. Pick the fan a little wrong and it either starves the process or runs hot and loud.

How do I know the blower will actually make the duty before it reaches my floor?

Each blower was engineered and computed to sit on its operating point at the stated duty, then performance-tested in-house on our 200 HP VFD test rig, to the IS 4894 / AMCA 210 method, before it left the works. The curve you are promised is the curve we measured.

Are the fans in the photographs on this page the actual units supplied on this job?

No. They are real dispatched fans from this duty class, nameplate-scrubbed — representative of the work, not the customer's own unit. The evidence we do offer is commercial: the relationship has run multi-year, order after order, and a process-equipment builder does not send repeat work to a fan supplier unless the earlier fans held their point in the field.

What happens if my duty point is outside what you can stand behind?

Then we say so. Send us the point you have to hold — whatever the flow, whatever the static pressure. We will select to it, test to it, and tell you plainly if it sits outside what we would stand behind. We build to the point, not near it.

Ready to quote?

Send us the duty point. We'll quote in 3 to 5 working days.*

Flow, static, gas temperature, application — or attach a spec, GA drawing or a multi-fan schedule. Engineer to engineer.

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ISO 9001:2015 quality system · performance-tested to IS 4894 / ISO 5801 / AMCA 210 method · witnessed FAT on request.

*For our standard range. ATEX and special projects need 5 to 7 working days.