As the demand for drugs (especially new drugs) in the Asian market grows, pharmaceutical companies are constantly looking for new ways to increase productivity, and the use of industrial robots has become one of the main trends.
According to the 2020 report of the International Federation of Robotics (IFR), Asia has become the largest consumer market for industrial robots and will continue to maintain rapid growth in the short term. The existence of a large number of pharmaceutical companies in the Asia-Pacific region that urgently need to increase productivity is one of the main reasons. Driven by innovation in packaging, logistics, inspection, and laboratories, the pharmaceutical robot market will further expand.
Innovative robots are changing the pharmaceutical industry!
In March 2021, Clemson University and the pharmaceutical company Nephron jointly developed a syringe filling robot. By combining robotics and medicine, this flexible, easy-to-use, open-source syringe filling robot can not only replace manual filling, capping and sealing of sterile syringes, but also effectively improve drug quality and production efficiency.
In addition to syringe filling,
Where else can industrial robots be applied?
At present, logistics and packaging in the pharmaceutical production process are more scenarios where industrial robots are used. The robot equipment used in the production of pharmaceutical factories mainly includes intelligent detection robots, aseptic production intelligent robots, automatic drug sorting and cartoning production lines, robot automatic sterilization logistics systems, robot packing and palletizing production lines, AGVs, etc.
In the pharmaceutical scenario,
What are the advantages of industrial robots?
Compared with manual operation, industrial robots have outstanding advantages in multiple links of drug production. For example, the automatic drug sorting and cartoning production line with robots as the core, the products are transported from the conveyor belt to the robot automatic sorting production line, the products on the conveyor belt are identified and detected by the vision system, and the robot will pick up according to the combination required for packaging Put it into the bin of the automatic continuous cartoning machine, and then enter the cartoning station to complete the cartoning. It has the characteristics of fast speed, accurate positioning, safety and reliability, which can effectively prevent human error caused by manual operation.
In the pharmaceutical warehousing and logistics links, the advantages of industrial robots are also very obvious and have been widely used. AGV robots are used for drug cargo handling, which can meet the special requirements of the pharmaceutical industry for specific production environments, ensure that they can achieve safe and reliable transportation of drugs and equipment in the workshop, and reduce the impact of particles and microorganisms during the transportation process. Eliminate the risk of contamination.
Industrial robots accelerate iteration
Helping pharmaceutical companies to transform and upgrade their smart manufacturing
