PSI's latest project utilizes Allen Bradley and Siemens PLCs.
Posted by Scott Alter on Wed, Feb 22, 2012 @ 10:47 AM
Primary System’s Inc. is proud to help save lives!
Our control systems engineers have collaborated with Luciano Packaging Technologies and Faber Industrial technologies on a project that will result in a completely unique, automated combination vaccine packaging unit for the end customer, Crucell. The unit is capable of sorting, packaging, analyzing, and preparing 150 single-dose vaccines a minute. Currently, this process is done by hand and is only producing about 25 vaccines a minute in South Korea where the unit has been shipped. As stated on their website, the “Quinvaxem uniject vaccine” is a:
Fully liquid
pentavalent (five-in-one) vaccine (that) protects infants against five deadly childhood infections: diphtheria (D), tetanus (T), pertussis (P, whooping cough), hepatitis B (HepB), and Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib). Combination vaccines help to simplify and harmonize vaccination schedules, leading to increased vaccine coverage and greater cost effectiveness…an ideal choice for protecting babies in developing countries with infrastructure and hygiene problems. (http://www.crucell.com/Products-Quinvaxem).
Included in the two synchronized machines are
:
- Siemens cpu315-2 PN/DP
- Siemens sinamics s120 servo control system.
- Allen Bradley micrologix 1100 PLC (3)
- Sick Safety Controller
- Accraply Labelers (3)
- Kepware OPC Server (For modbus, Allen Bradley, and Custom communication)
- Adept Robots (2)
- Teledyne Dalsa Vision hardware (including 8 cameras) and software (programmed by Faber Inc.)
- Networks include:
- Profibus
- Ethernet IP
- RS 232 over Ethernet encapsulation
- Modbus TCP
If you would like to learn more specifics about this project, the hardware used, or what PSI can do for you, please click the button below.
