Apparatus for the packaging of containers of devices for pharmaceutical use
AssigneeStevanato Group S.P.A.
InventorsDavide Zuffa, Fausto Mazza
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Abstract
An apparatus for packaging containers of devices for pharmaceutical use includes a robotic arm movable from a gripping position, in which it picks up a container previously sealed by at least one protective sheet, to a release position in which it inserts the container into a bag through a suitable opening provided on a side of the bag; wherein the robotic arm is connected to at least one position control camera configured to read coordinates of a midpoint of the opening with respect to a lying plane on which the bag lies and/or an angle of rotation of the bag with respect to an axis perpendicular to the lying plane, so as to ensure the correct positioning and release of the container inside the bag.
Claims9
An apparatus for the packaging of containers of devices for pharmaceutical use, comprising:
- a robotic bagging arm movable from a gripping position, in which said robotic bagging arm picks up a container previously sealed by at least one protective sheet, to a release position in which said robotic bagging arm inserts said container in a bag through a suitable opening provided on a side of said bag;
- wherein said robotic bagging arm is connected to at least one position control camera;
- wherein said position control camera is configured to read coordinates of a midpoint of said opening with respect to a lying plane on which said bag lies and/or an angle of rotation of said bag with respect to an axis perpendicular to said lying plane, so as to ensure a correct positioning and release of said container inside said bag;
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- a spreader device configured to widen said opening of said bag through which said container is to be inserted, and wherein said position control camera monitors and controls a vertical dimension of said spreader device, along a vertical axis perpendicular to the lying plane of said bag, after the spreader device has widened said opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.