HydroGienic® - Cost Comparison

During the typical lifetime of a pharmaceutical water system (which may be around 20 years), it would be expected that modifications would be required to the system from time to time. These might typically include the addition or removal of user points, and various alterations and re-siting of existing user points. In all cases, with a HydroGienic® system these modifications would be cheaper and quicker because of its unique parallel delivery configuration. For example, adding an extra offtake to a conventional system might cost in the order of £50,000 when down time, fabrication, degrease and passivation are taken into account, without considering the possible losses of use and production downtime. The equivalent HydroGienic® cost might easily be less than £10,000, in similar circumstances. The true value of HydroGienic® revolves around the ‘lifetime cost of ownership’ and benefits to the system users which will lead to improved facility efficiency and productivity.
 

HydroGienic® - Cost Savings

A project for a secondary pharmaceutical manufacturer based in Ireland saw the installation of a conventional Purified Water system comprising a 4m³ stainless steel storage vessel, a re-circulating loop of approximately 450 metres of 2½” stainless steel loop pipework and 18 offtakes.  Routine sanitisation was performed by a fully automatic, intermittent thermal cycle controlled by an integrated control system.

If a HydroGienic® distribution system had been used instead it is estimated that the company would have saved 17% of the capital cost (around £100,000) and halved the installation time from 71 weeks to just 36 weeks.