FAQs
What types of robots are best for pharmaceutical manufacturing?
Clean-room robots are specially designed for pharmaceutical or laboratory
environments and meet the standard requirements—IP67 standard—expected in
these high-demand settings. Built with slim, encapsulated designs, FANUC’s
LR Mate robot series
of clean-room robots offer high flexibility levels, payload and reach.
To help achieve the speed and uncompromising quality control required in
the pharmaceutical industry, FANUC has developed specialty robots
excelling in high-speed pick-and-place applications. These high-precision
robots—FANUC
SCARA Robots
and
Delta Robots—offer the utmost in speed and accuracy.
What types of pharmaceutical applications are best suited to automation?
Nearly every application within the pharma industry has been automated
throughout the decades, improving working conditions and quality across
manufacturing and lab environments. From vaccine production to automated
syringe assembly, and medication dispensing to vial tub and tray
palletizing, robotics can assist in a wide variety of ways, ensuring the
safe processing, dispensing, labeling and packaging of pharmaceutical
products.
How does a clean-room robot support pharmaceutical industry settings?
Industries that are sensitive to environmental contamination—like
pharmaceuticals, medical device or food and beverage industries—can rely
on IP67 water- and dust-proof, clean-room robots. FANUC’s line of
clean-room LR Mate robots also offer compact footprints to work within
space-saving cells when necessary.
What automation considerations do pharmaceutical companies need to keep in
mind?
There are several factors to consider when implementing automation. For
the pharmaceutical industry in particular, adherence to regulatory
standards is key. Working with an Authorized System Integrator is a great
place to start, given that they’re able to develop solutions specifically
designed to meet unique manufacturer needs. When considering automation
and robotics solutions, manufacturers will want to determine their primary
goals—such as increasing production, reducing human error, or optimizing
manufacturing floor space—and create an automation strategy that can
address these directly.
What type of pre-engineered automation systems exist for pharmaceutical
manufacturing?
Today, system integrators are responding to market needs for “off the
shelf,” standardized automation solutions. Many of these pre-engineered
systems can solve for common issues on the pharmaceutical manufacturing
floor, including picking, sorting, dispensing and palletizing
applications. Even with a low budget, little or no current automation, and
limited skilled personnel, a pre-engineered system can have a
pharmaceutical manufacturer up and running with automation quickly, with
many systems available for delivery within a few weeks.