High Speed Assembly Systems

The life science industry — including diagnostic instruments, microscopy, pharmaceutical equipment, medical device manufacturers, medical service providers, and related component suppliers — heavily depends on automation technology for product quality and tracking. As experts in material handling, robotics, and machine vision for life science applications, Edgewater Automation has the knowledge and experience to leverage automation technologies for cost-effective productivity gains in the industry. Life Science Automation Applications For 25 years, Edgewater Automation has been solving both common and complex automation applications in the industry. Whether it’s making the equipment, testing and calibrating the equipment, maintaining the equipment, or training operators on the use of automated systems, Edgewater has the program in place for life science applications. Common applications include: High-speed robotic assembly Automatic feeding and handling of components Vision verification for 100% error-proofing Assembly, inspection, and testing of disposable surgical devices Pill packaging, syringe packaging, and pharmaceutical packaging equipment Bowl feeding and sorting Pharmaceutical quality inspection and testing Pharmaceutical packaging verification and product track and trace Life Science Robotics As a robotic automation system expert, Edgewater Automation has designed a wide variety of work cells for medical device and pharmaceutical applications — from the robotic assembly of syringes; to machine vision–guided pick-and-place of pills, vials, and other pharmaceuticals; to primary pill packaging and secondary carton packaging. With more than 400,000 square feet of production and office space and hundreds of engineers on staff, Edgewater Automation begins life science robotic solutions and work cell development at our facility, starting with design, build, integration, and approval runoff. After delivering the solution to the customer’s facility, we proceed through installation, validation training, and production start-up and support. As specialists in life science, medical, medical device, and pharmaceutical equipment, manufacturing, inspection, and packaging, Edgewater Automation designs solutions to comply with government regulations, such as the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) CFR Title 21, Part 211, which includes a host of best practices for life science industries, including product traceability, documenting production equipment to maintain consistent operation, labeling requirements, and much more. Material Handling and Machine Vision Whether it is robot pick-and-place, more common bowl feeding, or flex feeders placing pills in blister packages, Edgewater Automation has the automation technology the industry needs. Machine vision — the combination of industrial cameras and powerful image-processing software to guide robots or find product defects — is widely used in life science applications. Whether you need machine vision to guide a robot to a pill or vial for picking and placement into packaging, or to verify product IDs, pill color, or optical character recognition (OCR) marks, our engineers have the experience you need. | Edgewater Automation offers engineering, design, development, testing, and installation of all common assembly technologies and processes, including assembly classification, torquing, welding, and pressing.