Life-science and/or medicinal chemistry automated manufacturing cell, life-science and/or medicinal chemistry automated manufacturing method, and automated manufacturing cell
AssigneesKabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki, Tanabe Engineering Corporation
InventorsYoshinori Kawamura, Sakae Yamaguchi, Takashi Obunai, Takuetsu Oishi
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Abstract
Provided is an automated manufacturing cell including: a work booth provided with a work space; a robot arranged in the work booth; a container booth which is connected, in a manner allowing insulation, to each of the work booth and an external space, and is configured to store a work tool and a work subject; and a holder fixation tool which is arranged in the work space, and is configured to detachably fix a holder configured to hold the work tool.
Claims19
A life-science and/or medicinal chemistry automated manufacturing cell, comprising:
- a work booth provided with a work space, the work booth configured to be kept in an aseptic state;
- a robot arranged in the work booth, the robot controlled by a controller;
- a container booth configured to store a work tool and a work subject for life-science and/or medicinal chemistry, the container booth connected to the work booth via a first door and connected to an external space via a second door, the first and second doors configured to close and seal the container booth from the work booth and from the external space, respectively;
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- a first holder fixation tool arranged and fixed in the work space relative to where the robot is fixed to the work space, the first holder fixation tool configured to detachably fix a holder configured to hold the work tool,
- wherein the container booth comprises a sterilizer, and
- wherein the first holder fixation tool protrudes from a bottom surface of the work space,
- the first holder fixation tool comprises a plurality of the first holder fixation tools, and
- a first height from the bottom surface of the work space of one first holder fixation tool among the plurality of the first holder fixations tools is different from a second height from the bottom surface of the work space of another first holder fixation tool among the plurality of the first fixation tools.
A life-science and/or medicinal chemistry automated manufacturing method, comprising:
- storing, before a start of work, a work tool and a work subject for life-science and/or medicinal chemistry in a container booth, the container booth connected to a work booth via a first door and an external space via a second door, the first and second doors configured to close and seal the container booth from the work booth and from the external space, respectively, the work booth comprising a work space and a robot;
- controlling, by a setup controller, the robot to move the work tool and the work subject from the container booth to the work space;
- controlling, by the setup controller, the robot to fix a holder to a first holder fixation tool, the first holder fixation tool is arranged and fixed in the work space relative to where the robot is fixed to the work space, and is configured to detachably fix the holder configured to hold the work tool;
- controlling, by a work controller, the robot to use the work tool to work on the work subject,
- sterilizing the work tool with a sterilizer which is comprised in the container booth;
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- wherein the first holder fixation tool protrudes from a bottom surface of the work space,
- the first holder fixation tool comprises a plurality of the first holder fixation tools, and
- a first height from the bottom surface of the work space of one first holder fixation tool among the plurality of the first holder fixations tools is different from a second height from the bottom surface of the work space of another first holder fixation tool among the plurality of the first fixation tools.
A manufacturing cell, comprising:
- a work booth provided with a work space, the work booth configured to be kept in an aseptic state;
- a robot arranged in the work booth;
- a container booth configured to store a work tool and a work subject, the container booth connected to the work booth via a first door and connected to an external space via a second door, the first and second doors configured to close and seal the container booth from the work booth and from the external space, respectively;
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- a first holder fixation tool arranged and fixed in the work space relative to where the robot is fixed to the work space, the first holder fixation tool is configured to detachably fix a holder configured to hold the work tool,
- wherein the container booth comprises a sterilizer, and
- wherein the first holder fixation tool protrudes from a bottom surface of the work space,
- the first holder fixation tool comprises a plurality of the first holder fixation tools, and
- a first height from the bottom surface of the work space of one first holder fixation tool among the plurality of the first holder fixations tools is different from a second height from the bottom surface of the work space of another first holder fixation tool among the plurality of the first fixation tools.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.