Case Study: BIO-PHARMACEUTICALS - GYLON BIO-PRO®

EPDM sanitary gaskets had been specified for all their buffer/ surge tanks. However, due to the pre-sterilization process in autoclave, EPDM sanitary gaskets exhibited both sticky behaviour and premature degradation when they were placed in their ferrule. This sticky behaviour led to major difficulties in dismounting the tank lid prior to cleaning – often with operators requiring tools to prise open the lid. Gasket degradation also created potential risk for fragments/particles to contaminate the process, and again made cleaning and pre-sterilization very difficult.