Accurate Labelling of Medical Devices

Solution

A labelling system was designed to place the canister cap, body and bung Labels on to the devices as it indexes through a series of operation stations. The system was based around 3 Beckhoff XTS system tooled to carry and locate devices, with nine labelling heads (3 for each label) positioned along the 14m machine length. To compensate for inherent inaccuracies using standard label heads, the machine had to dynamically position each device to suit the label along the length of the machine. To overcome the inaccuracies of the position of the label on the reel, each label was inspected as it was transferred to an SP designed application head. A camera below then inspected the label position on the head and adjusted the theta position. The Beckhoff XTS system was then used to position the device for accurate linear placement. Prior to being applied, each labels 2d barcode was inspected.

At the end of the line, a six axis robot was used to unload devices into a collator system that’s was then used to transfer the devices for final loading into trays.