Weld Creations provides pharmaceutical equipment fabrication for manufacturers in Los Angeles and across Southern California. We build and modify the stainless steel equipment that solid-dose and powder-handling lines depend on: feed hoppers and perforated cones, chutes, machine stands, frames, enclosures, ducting and sanitary tube assemblies. We TIG weld it to be cleanable and document it for your quality team.
Our gallery shows the environment we work in: tablet presses and capsule fillers in production cleanrooms, stainless hoppers with tri-clamp connections, and V-blender installations. This is regulated production work, and we treat it that way.
Built for GMP environments
Equipment in a pharmaceutical facility is judged on cleanability as much as function. Every design and welding decision we make comes back to one question: can this be cleaned and verified clean, every changeover?
- Continuous, crevice-free welds on product-contact and splash-zone surfaces, with no stitch welds or lap joints where residue can build up.
- Back-purged, full-penetration welds on tube and closed sections, so the inside is as clean as the outside.
- Free-draining geometry. Sloped surfaces, radiused corners, no horizontal ledges, no open tube ends.
- Finishes to your spec. Welds blended and polished to the surface roughness on your drawing, with passivation or electropolishing through specialist partners when required.
- The right materials. 316L stainless for product contact and 304/304L for structure, plus nickel alloys like Hastelloy where the process chemistry is aggressive.
For a deeper look at what separates a sanitary weld from a structural one, see sanitary welding.
Equipment we fabricate and modify
Solid dose and powder handling
- Feed hoppers with perforated or solid cones, angled inlets and tri-clamp outlets
- Product chutes, transitions and discharge assemblies
- Replacement and modified hoppers for tablet presses and capsule fillers
Structure and installation
- Machine stands and support frames with sealed tubing and cleanable bases
- Guards, enclosures and panels
- Stainless ducting and dust-collection connections for tablet presses and other equipment
Process and utility
- Sanitary tube spools and assemblies with ferrules and clamp connections
- Orbital-welded process tubing through our partner network when your spec requires it
- Brackets, mounts and custom components, including production runs of repeat parts
Documentation that supports validation
Your validation team owns the IQ/OQ. What they need from a fabricator is a clean paper trail. At quote time, tell us what your quality system requires, and we’ll deliver it with the parts:
- Material test reports (MTRs) with heat-number traceability
- Weld records and inspection photos
- Surface finish and passivation or electropolish certificates from our finishing partners
- As-built dimensions or drawing mark-ups for modified equipment
Working in and around the cleanroom
Fabrication happens in our Glendora shop. Fit-up and installation happen in your facility, often around running equipment and within gowning and access rules. Tell us your site requirements up front, including gowning, permits, working hours and shutdown windows, and we’ll plan the installation around them so production loses as little time as possible.
Why pharmaceutical manufacturers work with us
- Precision TIG welding is our core skill. See TIG welding services. Thin-wall stainless and polished finishes reward a welder with fine heat control.
- AWS D17.1 certified, the aerospace fusion welding standard, which reflects the discipline we bring to every regulated job.
- Third-generation welder. Mark May brings three generations of craft to every part that leaves the shop.
- One point of contact. Fabrication, finishing, orbital welding and machining through our partner network, all on one purchase order.
- Prototype to production. Build one replacement hopper, then run the next twenty the same way.
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What to include in a pharmaceutical equipment RFQ
The fastest quotes come from complete requests. For new or replacement equipment, send:
- Drawings or samples. A drawing (PDF or STEP) is ideal. For a replacement hopper or chute, photos with key dimensions, or the old part itself, work too.
- Material and finish. The grade for product-contact and non-contact parts, the surface roughness (Ra) on product-contact surfaces, and whether passivation or electropolishing is required.
- Connections. Clamp sizes, ferrule standards and any interface to existing equipment, such as the tablet press or capsule filler model the part mounts to.
- Documentation. The records your quality system requires with delivery.
- Site constraints. Whether installation is required, plus cleanroom access rules and shutdown windows.
If some of this isn’t settled yet, send what you have. We can quote in stages or help you define the spec.
Request a quote
Send the drawing, or photos and dimensions of the part being replaced, along with material, quantity, finish and documentation requirements, and your timeline. We reply within one business day.