Pharmaceuticals
Cortiva supplies case forming, vision-guided packing, case closing and compact palletizing systems for pharmaceutical lines. Keeping case and pallet identity unbroken at the end of the line is a design input to the control architecture.
In pharmaceutical production the end of the line is the last step of the product's physical journey and the last link in its data chain. Case and pallet identity must not break here.
Add low error tolerance and adjacency to controlled production areas: cell layout, cleaning arrangement and personnel access are planned together with the requirements of that area. Format changeover is handled by recipe; with small batches, it is a routine operation.
The industry's challenge, Cortiva's answer
Every case and pallet has to remain traceable at batch and lot level.
Keeping traceability unbroken at the end of the line is a design input to the control architecture; data exchange needs are defined within the project scope.
Error tolerance is low: a wrong placement or a missing case puts the batch outside the process.
Vision-guided picking and verification steps are built into the packing flow, checking placement every cycle.
The end of line sits next to controlled production areas, so cleaning and access have to follow suit.
Cell layout, cleaning arrangement and personnel access are planned together with the requirements of the production area.
Small, frequently changing batches make format changeover a routine operation.
Format and pallet pattern are managed by recipe, reducing mechanical conversion when the product changes.
Systems used in this industry
Which end-of-line step do we automate in this industry?
Compact Palletizer
Compact Palletizer
A fully enclosed compact cobot palletizing cell in two frame sizes (Standard and XL), handling up to 50 kg and pallets up to 2850 mm.
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Forming
Case, Carton & Tray Forming
Forming up to 35 cases per minute from flat blanks: cases, cartons and trays, with hot melt glue or tape.
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Packing
Case, Carton & Tray Packing
Vision-guided packing at up to 165 products (18 cases) per minute, built for multi-format production.
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Closing
Case, Carton & Tray Closing
Closing filled cases at up to 42 per minute with hot melt glue or tape, across multiple case formats.
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