PAR Systems, a large automation integrator, designs and integrates engineered systems in mission-critical industries, including life science, aerospace and nuclear. More than 40 of their engineers primarily serve customers with life science applications involving automated assembly of implantables, disposables, wearables, and diagnostics applications.
The PAR Automated Assembly team designed and built a high-speed work cell that prints labels on very large numbers of clear plastic vials. The client's goal was to imprint about 1,800 vials per hour, or one vial every two seconds. By leveraging a custom work cell using four Epson T3 SCARA robots interfaced to an Allen-Bradley PLC with a FactoryTalk® View Site Edition HMI, they were able to control all machine operations.