Process Engineers Inc.

Process Engineers Inc. (PEI) in Hayward California is a firm which provides specialty stainless steel products and custom engineered process systems to a variety of industries regulated by the FDA.  Such industries include :

Food Beverage Dairy Pharmaceutical Biotech Wine Beer

Specialty Steel Products

The types of specialty stainless steel products supplied by PEI include the components listed below.  Many of these are stocked in PEI’s local warehouse and can be delivered within 24 hours from the placement order:

Manufacturers represented by PEI include:

Toftejorg G & H Spraying Systems Cherry-Burrell Guth PEI Waukesha Genline Cellar Master Fristam

Sffogia Gasquet Sandpiper Kanaflex SJ Controls LC Thompsen Krogh

Demoisey ITT Fabri Woods Wilden Invalco Thermal Instruments

Fabrication Shop

PEI’s Hayward facilities include a 15,000 square foot fabrication shop where PEI fabricates custom stainless steel systems designed to meet stringent FDA and client requirements.  This fabrication shop is fully equipped with cutting, forming, welding and finishing equipment to yield ultra fine finishes (e.g., 10 micro inch Ra).  Pei also assembles complete process systems utilizing standard components such a s tanks, filters, pumps and fittings which are stocked and warehoused on-site at PEI’s Hayward facilities.  Such complete process systems are fully instrumented and automated by PEI to meet special client specifications.  Many of these process systems are skid-mounted by PEI for the ease of installing at client’s facilities.

Engineered Process Systems

PEI’s people have had many years of hands-on experience in design, fabrication, and operation of FDA regulated process systems.  This experience was obtained in their earlier careers with major food, wine or biotech operating companies or with manufacturers who supplied equipment and systems to these operating companies.

Because of this capability, PEI, in recent years has successfully a designed, fabricated and installed noteworthy systems to perform the following operations:

Reactions (chemical and biological) Pasteurization (HTST) Glassware/ Vessel washing Fluid dispensing Fluid distribution

Clarification/ Filtration CIP/ COP or combination thereof WFI/ Clean Steam production, storage, and/ or distribution

PEI, in its early years, developed a reputation in successfully trouble shooting problems and successfully repairing these systems and getting them started up and operating.  In some cases, the solutions involved re-designing the systems due to the original supplier’s incorrect design for the intended application.  With PEI’s success in troubleshooting bio-systems process design and with its fabrication capability, it was natural for PEI to start fabricating and installing new complete systems on grass-roots projects for their food, pharmaceutical and biotech clients.  Troubleshooting existing systems still  remains a big part of PEI’s business

Clients for the above systems include such notable companies as:

Factors That Set PEI Apart From Its Competitor

1.      We listen to clients – to be sure we fully understand their needs and objectives and preferences before we respond.

2. Process systems are designed and fabricated utilizing standard “off-the-shelf” components where appropriate.  However, in some cases PEI will produce a process system with some of the components being custom designed and fabricated on-site by PEI.  This is done only when it is deemed that the standard component(s) will not do as good a job for that particular service as the custom designed component.  This approach insures that all systems done by PEI will be evaluated before hand to be sure that the most cost effective and operable system is provided to PEI’s clients.

3. For system’s which require custom fabrication, PEI will engineer, design, fabrication and test all under one roof at PEI’s Haward facility.  This provides the client with single point responsibility and top quality control because no functions are performed or subcontracted outside of the Hayward facilities.

4. Process systems are designed and fabricated with short interval scheduling.  This is achieved because PI is a stocking distributor for most of the components that are utilized in producing these systems and there is no lost time waiting for delivery of components under someone else’s control.  Short interval schedule is achieved also because of PEI’s design capability, the conceptual design, P&ID’s, layouts and detailed fabrication drawings are done on-site and there is quick interchange between the fabricators and the designers during the fabrication and assembly stage.

5. Our active involvement with major biopharmaceutical firms on an ongoing basis allows us to keep current with the leading edge of technology.