Pilot production plant
Pilot production plants are systems of small-scale experimental equipment that help an investor learn how a production system behaves before committing to a large investment, so that the investment risk is kept to a minimum. The main motivation for building and operating a pilot plant is usually to make progress in R&D and to understand or explore a new technology.
Project process
- 1Process requirements and basic engineering
- 2Detail engineering and fabrication drawings
- 3Fabrication and testing in Türkiye
- 4Installation, piping and commissioning on site
- 5Documentation hand-over
The data from a pilot plant reveals the aspects of system behaviour that could not be predicted, and the lessons learned make it possible to build full-scale production plants that are safer, more efficient and commercially viable.
Makfen pilot plants are the ideal bridge between the first development round of a new operation and the commitment of resources to a full-scale one. Owners see the potential to produce high-quality product, one of the main advantages of a test plant, and at the same time avoid the design and organisational mistakes that would otherwise erode their profit.
When Makfen installs a pilot production plant to your requirements, it does more than design the plant: it engineers projects that are environmentally sound and compatible with their surroundings. Makfen values nature and the health of living things, and the innovative steps it has taken have produced effective solutions that raise the performance of the systems it builds while helping to reduce or prevent their environmental impact.
The Makfen team treats environmental factors as design parameters of a pilot production plant and carries out the whole turnkey installation: engineering, fabrication, assembly, instrumentation, piping, insulation, electrical installation, performance testing and commissioning.
- Design and fabrication to customer requirements and international standards
- Materials and workmanship selected for the operating conditions
- Fully certified materials throughout
- High build quality and long service life
- Jacket or heating / cooling coils
- Thermal insulation
- Mechanical seal or gland packing matched to the system
- Complete operation and maintenance documentation
- Agitator speed control
- PLC control panel
- CIP (clean-in-place) provisions
- Precision weighing system
- Impeller and baffles matched to the product
- Construction rated for high pressure and vacuum
- Ex-proof / IP-rated motor
- Polishing and painting suited to the material grade
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