Solution

As various industries develop rapidly, many treatment methods, such as pharmaceutical injection pens, have come into the public eye. Among these, for diabetic patients, insulin injection pens are a core tool for daily blood sugar management, ensuring their health through timed and measured insulin injections. The specially designed concealed needles and painless injection technology of medical injection pens minimize the psychological burden on patients, relying on precise control at every stage of the production line

Process Flow

The assembly of a medical injection pen requires filling the pen cap with the filler, placing the pen body on the cap, rotating and raising the measuring device relative to the pen body to open it, pressing down the pen body to assemble the pen body and cap, then rotating and lowering the pen body relative to the pen body to close it, and finally marking and labeling

Pain points

• The pharmaceutical industry frequently requires disinfection treatments such as spraying disinfectant in the factory. Ordinary IO modules cannot be installed nearby, the wiring from IO modules to the workstation is cumbersome, and the modules and wires are easily corroded, which greatly reduces the service life of the modules and makes the wires easily damaged, requiring frequent maintenance
• Ordinary I/O modules have cumbersome wiring, are troublesome to debug and maintain, and are inefficient
• Combining ordinary I/O modules with sensors cannot predict the sensor's lifespan or pinpoint the occurrence and timing of fault events, increasing the time required for later maintenance and making traceability difficult

Solution

The IP67-E series is used in pharmaceutical injection pen production lines. It connects to the controller via the Profinet-RT bus protocol, and the AUPN 8A0B-E connects to force sensors and position sensors via the IO-Link protocol to read sensor events, power-on times, and other information to determine whether sensors need to be replaced in advance, improving fault location efficiency by 80%. This meets the compliance audit requirements of the pharmaceutical industry and avoids production risks caused by incomplete traceability

The combination of AUPN 8A0B-E and AUIO 16DION-TE enables a four-level IO-Link expansion solution, with each Class A port supporting four AUIO 16DION-TE modules, and a maximum expansion distance of 80 meters, meeting customers' multi-station connection needs on the production line

Application effect

•   High protection level: waterproof and dustproof:The IP67-E series uses an industrial-grade plastic shell and potting process. After tightening the port, dust cannot enter at all and it can be submerged in water for a short time. It can be installed near the work station, and the disinfection treatment in the pharmaceutical production line will not affect the module.
•   Standardized Interface:The IP67-E series uses an internationally unified interface, standardizing cabling, reducing the difficulty of wiring/debugging/maintenance, and minimizing human error.
•   IO-Link can read sensor information in advance:AUPN 8A0B-E can read information about IO-Link sensors and actuators in advance, allowing for timely replacement and reducing downtime.