Success Story

Basket logistics in the pharmaceutical sector

Customer
Montavit
Location
Austria
Implemented solutions
OneBase®MFT
Warehouse management for basket logistics at Montavit

Montavit has been developing and producing pharmaceutical products for 75 years, which are available in over 80 countries worldwide.
For the filling of unique harmonica syringes on the Cathejell Gels production lines, ABF – together with the plant and special machine manufacturer SPS Technik GesmbH – was commissioned as the supplier of a transport control system for the design and installation of the basket manipulation.
The combination of ABF control, electrical and safety technology and the OneBase®MFTintralogistics solution, the Tyrolean family-owned company Montavit ensures trouble-free and modern basket manipulation.

Our customer is now proud to operate a very well-functioning plant for the production of its main product, Cathejell. A key aspect for the success of such a project is the interfaces to the systems. The control system plays a particularly important role here as a communication platform. MULTIVAC supplied the equipment for blistering and packing the product. Their success story video presents the complete production process and all the system suppliers involved.

(The ABF control technology and the control system can be seen from 2:52).
Key facts about this fully integrated ABF solution:

Automation technology

  • Slim & flexible – roller table segments with bus-based drive technology
  • Simple & safe: connection of the two sterilization chambers using PN/PN couplers
  • Plausibility checks by integrating DataMatrix code scanners in accordance with GAMP guidelines
  • Fully automated cranes guarantee fast and efficient transportation
  • Integration of drive and safety technology as well as over 600 sensors & actuators.
  • Assembly and cabling, as well as use of valve terminal with bus-based decentralized peripherals, Profinet and I/O gateways via IO-Link
  • Machine integration – bus-based and OPC-UA communication with the intralogistics system using state-of-the-art OPC-UA method calls
  • Sophisticated and innovative automation solution, according to the motto “Highest performance in the smallest possible space is the requirement of our time”

MFT Intralogistics

  • OneBase®WORLD guarantees continuous material tracking, combined with fully automatic, situation-adaptive material flow control
  • Crane guidance system for basket storage with automatic transport orders
  • Warehouse management in the basket warehouse and tracking of all transports on the turntables and roller conveyors

Security technology

  • Safety concept – CE compliant incl. Risk analysis
  • Subdivision into several protection zones with security doors, fences and light grids.
Kran befüllt Transportkorb mit Verpackungsblistern im Pharmabereich
Die Korblogistik wird mittels der Software OneBase®MFT durchgeführt und kontrolliert.
ABF-Mitarbeiter überprüft die Elektroplanung und -installation der Anlage.

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