Fully automated handling and testing cell for surgical components by Pinger Robotic
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Initially, for Pinger Robotic, this order involved no more than automating the assembly of a camera-based testing system at medical technology specialist WaveLight. Further upstream and downstream handling steps were then added as the project progressed. The result is a handling and testing cell that is as complex as it is compact, in which a total of four MOTOMAN GP industrial robots from Yaskawa interact with high precision.
- Industries
- Life Sciences
- Applications
- Material Handling
- Client
- Pinger Robotic GmbH
- Products
- GP Series
- GP8 - GP Series
Just 30 years ago, laser eye surgery was new medical territory. Today, estimates [https://www.swr.de/leben/gesundheit/keine-brille-dank-augen-lasern-alles-rund-um-die-op-100.html] put the number at around 100,000 such procedures per year. WaveLight GmbH, headquartered in Erlangen (Germany), is benefitting from this rapid increase. As a global leader in this field, Alcon’s subsidiary develops and produces diagnostic and surgical technologies for refractive surgery. With success: Most recently, a new production hall was built and occupied at the Pressath (Germany) location, further increasing the medical technology specialist’s capacity.
The company also sees additional growth potential in the automation of further production steps. The focus is particularly on handling tasks which, due to their complexity, previously had to be carried out manually. Against this background, the experts at WaveLight also contacted robot manufacturer Yaskawa and its system partner Pinger Robotic GmbH, based in Polch in Rhineland-Palatinate.