Medical
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Examples
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A medical OEM collaborated with Hartfiel when developing a machine to sense clear hollow cylinder tubes. The ultimate solution increased accuracy and reduced waste of expensive testing liquid for OEM.
The OEM, developer and manufacturer of complex biomedical testing machines, was developing a machine for a lab automation customer that would be using clear containers in their process. Clear containers would proceed along the line with sensors needing to sense when the container came under the various liquid testing agent dispensers. If the sensors failed to accurately sense the position of the clear containers, very expensive testing liquid ends up being poured outside of the container.
The main challenge was sensing the presence of a clear container. Normally light beams do not reflect off of clear material; the light simply passes through instead of bouncing back to the receiver within the sensor.
Hartfiel recommended a SICK Proximity/Reflex Sensor, a photoelectric proximity switch with background suppression. This sensor has an extremely sensitive receiver that picks up the minimal light that is bounced back and therefore can sense the container reliably. It was tested against numerous other prominent competitors and was the chosen solution by the OEM.
SICK Proximity Sensor
The main challenge was sensing the presence of a clear container. Normally light beams do not reflect off of clear material; the light simply passes through instead of bouncing back to the receiver within the sensor.
Hartfiel recommended a SICK Proximity/Reflex Sensor, a photoelectric proximity switch with background suppression. This sensor has an extremely sensitive receiver that picks up the minimal light that is bounced back and therefore can sense the container reliably. It was tested against numerous other prominent competitors and was the chosen solution by the OEM.
SICK Proximity Sensor
MAC Valves customizes a valve design for a medical device manufacturer to produce the pneumatic assembly vital to machine operation.
The customer had just completed a machine redesign and was excited to take advantage of their new cost savings. Upon launch they realized that there was a potential issue with one of their internal components putting the whole launch at risk. The company had exposure to Hartfiel Automation from the original bid process and knew that their value added along with MAC Valves design abilities could be a possible fit.
Together MAC Valves and Hartfiel went to work trying to figure out how to make a complete assembly that matched the footprint as well as the performance of the current system in fastest timeline possible. Within Weeks the team had finalized the design and delivered prototypes for customer test, soon following with production units for lifecycle and element testing. Once these were complete the team continued to work on cost reduction measures to make sure that our product fit from all three major criteria’s price, package, and performance.
MAC Valves
Together MAC Valves and Hartfiel went to work trying to figure out how to make a complete assembly that matched the footprint as well as the performance of the current system in fastest timeline possible. Within Weeks the team had finalized the design and delivered prototypes for customer test, soon following with production units for lifecycle and element testing. Once these were complete the team continued to work on cost reduction measures to make sure that our product fit from all three major criteria’s price, package, and performance.
MAC Valves