Applications Feeding and Handling System for Covid-19 vaccination and testing

Feeding and Handling System for Covid-19 vaccination and testing

Automated Feeding and handling in the battle against Covid-19
APL serve the pharmaceuticals and medical device industries by providing automated feeding and handling systems to meet increased demand related to Covid-19 testing and vaccine production.

Feeding and Handling Systems are common but important when it comes to filling and packaging systems in the Covid-19 related product production, for example, syringes, needles and glass vials. Not only must feeding systems be built to precise and clean specifications, they also need to meet the guidelines of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

APL offer:

  • Bowl feeder for feeding plastic vials, swabs, test tubes, syringes plungers and glass syringes
  • Pharmaceutical feeder developed with GAMP Pharmaceutical standards (High-grade 316L Stainless steel)
  • Multi-lane feeding system that provides a consistent feed at a higher output rate to accommodate high demand
  • Quick release feeder that provides a low cost option for machinery needing rapid changeover between products
  • Flexible feeder for feeding of dimensional and quantity variations
  • Vision guided robotic system

APL automated feeding and handling systems help diagnostics manufacturers accelerate and enhance the production process of the COVID-19 related products.

Applications

Automated Feeding System for Covid-19

Test Tubes

Test Tubes

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Test Tubes

Test Tubes

Vibratory RNA bowl feeder feeds test tubes, with a white FDA approved polyurethane coating

Product: Test Tube, Cap Ø12.9 mm, Body Ø10.1 mm x 46.7 mm long

Performance: 130 pcs/min

Bowl Type: Conical bowl

The system consists of:

  • 304 Stainless steel conical bowl
  • FDA400: FDA approved polyurethane coating to suit component
  • Bowl feeder drive unit
  • Controller
  • Linear Out-feed fitted with a 1200mm track
  • EGF 50 High level sensor

Finishes: Component contacts: Stainless grade 304, hard anodised aluminium, and FDA approved polyurethane. Non-contacts: Stainless grade 304, anodised / painted aluminium and painted mild steel.

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Glass Vials

Glass Vials

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Glass Vials

Glass Vials

316L stainless steel with a medical grade electropolishing finish

Product: Glass Vial
Head Ø8.65 mm, Body Ø6.8 mm x 20 mm long

Performance: 120 pcs/min

Pharmaceutical construction: Polished stainless steel, welded top and bottom, welds ground smooth and continuous

The system consists of:

  • 316 Stainless steel bowl feeder
  • Controller

Finishes:
Component contacts: Stainless grade 316. Non-contacts: Stainless grade 304, anodised / painted aluminium and painted mild steel.

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Multi-lane system design

Multi-lane system design

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Multi-lane system design

Multi-lane system design

Stainless grade 304 and FDA approved polyurethane; The multi-lane system provides a consistent feed at a higher output rate

Product: Test Unit Body for medical use (Ø19mm x 40mm)

Performance: 50 components per minute, per lane. 4 lanes in total.

Sequence of Operation: Components are loaded manually into two belt driven bulk feeders and doesed into two centrifugal feeders. Each centrifugal feeder correctly feeds and orientates components to a linear out-feed. The system comes with two single lane linear out-feeds with ‘v’ split to populate 4 lines at exit from linears.

Finishes: Component contacts: Stainless grade 304 and FDA approved polyurethane, FDA HDPE, FDA polycarbonate.
Non-contacts: Stainless grade 304, anodised/painted aluminium and painted mild steel.
Paint Finish: RAL 9010

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Typhoon valve seat with Springfit™ disposable mask skeleton

Typhoon valve seat with Springfit™ disposable mask skeleton

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Typhoon valve seat with Springfit™ disposable mask skeleton

Typhoon valve seat with Springfit™ disposable mask skeleton

VariPic™ combines feeding, vision technology and robotics to handle Typhoon valve seat with Springfit™ disposable mask skeleton

VariPic™ flexible feeding system is a compact and proven package for handling complex and varied products, pre-configured and ready to use for fast integration.

The solution combines robotics with intelligent vision software to deliver a complete system for flexible part feeding.

Key Features:

  • Designed for robot picking
  • High resolution vision system
  • Robot end of arm tool design
  • Various hopper size
  • Various belt surfaces

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Glass Syringes

Glass Syringes

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Glass Syringes

Glass Syringes

Vibratory bowl feeder feeds 2 variant of glass syringes, with a white FDA approved polyurethane coating and interchangeable tooling

Multi-lane vibratory bowl Feeder

Multi-lane vibratory bowl Feeder

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Multi-lane vibratory bowl Feeder

Multi-lane vibratory bowl Feeder

Bowl feeder coated with a smooth Teflon coating; the system comes with 3 single lane linear out-feeds 6 lines at exit from linears

Pneumatic Quick Release Bowl

Pneumatic Quick Release Bowl

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Pneumatic Quick Release Bowl

Pneumatic Quick Release Bowl

With stainless steel cover; GAMP Pharmaceutical design for class 100 clean room environment

Feeder with pharmaceutical construction for Vial Stopper (Stainless grade 316)

Tool-less changeover can be achieved in literally seconds, which reduces downtime to almost zero. Machines handling multi-products or environments where there is a cleaning regime are perfect applications for the QRF.

The Quick Release Feeder can be integrated with other packaging and processing machinery for a wide variety of applications, including bottle feeding, tablet inspection, pick and place assembly processes or small batch runs applications.

Key Benefits:

  • Ease of operation
  • Reduce TCO
  • Rapid, tool-less changeover
  • Simple and safe to operate
  • Reduce downtime
  • Feed sensitive parts
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