Our team have built up extensive experience handling medical tubing of various sizes and materials.
A recent system includes tube cutting, coiling & welding, and assembly of components at 40ppm.
The automation includes product quality checks and vision inspections throughout the process.

• Automatic tube reel changeovers
• Flexibowl feeding solution with vision guided robot
• RF Welding
• Solvent dispensing
• 3 robots
• 10 vision systems for robot guidance and quality checks
• Tote handling system for finished product

If you have a challenging tube handling process contact us to see how we can help.

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Inspections include Syringe flange integrity test – inspecting for chips, cracks & defects in glass pre-filled syringes and OCR on label batch data, along with GS1 Datamatrix cross-verification. The system is integrated into a Smart Healthcare package (IoMT – Internet of medical things).

The equipment has 8 additional vision sensors confirming various assembly and quality critical inspections.

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Ward Automation have developed an innovative automation solution for pharmaceutical manufacturers who require print and inspection of vials in end of line vial packaging lines. Manufacturers will benefit from comprehensive quality inspection and improved reliability. The vial print and inspection machine provides 100% quality inspection for printing and crimping on glass vials at all standard sizes. It offers manufacturers an advanced piece of automation equipment that adds flexibility to existing production processes.

Achieving a high throughput, the machine is designed as a continuous motion machine. Reducing wear on mechanical parts and further reducing down time, it offers manufacturers improved production capacity and reduced maintenance.

Designed for quick changeover to accommodate all standard glass vial sizes, the machine offers the potential to process anything from vaccines and sterile injectable drugs to Lyophilised active pharmaceutical ingredients.

The machines ability to process a range of products enables manufacturers to adapt to changes in supply chain and bring new products to market faster.

This state-of-the-art system is the next generation of modular machines, utilising the latest technologies to offer a truly versatile machine that can have various modules  added or removed. Additional options include vial labelling and conveyors for automatic tray handling.

The machine has proven to be an innovative, safe and economical way to print and inspect a range of standard vials.

Ward Automation Sligo team have a proven history of developing successful innovative automation solutions for pharmaceutical manufacturers. The VP-180 vial print and inspection machine has been distinguished at the pharma industry awards in the engineering project of the year category.

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Our team are experts in the assembly and testing of medical devices. One example project was to design and build a Needle Assembly & Testing machine with the following features:

• Assembly of needle components, coil spring and stopcock
• Vision inspection of needle tips
• Coil springs fed from an AFAG spring feeder
• Functionality of the spring is tested using a load cell
• Stopcocks are tested for leaks to ensure they are within specification
• Mass flow meters and pressure test equipment to check the needles for correct flow
• Vision inspection of UV solvent and torque testing of the assembled stopcock to ensure correct assembly and functionality
• In process automated testing and inspection removes the need for AQL offline testing.

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The SP-600 is a fully automated end of line Syringe Inspection Packaging machine, handling 600 syringes per minute. The robot cell inspects and packages syringes containing vaccines under hygienic conditions.

System processes BD Hypak SCF™ syringes and can be adapted to other pre-filled syringe tub formats

• Syringes are inspected for chips, cracks & defects. Syringes are counted and tip caps are checked for presence.
• Multiple labels printed & inspected prior to application.
• Automated lid separation and application using robotics and vision.
• Tamper proof seal application and vision inspection.
• Processed tubs are stacked on a pallet.

System can be adapted to suit customers requirements. Options include

• Different tub and syringe formats
• Multiple label formats.
• Up to 4 tamper proof seals can be applied.
• Additional vision inspections.
• 2 pallet option.

Ward Automation wins Irish Times Innovation Award for the SP-600 Machine

Ward Automations SP-600 featured by leading robotic manufacturer Staubli

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• Cam & servo actuations
• 3 Vision systems for product location and inspection
• Automatic offload to bagging machine

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