Pharmaceutical manufacturing depends on repeatable inspection. A tablet with a crack, chip, stain, discoloration or other visible anomaly can signal a problem that deserves attention before product moves further downstream. Human inspection remains valuable, but it is inherently variable and difficult to scale consistently across long runs, multiple products and changing operators. Computer vision offers…
Why pharmaceutical companies are warming up to predictive maintenance
The pharmaceutical industry is warming to the concept of smart manufacturing — and predictive maintenance in particular. The reason for that trend is partly financial. A single hour of downtime can potentially cost millions of dollars in lost productivity, and predictive maintenance promises to make maintenance more efficient and effective. One traditional barrier to predictive…