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Customer: Diagnostic Products Corp (Wales & USA)
Date: March 2001
Container: 3 Cavity (3 x 8mm) reagent wedge
Output Requirement: 8-10 containers/minute
Machine Type: Single head semi automatic foil cutting and sealing machine working from reel fed material, tool steel punch & die sets, delryn foil transfer mechanism and external induction sealing coil. Relco ICS-1G induction generator, Mitsubishi PLC and control equipment, SMC pneumatics.
Technical Challenges: Seal to be accurately cut and located so as to provide an even hermetic seal over all three openings of container in one strip. This foil strip was to withstand 15 in/Hg of vacuum on test but be capable of peeling away easily in one piece. Machine to have calibration points and be built for clean-room operation.
Post Script: Following successful use of small scale semi-auto unit, ICS-1G induction generators and sealing heads were supplied to a third party OEM machine builder for integration into two fully automatic line units for high speed output.
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