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Johnson Industries International, Inc.

CUSTOM SERVICES

Johnson Industries has the capability of providing custom solutions for your specific application requirements. We have designed and manufactured a number of unique machines for customers whose needs are not met by standard product designs.

Examples Include:

Product Summary

· Custom Machine Design

· Skid Systems (HTST and Process)

· Automatic Collar and Pump Fitment Placement on HFFS systems

· String Cheese and Extrusion Systems

CUSTOM MACHINE DESIGN

High Resolution Vision System for Medical Device Packaging

To contact us:

Johnson Industries International, Inc.

6391 Lake Road

Windsor, WI 53598

Phone: 608-846-4499

Fax: 608-846-7195

E-mail:info@johnsonindint.com

Sample Project: Robotic Processing and Packaging System for “Medical Devices”

The system had several specially designed integrated components. These components are all monitored and controlled by programmable logic controllers. Robots load the devices into specially designed trays at the injection molding plant. The trays are stacked into reusable shipping containers. When the trays reach the workstation, they are loaded into a vertical magazine that places one tray at a time onto an indexing conveyor. When a tray reaches the robot loading station, two robots load the devices into the platens properly oriented providing the robots with a known position to work from. The platens are connected with stainless steel chain on either side forming a conveyor belt. The conveyor is supported on rails and connected to a rugged frame. A servo motor is used to precisely index the platens that are now filled with the medical devices.

The first station is a tamping station that seats any devices that are not loaded correctly. The second station is the medical gel application station where two robots, programmed to the profile of the device, apply an even measured amount of medical gel with a tolerance +/- one-tenth of a gram . The devices are then indexed into an ultraviolet curing tunnel and then

inspected with a high resolution vision system. Any devices that do not meet specifications are automatically rejected. A pick and place mechanism then places a card onto each pair of the devices. After the cards have been placed onto the devices a knock out punch produces a perforated flap on the card into the cavity of the device to lock it in position on the card. A transfer robot removes the devices from the platens two pair at a time and places them onto the conveyor of a over-wrap packaging system. From the over-wrapper the individual packages are gathered into shipping carton quantities.

This system runs at thirty six units per minute and at over ninety-nine percent accuracy.

View of Robotic Gel Applicator