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Powders and processed products: lactose, microcrystalline cellulose
Packaging cobots for filling and sealing in controlled atmosphere zones, integrated vision systems for quality control, and advanced serialization.
Client Objective
Our client, a pharmaceutical company, specializes in producing medications in the form of tablets and capsules. To meet growing demand while adhering to strict quality and safety standards, they seek to modernize their packaging processes.
Key objectives include reducing human error, increasing production speed, and improving batch traceability, which is essential for ensuring patient safety and regulatory compliance. The company also aims to enhance operator working conditions by reducing repetitive physical tasks while maintaining a sterile production environment.
Powders and products processed
- Pharmaceutical excipients: lactose, microcrystalline cellulose
- Finished products: capsules, tablets, injectable solution vials, prefilled syringes
The proposed solution
To address these specific needs, Palamatic Process proposed a comprehensive solution incorporating specialized cobots (collaborative robots) to automate key packaging stages, while meeting Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) requirements.
These systems automate repetitive and precise tasks while collaborating with human operators. Unlike traditional robots, cobots require no safety barriers, optimizing space utilization and enabling direct interaction with operators thanks to advanced sensors.
Solution features
Operational flexibility
Cobots can handle various packaging types, including glass vials, syringes, or thermoformed trays, using adaptable grippers. Cobots can be quickly reprogrammed to accommodate different product formats (vials, blisters, pouches) and packaging types, without prolonged interruptions.
Optimal precision
The solution ensures accurate dosing of products into packages and precise placement of labels and inserts, meeting the stringent demands of the pharmaceutical industry.
Increased throughput
With a handling capacity of up to approximately 20 pieces per minute, the solution meets the needs of continuous production.
Enhanced traceability and safety
The integration of serialization systems enables tracking of each product throughout the supply chain with unique code printing and verification. Advanced sensors ensure precise and aseptic handling of products, minimizing contamination risks.
Regulatory compliance
The entire process is designed to comply with GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices), ISO 13485 standards and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations, ensuring the safety and quality of finished products
Industrial equipment and advantages of the Palamatic Process solution
To meet these specific needs, Palamatic Process offered a complete solution integrating robots cobot. These systems are perfect for repetitive and precise tasks. Unlike traditional industrial robots, cobot robots are equipped with sensors that allow them to stop automatically in the event of contact with a human, ensuring safe and productive interaction.
Packaging cobots
- Role: Automating sealing, labeling, and visual inspection operations.
- Advantages: Reduced errors and increased throughput.
Multi-Format gripper
- Role: Adaptability to various packaging types (glass, plastic).
- Advantages: Quick transitions between formats, reducing downtime.
Integrated traceability system
- Role: Identification and recording of product data via QR codes and RFID.
- Advantages: Full compliance with pharmaceutical industry regulations.
Inline sterilization equipment
- Role: Disinfecting packaging before filling.
- Advantages: Meeting strict hygiene standards.
We offer a complete range of robots and cobots for handling your products and powders
Advantages of the Palamatic Process solution
The Palamatic Process solution has enabled :
- Increased productivity through automation of repetitive tasks.
- Reduced contamination risks, critical in sterile environments.
- Enhanced traceability via advanced recording and serialization systems, ensuring regulatory compliance.
- Optimized costs, particularly in labor and downtime related to human errors.
Conclusion
Why choose cobots for your pharmaceutical packaging needs?
By integrating Pick & Place PALSTACK cobots and other automated equipment from Palamatic Process into its packaging workflow, the company achieved its productivity, traceability, and quality goals. This modernization also improved operator working conditions while ensuring regulatory compliance and patient safety.
This case study demonstrates how collaborative automation can turn pharmaceutical industry challenges into opportunities through a combination of advanced technology, flexibility, and technical expertise.
