Safeguarding GMP Facilities, Critical Assets, Digital Integrity & Human Life
In the pharmaceutical industry, electrical reliability is inseparable from patient safety, regulatory compliance, anduninterrupted business continuity. A single lightning strike or transient electrical surge can disrupt validatedmanufacturing processes, compromise data integrity, damage sensitive equipment, and result in costly batch rejections, regulatory nonconformities, or prolonged plant shutdowns.
All lightning and surge protection equipment deployed across pharmaceutical facilities is 100% LPES-engineered,tested, and standards-compliant, ensuring long-term operational resilience, audit readiness, and global regulatory acceptance
A Layered Lightning Protection Philosophy for Pharmaceutical Facilities
Effective lightning protection in pharmaceutical plants is system-based, not device-based. LPES adopts a
layeredrisk-mitigation philosophy aligned with international lightning protection and GMP expectations.
Lightning protection in the pharmaceutical industries is designed in three integrated layers:
- External Lightning Protection System (LPS)
- Internal Surge Protection Devices (SPDs)
- Earthing, Bonding & Equipotential Grounding
LPES solutions control lightning energy from interception to safe dissipation, mitigating:
LPES solutions control lightning energy from interception to safe dissipation, mitigating:
- Direct lightning strikes
- Induced overvoltages and switching surges
- Ground potential rise
- Electrostatic discharge (ESD)
This ensures uninterrupted, validated pharmaceutical operations and long-term asset protection.
Highest-Criticality Zones
Pharmaceutical production environments operate under continuous, validated, and contamination-controlled conditions. Even momentary electrical disturbances can invalidate entire batches and disrupt patient supply chains
Protecting Inventory, Compliance & Business Continuity
Pharmaceutical warehouses store high-value APIs, excipients, intermediates, finished products, and temperature-sensitive formulations.
- Raw material warehouses
- API and excipient storage areas
- Finished goods warehouses
- Cold rooms and temperature-controlled storage
- Roof-mounted lightning arresters
- Earthing and bonding networks
- Surge protection for refrigeration,lighting, and power systems
- Roof-mounted lightning arresters
- Earthing and bonding networks
- Surge protection for refrigeration,lighting, and power systems
Primary Surge Entry Points
Electrical systems are the most common path for lightning-induced surges entering pharmaceutical facilities.
- HT/LT panels
- Transformers and substations
- DG sets and emergency power systems
- UPS rooms and critical power distribution
- Type 1 SPDs at service entrances
- Type 2 SPDs at distribution boards
- Low-resistance earthing systems
- Surge counters and monitoring devices
- Type 1 SPDs at service entrances
- Type 2 SPDs at distribution boards
- Low-resistance earthing systems
- Surge counters and monitoring devices
GMP-Critical Infrastructure
Cleanroom performance depends on precise environmental control.
- HVAC systems
- AHUs, chillers, and BMS panels
- Environmental monitoring systems
- Surge protection for HVAC control panels
- Bonding of ducting and metallic structures
- Type 2 & Type 3 SPDs for control electronics
- Surge protection for HVAC control panels
- Bonding of ducting and metallic structures
- Type 2 & Type 3 SPDs for control electronics
This prevents temperature, humidity, and pressure excursions that can compromise product quality.
This prevents temperature, humidity, and pressure excursions that can compromise product quality.
Modern pharmaceutical facilities rely on validated digital systems to meet data integrity and traceability requirements.
- ERP, MES, and LIMS servers
- PLC, SCADA, and BMS systems
- Batch records and serialization databases
- Weighing, barcode, and track-and-tracesystems
- Type 3 SPDs at equipment level
- Data and signal line surge protectors
- Shielded cabling and equipotential grounding
- Dedicated IT earthing systems
- Type 3 SPDs at equipment level
- Data and signal line surge protectors
- Shielded cabling and equipotential grounding
- Dedicated IT earthing systems
These measures protect manpower databases, electronic batch records, audit trails, and regulatory data.
- QC and analytical laboratories
- Stability chambers
- R&D pilot plants
- Precision surge protection for sensitive instruments
- Structural lightning protection for laboratory buildings
- Equipment earthing and bonding
- Precision surge protection for sensitive instruments
- Structural lightning protection for laboratory buildings
- Equipment earthing and bonding
- Water for Injection (WFI) plants
- Purified water systems
- Effluent treatment plants (ETP)
- Compressed air and nitrogen systems
- Vaccine and biologics cold storage
- Lightning rods and air terminals
- Surge protection for motor panels
- Earthing of all metallic and utility structures
- Lightning rods and air terminals
- Surge protection for motor panels
- Earthing of all metallic and utility structures
- Office buildings and documentation centers
- Security cabins and access control systems
- Emergency systems and assembly points
- Structural lightning protection systems
- Power and data SPDs
- Step and touch voltage control
- Structural lightning protection systems
- Power and data SPDs
- Step and touch voltage control
Standards & Regulatory Compliance
All LPES lightning and surge protection solutions comply with:
- IEC 62305 / IS IEC 62305
- NFPA 780
- IEEE grounding and surge protection standards
- WHO-GMP and US FDA data integrity expectations
Why LPES for Pharmaceutical Lightning Protection
- End-to-end lightning and surge protection under a single trusted brand
- Engineered for GMP compliance, data integrity, and auditreadiness
- Protects infrastructure, assets, production, digital systems, and human life
- Reduces downtime, batch loss, and compliance risk
LPES – Engineering Electrical Safety for Pharmaceutical Excellence
