RFID distributed control injects intelligent soul into pharmaceutical packaging

In the modern pharmaceutical industry, traditional manual, semi-mechanical and semi-automatic operation methods have been gradually replaced by automated pharmaceutical equipment due to low efficiency and high error rates, including pharmaceutical packaging production.

Pharmaceutical packaging is a repetitive processing process with various forms and levels, large batches, high speed, programmed, continuous and very high quality requirements. Every production step must be recorded.

Packaging machines used in the pharmaceutical industry must inspect the material in each packaging unit and record the results. This process becomes more complex when a packaging unit contains multiple materials. If an enterprise wants to complete pharmaceutical packaging with high quality, an automated packaging production system with high automation, high reliability, and high efficiency is indispensable.

The RFID distributed control system breaks the rigid hierarchical structure through intelligent and networked technology, moves the control tasks to local equipment, and can identify the logistics in various packaging units that change frequently. The verification program does not necessarily have to be integrated in different systems. Manufacturer's machines in a production line.

Monitoring the filling of folding boxes during the production process

Deploying RFID

The benefits of RFID distributed control systems

Each branch node of the pharmaceutical packaging production process has a high degree of autonomy, and each node is a "small center". Not only can it more effectively ensure the high-speed operation of pharmaceutical packaging production, but when it is necessary to update the tracking and recording functions, the distributed control solution is also very beneficial: it can be completed with minimal adjustments to the existing system and controller. .

User benefits

Little intervention in existing system

Manufacturer completes factory acceptance testing to achieve rapid installation and commissioning

The entire system comes from a single source

Multi-protocol Ethernet for easy internationalization

RFID can provide complete turnkey solutions, including RFID radio frequency identification systems, HMI human-machine interface operating equipment and I/O modules, and connection technology. The packaging unit is equipped with an adhesive label. In the system, the product is placed at each station in the packaging, and the read/write head writes the information onto the label of the packaging unit. At the end of the process, the tag information is compared with the setpoints of the distributed control system's main controller. If the values are different, the system will activate an actuator, which will remove the corresponding device from the distributed control system and perform manual inspection, bringing users a more flexible and safer distributed control experience.

Since the configuration of complete sets of equipment often changes, the distributed control system contains 30 configuration plans. When production changes, users can easily choose through the HMI, which is flexible and changeable.

The trigger sensor and read/write head are mounted under the conveyor belt to save space

Multiprotocol Ethernet used worldwide

This system is a BL20 CODESYS controller control system connected to HMI. The entire distributed control system can be delivered as a turnkey solution and factory acceptance testing (FAT) can be carried out, saving worry and effort.

HMI indicates errors in the packaging process and allows changes to be made in the process workflow

In addition, the magnetic field of the read/write heads in the distributed control system has no effect on the medicine. Benefiting from the company's extensive turnkey solution experience, RFID distributed control systems have been widely used in various industries around the world and can provide comprehensive distributed control solutions covering the entire supply chain and production chain, including from suppliers to production to transportation. plan.