Manufacturing Equipment Trends

Contract Pharma Magazine reached out to some of the leaders and influencers in the pharmaceutical manufacturing space and asked for their thoughts on what we’ll be seeing in manufacturing equipment trends. With complex therapies, shorter and more customized regimens, and vaccine production impacting equipment needs, coupled with a shortage of trained operators, the industry must

Automating Previously Impossible Manual Inspections Using Machine Learning & Concurrent Validation

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In this article, Steve Wardell, Director, Imaging, and Catherine Thacker, Director, Pre-Automation Solutions, both of ATS Automation, explore how machine learning technology is enabling the automation of challenging, or previously impossible, manual inspections. Every manufacturing process has one – the difficult manual visual inspection process that seemingly cannot be replaced with an automated inspection process.

Automating Under Uncertainty—Good Practices

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In this article, Simon Drexler, Director, Linear Motion Technologies, ATS Automation, discusses lessons learned and good practices when dealing with uncertainty at the various stages of automation development for drug delivery device manufacturing. Making decisions whilst dealing with uncertainty is a challenge we all face every day in both our personal and professional lives. Such

LED-Generated UV for Adhesive Curing in Medical Devices

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As demand for syringes continues to grow, in terms of volume and also in terms of the range of applications, evolving the manufacturing processes can be just as important as the development of new treatment and the development of new medical devices. Here, Roland Lindner, Systems Engineer; Matthias Schulze, Applications & Systems Engineering Manager; and

Complexity of Patch Pump Assembly and Considerations for Mastering It

In this article, Roger Nordy, Key Account Manager at ATS Automation, discusses the complexities of patch pump assembly and explains how ATS has been mastering the intricacies of the automation process to take on the growing industry demand. According to a May 2021 report published by Fortune Business Insights, the patch pump market is expected