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Section: Machinery > Robotics/Automation
Robotics/Automation
Emerson automates Jubilant Life Sciences plant in India
The integrated pharmaceutical and life sciences company installs PlantWeb digital plant architecture and related systems at three Gujarat plants.
July 16, 2012
Robotics/Automation
LIVE FROM ACHEMA 2012: Achema delivers a futuristic perspective
Trend reports look ahead to anti-counterfeiting, biotherapeutics, container-sized production, and automation.
June 21, 2012
Package Design
B. Braun installing multilevel IT architecture system
For a new automated production line designed to fill various IV solution bags for hospitals and clinics.
June 15, 2012
Packaging/Filling
Catalent's three aisle-changing cranes drive efficiency
Automated storage and retrieval design helps Catalent Pharma Solutions handle up to 630 pallet moves per day in and out of 19,000 pallet locations at its Philadelphia facility.
May 31, 2012
Robotics/Automation
Life sciences growth expands everywhere
Emerging Asia-Pacific countries show the highest growth at 15%, compared to 2% in the U.S. and Europe. BRIC countries remain a 'wild card.'
May 25, 2012
Robotics/Automation
Is the era of packaging machinery customization here?
Manufacturers demand more from equipment/controls suppliers, but need to work with those vendors to get the most out of packaging machinery.
May 17, 2012
Packaging/Filling
Precision conveyors receive focus at Dorner Media Day
Servo motors, positive belt movement, cleated pocket sorters add efficiency to conveyors for use in packaging and assembly applications.
March 2, 2012
Packaging/Filling
Roche finds flexibility in secondary packaging of pharmaceuticals
Company's Diagnostics Division employs a top loader that provides flexibility and a small footprint for secondary packing of its CoaguChek diagnostic strips used to test blood clotting time.
January 24, 2012
Robotics/Automation
Ten packaging machinery trends for 2012
With the North American economy beginning to show some positive signs, there is a pent-up demand for new packaging, new products, new acquisitions, and new technologies to increase packaging line productivity. B&R Industrial Automation's packaging market development manager John Kowal--who is also a board member of both the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute and OMAC--predicts packaging machinery trends that will emerge from this environment.
December 23, 2011
Robotics/Automation
Job market figures paint unhealthy picture--with healthcare an exception
A grim unemployment report is the centerpiece of political debate, yet healthcare jobs continue to increase.
September 7, 2011
Robotics/Automation
GSK employs wireless technology for water usage
Self-organizing network connects wireless pressure and flow transmitters; provides network for future expansion. Sustainable business practices continue to gain importance throughout pharmaceutical facilities. A good example: GlaxoSmithKline's Cork plant in Ireland that's installed Emerson Process Management's Smart Wireless technology to monitor water usage. The installation of Rosemount wireless flow and pressure transmitters on two new storage tanks allows GSK to better understand water usage throughout the plant, to trial the wireless technology, and to create a network for cost effectively adding new process instrumentation in the future. "GlaxoSmithKline is continuously looking to improve plant performance by increasing the number of parameters measured," explains Emmett Martin, the company's site services & automation manager. "Water is a considerable overhead to the plant so it is important that we monitor flow rates to manage consumption, and to help identify any usage trends." The Cork manufacturing site produces bulk active ingredients for use in the formulation of prescription drugs. The existing water storage facility was too small and had no measurement instrumentation in place. Two new storage tanks were installed along with a new pipework infrastructure. The tanks are located some 300 meters from the main control room and there was no existing cabling in place. A wired installation would have required new power and data cables to be buried in trenches. By adopting the wireless technology, those costs were avoided. GlaxoSmithKline had 10 Smart Wireless devices installed, including six Rosemount pressure transmitters, two Rosemount flow transmitters and two Rosemount level transmitters. The Smart Wireless technology integrates with the existing automation equipment. Flow data is transmitted every 30 seconds and pressure and level data every 300 seconds to a Smart Wireless Gateway positioned on the control room roof. This is connected using a serial connection to the existing DeltaV digital automation system that controls the plant utilities. From here the flow and pressure measurements are sent to a data historian and are available to plant operators for regular monitoring and reporting. The new data enables GlaxoSmithKline to clearly identify water usage for different areas of the plant, providing a better understanding of the costs, and positioning the company to identify changes. The new wireless infrastructure makes it easy and cost effective to add additional measurement devices without the need for new cabling. GlaxoSmithKline is looking at installing a wireless level device that will be added to the existing network. "We regard the installation of wireless as a two stage process," says Martin. "The first step is to establish a wireless network and let it prove itself over a period of time. The next step is to expand the network and use wireless whenever it is more cost effective than a wired alternative. We are more than satisfied with the solution, which is proving to be reliable with no signal loss. Based on a successful implementation, at some point in the future we are perhaps, looking towards a plant with no wires." -Article supplied by Emerson Process Management. For more information about Smart Wireless, visit www.EmersonSmartWireless.com.
August 4, 2011
Robotics/Automation
How OPC-certified components will sharply reduce pharmaceutical integration costs
Consultant Dennis Brandl explains why OPC Foundation's test lab is good news for Pfizer and the pharmaceutical industry.
June 24, 2011
Labeling/Printing
Online networks improve healthcare company's speed-to-market
By streamlining its brand assets, one healthcare company has improved communication and visual consistency--and it expects to save upwards of $11 million in three years.
May 24, 2011
Robotics/Automation
How to optimize packaging
At the sixth annual Packaging Automation Forum April 25 and 26 in Chicago, the speakers offered high-level views of consumer behavior as well as plant-floor insights into how manufacturing and packaging can be optimized.
April 29, 2011
Robotics/Automation
Automation trends: Continuous manufacturing in pharmaceutical manufacturing
From R&D to production, packaging, and distribution, global pharmaceutical manufacturers can reduce costs through greater efficiencies.
December 8, 2010
Robotics/Automation
Plant management among careers with no future
Report cites automation and offshoring as reasons for the decline.
November 30, 2010
Robotics/Automation
Trends in biopharmaceutical processing/packaging automation
In this "Voice of the Experts" Q&A, Healthcare Packaging talks with Festo's Craig Correia, manager, process automation, and Sam Stoney, senior project engineer, medical/lab automation.
October 18, 2010
Robotics/Automation
J&J Ortho employs Total Cost of Ownership approach in Puerto Rico
By working with its controls, automation, and equipment suppliers, the company improves its packaging efficiency, economics, and sustainability.
October 8, 2010
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