Precision Assembly Solutions for Medical and Cosmetic Devices
Medical and cosmetic device assembly often has similar manufacturing, traceability and regulatory requirements. Whether a machine is designed to assemble syringes, inhalers, injectors, pumps or eyeliners, typical processes involve loading parts in the machine, inserting them within an assembly, dispensing and curing glue, labelling/printing/marking, inspecting, rejecting, packaging and unloading products, with certain processes requiring repeatability lower than +/-0.05mm. Tray handling, including void elimination, is often a requirement to manage parts between different machines.
The Challenge
Manufacturers often struggle to achieve cost efficiency while maintaining high quality and throughput. A key solution lies in finding cleaner processes that fit budget and space constraints. Regulations typically require operations to be near the intended market, driving up labor and operational costs and increasing the need for automation and technology.
In this context, Smart Conveyance aims for lean automation that delivers comparable or higher throughput at a similar cost to traditional methods. SuperTrak CONVEYANCE™ enables complex motion that can vary at each process step, reducing the need for multiple tools or stations and increasing processing capabilities at a single location. With software-controlled motion, multiple products can be handled more easily, improving traceability through individual shuttle identification.
Success with SYMPHONI™
ATS Life Sciences Systems successfully delivers its Symphoni™ Platform based on SuperTrak CONVEYANCE™. Symphoni is a digital assembly automation technology that features an unmatched combination of speed, flexibility, and precision in a modular platform. In this CPHI conference, ATS Life Sciences explains how the use of SuperTrak CONVEYANCE™ is instrumental to the success of SYMPHONI™.
A way that Symphoni™ has used technology to become leaner is with the use of the SuperTrak CONVEYANCE system
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Increased precision means leaner automation as it reduces:
- the amount of stop and locate tooling
- the required engineering effort
- the burden on operations to maintain complex tooling
Use SuperTrak CONVEYANCE™ high precision and low settling time to simplify the design and operations of the final assembly machine.