The new changing station has met the strict criteria for production in the healthcare sector

The new repackaging line has stood up to the demanding conditions of the pharmaceutical industry

For a leading manufacturer of wound healing products and disposables for operating theatres, we produced a new changing station. The operators needed to move medical kits from one type of crate to another without unnecessary delays and changeovers.

One worker instead of three. The new solution has accelerated the production process

The old workplace was staffed by three employees, the current one only by one. We have created an operator's station with two pallets of crates, namely 40 LTB6420 crates measuring 600 × 400 × 420 mm. The crates automatically close and move to the exit when full.

What does the process look like step by step? The operator brings a full pallet of crates to the conveyor entrance and starts it with a button. The loaded crates leave for the transfer room, and when many crates follow each other, a stopper starts to separate them. Using pneumatic arms, the crates are moved from the straight driven conveyor to the inclined gravity conveyor where they form a permanent stock (called buffer). If nothing is moved within the set time, the upper conveyor is switched off.

The operator then removes the empty boxes from the stock and places them on the lower conveyor. He opens the crate, fills it with the medical kit and slides it along the non-driven conveyor. One filled crate pushes another until it reaches the driven section. There, sensors turn on the conveyor and pull the crate into the closing mechanism. The crate passes through, closes and reaches the end of the conveyor where a worker stacks the full crates on a pallet for further processing.

We first tested the changing station at our place

The production of the solution took us about a month and a half from the time we submitted the drawings. The installation itself took only one day. Everything was first assembled and carefully tested at our place. We fine-tuned the clock speeds, sensor positions and switching times. We then delivered the set-up to the client, who only needed to switch it on.

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Or you can read about other projects that have been implemented. Our portfolio includes:

• semi-automatic packaging line, which is only 43 cm above the ground,
• a robotic packaging line that has replaced manual packaging and speeds up production several times over,
• a packing line for different types of pallets, which added SOLAS weighing.