Machine Vision Integration

System Requirements:

• Automated Vision Inspection of Needle Guard assembly of Syringes in Trays

• • Ensure syringe is correctly seated in Needle Guard
  • Ensure Needle Guard is not partially deployed
  • Ensure Add-on Finger Flange is fully engaged
  • Verify presence and colour of Plunger Rod
  • Provide accurate count of correctly assembled devices

• Batch Report
• Complete 21 CFR Part 11

Technical Challenges:

• Fully automated inspection of trays of syringes with Cartesian Robot
• Highly compact equipment footprint manufactured to Cleanroom Standards
• Manual loading of trays through light curtain protected opening for efficient ergonomic operation
• Integration of camera and Dual LED Lighting solution onto robot head
• Integration of Laser Pointer onto robot head for guidance for manual reject removal
• Verification of accurate manual reject removal by 2 methods
  • Bin sensor to detect placement of removed reject into reject bin
  • Empty tray location verification by inspection camera

Outcome and Customer Benefits:

CG Controls designed and delivered a system to fully automate the inspection and provide a Batch Report on completion of a batch including count of good and rejected components.

Automated inspection gives greater consistency and robustness relative to error-prone manual inspection and eliminates human error in inspection and counting.