upgrades & repairs
Bring installed equipment up to current regulatory expectations, or back into production, with engineered, documented and tested changes.
upgrading equipment to current standards
Most equipment that fails a modern gap assessment is not mechanically worn out. It was built to the standards of its era, and those standards have since advanced, particularly around contamination control, intervention reduction and supporting documentation. Full replacement is one option; upgrading the equipment to close the gap is often the more cost-effective one.
We upgrade installed equipment across guarding and access, materials and finishes, controls and safety systems, format capability, and any interventions a smoke study or gap assessment has flagged. Each upgrade is delivered as a documented, tested change suitable for regulatory review, not an informal modification.
On the repair side, we handle work that OEMs frequently decline. Obsolete machines with no parts support are a routine part of our business. We reverse-engineer and fabricate the required components and return the machine to qualified production.
Scope an upgrade →- Annex 1 gap remediation
- Intervention reduction and redesign
- Guarding, access and barrier changes
- Control and safety system upgrades
- Material and finish improvement
- New format and container capability
- Cleanability and sanitization improvements
- Breakdown diagnosis and recovery
- Reverse-engineered obsolete parts
- Custom fabrication
- Mechanical rebuild in place
- Electrical and drive replacement
- Return-to-service testing
Every upgrade is delivered with the change documentation, testing and requalification support needed to return it to GMP production.
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