Resources
- 3-A Sanitary Standards, Inc. – 3-A SSI is dedicated to advancing hygienic equipment design for the food, beverage, and pharmaceutical industries. This site contains information on Third Party Verification (TPV) inspection programs, 3-A symbol holders, and 3-A standards and committees.
- AL-6XN Website – Many food, beverage, and biotech processes flow through AL-6XN piping because of its outstanding resistance to corrosion. This website includes alloy properties, specifications, and applications. You can also read corrosion studies and instructions for welding AL-6XN.
- ASME BPE Standard – The ASME BioProcessing Equipment Standard provides designers and process engineers with a reliable way of specifying equipment for use in high purity applications.
- ISPE Website – The International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering is dedicated to educating and advancing pharmaceutical manufacturing professionals and their industry. This site contains membership information, affiliates and chapters, and upcoming events.
- Metric Conversion Tool – Convert temperature, length, area, weight, or volume.
- Sanitary Fitting Reference – This downloadable PDF shows side-by-side diagrams of a variety of fittings with their part numbers.
- Sanitary Tube Specifications – This downloadable PDF gives ID, OD, wall thickness, volume, weight and flow of sanitary tubing sizes 1/4 through 8 inches.
- Stainless Steel Selection Guide – This downloadable PDF examines the stainless steel alloying elements and their purposes. It also explains the different forms of corrosion and ways to combat them.
- Surface Finish Specifications – This downloadable PDF shows the specifications for these polishing codes: 1, 3, 5, 7, PC, PL, PD, and PM.
