Printing applications on surgical equipment production lines
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December 25 14:07:11, 2023
(Printing paces surgical device line extensions) In some pharmaceutical product packaging plants, color printing meets all expected requirements and is very close to the proofs, but most people think that saving costs is more meaningful than printing accuracy. Imagine a packaging field that does not place speed and expense in the first place. People in this field believe that, in addition to the effective functioning of equipment, accuracy is the most important. This is exactly the view shared by the Becton Dickinson eye-drop product packaging company, which specializes in packaging ophthalmic and other surgical blades. In a very complex building, operators pack a large number of scalpels and related surgical products and accessories. Each product requires its own printed bags or lidded containers. For example, scalpels, depending on the type, use 12 pre-printed web materials and the same kind of packaging, with specific product information. The powerful packaging workshop consists of four independent and clean operating rooms: two dedicated operation rooms and two diversified operation rooms. Although filling, sealing, and packing are mostly done by hand, shortening the operating cycle to meet market demand is not a problem, but it is also constantly improving. One of the main reasons is to install a separate set of equipment in each packaging area. This not only guarantees quality control and high production efficiency, but also can greatly reduce the operator's dependence on the transport time of external printed materials. The economic benefits brought by this point increase with the initial debut of products and other demands, which greatly saves storage space and improves inventory management. The original six closed cabinets for storing printed web materials have been replaced by a triple size one. Dickinson installed a QLS3000 device from Astro-Med's QuickLabel Systems Division a year ago. It is a multi-color, digital, thermal printer and operates using the Windows-based CQL99 software provided by QLS. . Later, the factory installed three identical devices, and the fourth one was only installed for one month. All four machines can print in three colors and can be quickly converted in a PC system. These features played an important role in the packaging of the cataract scalpel line introduced by Becton-Dickinson earlier this year, adding 35 catalogs or 70 packaging components. Filling the center is not too fast. During the three-shift, five-day-week workday, plan forms are made as far as possible according to different products and packaging formats, with particular emphasis on the production schedule. The packaging center is only operated by a few staff members wearing white coats, hats and slippers. It is in a very suitable environment and people feel the seriousness of the products. In the selection of materials, the standardization of parts can keep the cost low. Therefore, the lid and small bag materials are all using DuPont's 1073B Tyvek, which is breathable for vinyl oxidation sterilization, and the surface supports thermal transfer decorative materials. Similarly, all folding cartons are produced by Howell Packaging. Since different packaging methods are used for different products, extra colors are designed on the packaging to emphasize the brand name and information, showing the type, size and cutting depth of the blade. The use of polychromaticity during printing helps product icon coding for easy identification. Now, the company has invested in another packaging area for new caps, labels and printing on the packaging box. Here, as printing takes place only between one and two colors, the focus of printing is on the selective use of fewer colors. Since this is a "cutting system", applying a simple horizontal red line at the bottom of the knife-edge illustration can emphasize the depth and angle of cutting with the new knife. Scalpels are sold in the market in different packaging methods. Most of the bags are small disc-shaped products. With the proper space provided for the scalpel, a 20 mil thick, highly compressed polystyrene disk can be securely clamped to the handle of the scalpel using thermoforming techniques. The new technology uses Eastman resin mixed with silicone to form a light blue, bright shape, and Prent uses a 15 mil polyethylene terephthalate foam. PET thermoformed products for lid materials are also used for the packaging of some tools. In this case, the protective sheath of the handle and blade of the knife is made of a foam material, which is also used in a simple bag packaging.