Pharmaceutical Processing World

  • Home
  • Regulatory
    • Recalls
  • Pharmaceutical Processing
  • Facility
  • Supply Chain
  • Equipment and Materials
  • Contract Manufacturing
  • Resources
    • Voices
  • Advertise
  • SUBSCRIBE

Plunger Rod and Backstop Insertion Machine

By Pharmaceutical Processing | November 11, 2010

The Type 515 features an automated transport starwheel, which moves
product through four different stations, helping assemble up to 30 syringes per
minute. At the first station, a pneumatically-actuated gripper assembly picks
up a plunger rod from the end of the vibratory track and leverages a 2-axis
robotic arm to thread it into a syringe. At the second station, backstops are
carefully placed on the flange of each syringe. The third and fourth station
check for plunger rod and backstop presence. The key differentiator of the
machine is its ability to monitor the rotational torque applied to the syringe. When the plunger and the rod are
fully assembled, the servomotor spinning the disk detects an increase in torque
and stops both the rotational and z-axis motors simultaneously. In the event
the torque limiting value is not reached, the process aborts. This potentially
defective part is tagged and automatically discharged to the reject station.

Bausch Advanced
Technologies, Inc., Clinton, CT 06413. www.bausch-group.com or call 860-669-7380

INTERPHEX 2011 Booth No. 3653

 

Related Articles Read More >

Q-Control Family
Q&A: Introducing PSG Biotech its role in biopharmaceutical flow control and monitoring technologies
Stäubli
Stäubli highlights pharmaceutical packaging robots at Pack Expo 
downtown
INTERPHEX Wrap-Up
INTERPHEX Minute: Day 3
“ppw
EXPAND YOUR KNOWLEDGE AND STAY CONNECTED
Get the latest news, technologies, and developments in Pharmaceutical Processing.

DeviceTalks Tuesdays

DeviceTalks Tuesdays

MEDTECH 100 INDEX

Medtech 100 logo
Market Summary > Current Price
The MedTech 100 is a financial index calculated using the BIG100 companies covered in Medical Design and Outsourcing.
Pharmaceutical Processing World
  • Subscribe to our E-Newsletter
  • Contact Us
  • About Us
  • R&D World
  • Drug Delivery Business News
  • Drug Discovery & Development
  • DeviceTalks
  • MassDevice
  • Medical Design & Outsourcing
  • MEDICAL TUBING + EXTRUSION
  • Medical Design Sourcing
  • Medtech100 Index
  • R&D 100 Awards

Copyright © 2025 WTWH Media LLC. All Rights Reserved. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of WTWH Media
Privacy Policy | Advertising | About Us

Search Pharmaceutical Processing World

  • Home
  • Regulatory
    • Recalls
  • Pharmaceutical Processing
  • Facility
  • Supply Chain
  • Equipment and Materials
  • Contract Manufacturing
  • Resources
    • Voices
  • Advertise
  • SUBSCRIBE