Andrews Chillers
Hire Ensures
Critical Storage
Guidelines
Maintained
W
hen a major
pharmaceutical
centralised
distribution
centre was struggling to
maintain critical warehouse
storage temperatures below
25oC, the fast response
of an engineering team
from Andrews Chiller Hire
supplied and quickly installed
a 500kW fluid air chiller
working in harmony with a
twin-stacked pair of 150kW
Andrews air handling units.
Working alongside the
existing warehouse services,
this temporary system
ensured that an ambient
temperature below 25oC
was achieved throughout the
storage facility, preventing
degradation of the stored
medicine as well as protecting
reputations.
The MHRA (Medicines
and Healthcare Produces
Regulatory Agency) has
previously reported that
temperature rises above
desired parameters are
the number one critical
deficiency in pharmaceutical
warehouses. MHRA statistics
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show that temperature
increases above 25°C have
been the single biggest issue
for those responsible for the
storage of pharmaceutical
products.
Uncontrolled temperature
fluctuations are serious
because non-compliance with
the manufacturer’s storage
recommendations and the
MHRA’s guidelines on general
storage can lead to expensive
product recalls, may prompt
the destruction of affected
products and potentially cause
a health risk to patients.
Extremes in temperature can
affect product quality.
New warehouse developments
nowadays are built to better
standards with improved
insulation and are more airtight, better thermal qualities
ensure buildings are warm
in winter. A major concern
is caused by the vagaries of
the British weather – cool one
minute and roasting the next.
Air-conditioning top up
Generally warehouse in-house
air-conditioning is designed
to cope with the norm in
ambient temperatures;
it would be too costly to
incorporate a permanent
system able to handle the
short-term higher external
summertime temperatures
being experienced over the
past decade. This is where
the flexibility of a chiller hire
organisation is extremely
cost-effective.
As specialist in the chiller
hire business Andrews now
operates with an established
network of 25 depots in the
UK and engineering teams
able to discuss individual
requirements and propose
a cost-effective solution to
their problem. Part of the
Andrews Sykes Group, the
chiller division holds an
impressive range of modern
air-cooled fluid chillers
with capacities from 6kW
to more than 750kW and
single air-handlers capable
of delivering up to 600kW
and provides 365 days, 24/7
dedicated support. This level
of customer commitment
has enabled Andrews Chiller
Hire to respond and deliver
many time critical temporary
solutions, prevent business
losses due to faulty or underperforming in-house air
conditioning plant.
Andrews Chillers response
in less than 4 hours and
their fast action presented a
solution to the pharmaceutical
warehouse air-conditioning
issues and meant temperature
control was maintained in
good order and in line with
official compliance figures.
Issues relating to poor
Andrews Chillers
Air chiller being
delivered