--- title: Case Studies - Pharmaceutical - Water-for-Injection Equipment in a Tight Space | Paul Mueller Company description: Your company's pharmaceutical product is in demand. See how our solutions allowed our customer to expand manufacturing capacity quickly, while working with limited space. --- ![Paul Mueller Company](https://www.paulmueller.com/hubfs/2019/Home/PMC_RGB_PrimaryBrandmark_.png) #### [Case Studies](https://en.paulmueller.com/case-studies?hsLang=en-gb) # Water-for-Injection Equipment in a Tight Space ![Water for Injection Equipment](https://academy.paulmueller.com/hubfs/Case-Studies/PHARM_Tight-Spaces_1.jpg) ### No Space Too Small! Your company's pharmaceutical product is in demand. You need to expand manufacturing capacity quickly, but physical space is limited. A contract manufacturing facility in St. Louis, Missouri had a similar space challenge. They turned to Paul Mueller Company for the solution. Through bold engineering and careful execution we were able to move a 16 foot wide multiple-effect still into a utility room with a 7 foot wide doorway.   Paul Mueller Company Service Manager Bill Therriault describes the process:    ## The Challenge ### The Modular Design Often, Paul Mueller Company pharmaceutical equipment is assembled in our large manufacturing space in Springfield, Missouri. Once it's carefully crafted, it's mounted on a frame, and shipped to its final location. However, when faced with limited access and tight quarters, we can design a unit to be broken down into several smaller pieces and then re-assembled on site at the customer's facility, as we did for this customer in St. Louis. ## The Journey ### The WFI Process "We received a call from a customer in St. Louis, they needed a new multi-effect still. This particular facility does some contract manufacturing, their parent company provides some base products for pharmaceuticals. The still takes a high quality water and boils it to remove any of what’s called pyrogens. A pyrogen is anything, if introduced into the body, can cause infection. By removing the pyrogens, basically make this water for injection. This water is now safe to be injected into your body and can not cause an infection." – Bill Therriault, Service Manager at Paul Mueller Company ## The Solution ### The Challenge of Fitting a Large Unit in a Small Room "In this case they wanted a unit that produced water and steam, so we designed them a combination unit. So the original design, where this had to go was on the 3rd floor and there was no elevator access to the 3rd floor except going through a sterile environment. They had an air handler sitting in this building, and so the air handler was moved and put on the roof, so this left this room for us to stick this in. The challenge then of course, was to get a very large unit in manageable pieces. The unit had to come in, in enough pieces to be staged in a hallway downstairs, then put on hand carts, hand trucks and then wheeled into an airlock chamber. Everyone had to gown up and cover the equipment. The equipment then had to go through the sterile process area and to the elevator, then up to the third floor and then into the actual mechanical room. So then all these pieces were assembled up there into the unit." ## The Results ### Design a MES That Breaks Down Into Smaller Pieces "Taking a still and pulling everything off the frame and then all the frame components being reassembled onsite by hand, was quite interesting.  A lot of thinking went into this to make it happen. We put the thing back together in 4 days. So we went to having everything in crates, lined in the hallway – to getting it upstairs and re-assembled and ready for piping and electrical in 4 days! Out of all of the pieces, the 13 crates, we ended up losing one piece of ¼ inch tubing about 2 foot long. Hats off because every bolt, every nut was there, except one piece of tubing." "We worked really well along side them to meet their needs, to adapt and break this down and get it into their room the way we did. That’s one of the things appealing to the customer based on their comments. For what we have the ability to do with our engineers, our designs, our fabrication crew we can meet anybody’s needs in the pure water, pure steam department, we have a good crew." "The customer is definitely pleased, they were very pleased in their comments in how responsive we were in solving this issue and how everything went together. The main maintenance guy there had nothing but praise for the way the machine looked.  He named the machine Norma Jean.  He names all his machines, so Norma Jean is happy and he’s happy with Norma Jean!" ![Modular Icon](https://academy.paulmueller.com/hubfs/Case%20Studies/Icon-Pharm-Pieces.png) For Tight Quarters, We Design a Unit to be Broken Down and Re-assembled Onsite ![Calendar Icon](https://academy.paulmueller.com/hubfs/Case%20Studies/Icon-Pharm-Days.png) MES System Built in 4 Days ![Transportation Icon](https://academy.paulmueller.com/hubfs/Case%20Studies/Icon-Pharm-reassemble.png) 13 Crates of Pieces and Parts Transported for Assembly Onsite ![WFI system in tight spaces](https://academy.paulmueller.com/hubfs/Case-Studies/PHARM_Tight-Spaces_6.jpg "WFI system in tight spaces") ![Installation of WFI system](https://academy.paulmueller.com/hubfs/Case-Studies/PHARM_Tight-Spaces_5.jpg "Installation of WFI system") ![Placing Multiple Effect Still](https://academy.paulmueller.com/hubfs/Case-Studies/PHARM_Tight-Spaces_4.jpg "Placing Multiple Effect Still") ![Multiple Effect Still in limited space](https://academy.paulmueller.com/hubfs/Case-Studies/PHARM_Tight-Spaces_3.jpg "Multiple Effect Still in limited space") ![Compact Water For Injection System](https://academy.paulmueller.com/hubfs/Case-Studies/PHARM_Tight-Spaces_1.jpg "Compact Water For Injection System") ![Mueller moved a 16 foot wide MES through a 7 foot doorway](https://academy.paulmueller.com/hubfs/Case-Studies/CallOut-Pharma-Tight-Space.png "Mueller moved a 16 foot wide MES through a 7 foot doorway") ## Consult With Our Experts Paul Mueller Company Headquarters Missouri, USA The Americas: [+1-417-575-9000](tel:+1-417-575-9000) Europe, Africa, Middle East: [+31 (0)88-6830000](tel:+31%20(0)88-6830000) Asia Pacific: [+31 (0)88-6830000 ](tel:%20+31%20(0)88-683%200000) [Locations](https://en.paulmueller.com/contact-us?hsLang=en-gb) [![Academy](https://www.paulmueller.com/hubfs/2017/Footer/icons/Academy_Mueller.png)](https://en.paulmueller.com/academy?hsLang=en-gb) [Academy](https://en.paulmueller.com/academy?hsLang=en-gb) [![Media](https://www.paulmueller.com/hubfs/2017/Footer/icons/Media_Mueller.png)](https://en.paulmueller.com/media?hsLang=en-gb) [Media](https://en.paulmueller.com/media?hsLang=en-gb) [![Our Teams](https://www.paulmueller.com/hubfs/2017/Footer/icons/OurTeams_Mueller.png)](https://en.paulmueller.com/our-teams?hsLang=en-gb) [Our Teams](https://en.paulmueller.com/our-teams?hsLang=en-gb) [![Careers](https://www.paulmueller.com/hubfs/2017/Footer/icons/Career_Mueller.png)](https://en.paulmueller.com/careers?hsLang=en-gb) [Careers](https://en.paulmueller.com/careers?hsLang=en-gb) [![Employee](https://www.paulmueller.com/hubfs/2017/Footer/icons/Employees_Mueller.png)](https://employee.paulmueller.com/) [Employee](https://employee.paulmueller.com/) - [![Academy](https://www.paulmueller.com/hubfs/2020/Menu_Icons/Icons_Grey_Blog.png) Academy](https://en.paulmueller.com/academy?hsLang=en-gb) - [![Paul Mueller](https://www.paulmueller.com/hubfs/2020/Menu_Icons/Icons_White_Mueller.png) Paul Mueller](https://en.paulmueller.com?hsLang=en-gb) ** ** [![Paul Mueller Company](https://www.paulmueller.com/hubfs/2019/Home/PMC_RGB_PrimaryBrandmark_.png "Paul Mueller Company")](https://en.paulmueller.com/?hsLang=en-gb) ![DEG - Paul Mueller Company](https://en.paulmueller.com/hs-fs/hubfs/2017/Home/Logos/PMC%20Footer%20Logo.png?width=157&name=PMC%20Footer%20Logo.png "DEG - Paul Mueller Company") At Paul Mueller Company we are united by a belief that the only quality that matters is quality that works for life. 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