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Today's case study comes from a request made by a pharmaceutical machinery manufacturer who wanted a pump that could handle a wide range of cleaning solvents used for cleaning-in-place (CIP) of mechanical equipment.

Mono Ethylene Glycol also known as MEG is typically used as a component of coolants, antifreeze, and deicers as well as in the manufacture of polyester fibres.

Manual handling is often the first stage of trialling a new production process or method of production.

Cleaning in Place (CIP) is an automated method of cleaning process equipment such as Tanks, Vessels, Pumps, Valves, Heat Exchangers and Fittings without disassembly of parts and resorting to manual cleaning. It is an extremely important process to ensure hygiene levels are maintained, it is most commonly performed in factories producing food, beverage or pharmaceutical products.