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  • Welcome to Flow Technology, Charleville, Co Cork

    Welcome to Flow Technology, Charleville, Co Cork

    We are a Process Engineering company who specialise in the design and supply of Process Installations and Equipment for the pharmaceutical, beverage and dairy industries. We also pride ourselves in offering an excellent spare parts & after sales service. Read More
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    The Latest News from Flow Technology

  • Process Engineering

    Process Engineering

    Our team of Engineers take process projects from concept through design, construction, commissioning, testing with final documentation to meet your requirements. A strong emphasis is placed on ensuring 'right first time' and 'fix it forever' solutions. Read More
  • Pipework Fabrication

    Pipework Fabrication

    We use automatic orbital welding, manual TIG welding or electrode welding with our welders qualified to EN 287 / 288.All pipework is installed with appropriate brackets & supports, falls where required for drainability and room for insulation. Read More
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Control Systems & Electrical Panels

Control Systems and Electrical Panels are provided with many of the CIP systems, temperature control systems, process modules and product routing systems supplied by Flow Technology.

The benefits of well designed control systems and electrical panels, are as follows:

  • Repeatable & safe operation of plant
  • Easy to use
  • Isolation of all equipment, as required
  • Alert operator of important alarms

The following factors are carefully considered in the design of control systems and electrical panels

  • Hardwired, PLC or DCS controlled system
  • Pushbutton, HMI or SCADA operator interfacing
  • GAMP 4 requirements
  • 21CFR11 compliance
  • Field mounted remote IO panels or junction boxes with multi-core cabling systems
  • Hazardous area systems using IS barriers or IS remote IO
  • Digital communications involving several protocols including Devicenet, Profibus, Foundation Fieldbus, Ethernet, etc.
  • Isolation of panels and field devices
  • E-stop safety systems using proprietary safety relays
  • CE marking for panels
  • Documentation requirements, including
    • Project & Quality Plan
    • FDS, SDS & HDS
    • Commissioning check lists
    • FAT & SAT protocols & execution
    • IQ & OQ protocols & execution
    • Operator manuals & training

Product Routing Systems

The purpose of a product routing system is to transfer product from a number of sources to a number of end users. A typical example would be to transfer product from a number of vessels to a number of filling lines whit a high degree of flexibility.

The benefits of a well designed product routing system are as follows:

  • Minimisation of product loss
  • Elimination / minimisation of dead legs
  • Product safety & integrity
  • Capability of cleaning or sanitising during production
  • Operator safety

The following factors are carefully considered in the design of product routing systems:

  • Design concept (including the following options)
    • Flow plate
    • Double block & bleed valve systems
    • Mix-proof valve systems
  • Route verification
  • Draining & venting
  • Standards of construction
  • Control system
  • Documentation

Process Modules

Prefabricated process modules with mechanical, electrical and control systems tested prior to delivery can minimise the lead time to get a new process up and running.

With Flow Technology’s extensive range of process design experience we will design and fabricate custom designed process modules... (Read more)

Process Modules - Include

These modules might include:

  • Blending systems
  • Dosing systems
  • Point of use cooling / heating
  • Calibration rigs
  • Filtration modules
  • Chromatography skids
  • Cleaning-in-Place systems
  • Temperature control modules
  • pH adjustment
  • Neutralisation
  • Deactivation

We can build systems in stainless steel, Hastelloy, PTFE lined pipe, Carbon steel.

A full automation system can be provided as part of our system or we are happy to work with the client automation provider whether PLC or DCS control system.

All systems are designed and built using our own engineers & craftsmen. Skid systems are built in our own workshops where we can facilitate testing prior to delivery to site.

If you have an application you would like to discuss further please contact us.

Temperature Control Modules

Design process

The heat transfer requirements of the process vessel will typically define the requirements of the temperature control module. This usually includes the heat transfer fluid, flowrate, heat & cooling loads, accuracy of temperature control, design pressure of the system. Working with the customer on these details and the available utilities we will develop a process flow sheet for the system.

Typical systems include indirect heating using plant steam or electricity, and cooling / chilling either indirectly through a heat exchanger or directly by displacement. Most systems will include a reservoir of the heat transfer fluid and/or a pressurization system.

Standards of construction

The standard of construction used in our temperature control systems will be agreed with the customer. The options include schedule stainless steel or carbon steel pipe. Our systems can be built in our workshop on a stainless steel box section frame and shipped to site ready to ‘plug-in’ fully piped and wired. Alternatively we also build systems on site.

Where applicable our systems are CE marked, and will be PED or ATEX certified as appropriate.

Control

Some of the system we produce will be manually controlled or mobile. However most are fixed and are automated. We can provide the full automation system as part of our system or we are happy to work with the client automation provider whether PLC or DCS control system.

All our Temperature Control systems are designed and built using our own engineers & craftsmen. Skid systems are built in our own workshops where we can facilitate testing prior to delivery to site.

If you have an application you would like to discuss further please contact us - Tel: +353 63 81560, Fax: +353 63 89821, Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

  • Our capability centres on the ability of the high calibre team of experienced engineers, both graduate & timeserved , together with our skilled craftsmen, who
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  • Prefabricated process modules with mechanical, electrical and control systems tested prior to delivery can minimise the lead time to get a new process
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  • Flow Technology will design and propose the optimum temperature control system typically for jacketed process plant temperature control to provide the heat transfer
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  • Flow Technology will design the optimum solution for cleaning any type of process plant. Our solutions range from supply of individual spray heads
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