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Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Automation
For decades, FANUC America has been the leading and most trusted supplier of industrial automation for pharmaceutical manufacturing.
Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Solutions and Robotic Pharmacy Automation Systems
When it comes to pharmacy automation, pharmaceutical manufacturing, and life sciences, what manufacturers need most is production systems that can safely process, dispense, label, and package medications and prescriptions at high volume. Pharmacy automation providers must be able to prove their equipment and solutions operate with precision at all times to ensure medications are being manufactured to the right dose and prescriptions are filled with the correct quantity.
FANUC America and our Authorized System Integrators (ASIs) have decades of experience in helping pharmaceutical manufacturers meet their production and productivity goals with customized pharmacy automation systems and robotic pharmacy solutions. Bottom line: Nobody has more experience in pharmacy automation and life science solutions than FANUC and our experienced team of ASIs.
We help pharmaceutical manufacturers find the best solutions to fit their automation needs - And we're here to help you!
Contact a knowledgeable FANUC pharmaceutical sales representative today.
FANUC Robotics Product Line for Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
Explore the products we offer to improve your performance in the pharmaceutical and cosmetic industry.
FANUC Clean Room Robots for Pharma Manufacturing
FANUC clean room robots are specifically designed to work in pharmaceutical or lab environments. Our clean room robots were built to meet the standard requirements (IP67 standard) of highly demanding pharmacy and lab environments - with no compromise of robot speed and repeatability. Based on a slim, entirely encapsulated design, our clean room robots reach high flexibility levels, adding versatility to their ability to perform many types of automated pharmacy applications within compact cells, such as automated medication dispensing. FANUC clean room robots can achieve Clean room Class ISO 5, and have a much higher reliability than manual applications. For more information about our clean room robots contact our sales team today.
Pharmacy Automation Solutions for Pharma Manufacturing
Transdermal Patch Assembly
An automated assembly system builds intracutaneous drug delivery devices using precision punching, deep‑learning vision, and FANUC robots.
Video courtesy of ATC Automation Simi Valley
Medical Tray Handling System
A tray handling system uses two FANUC LR Mate robots to stack, transfer, label, inspect, and sort trays with automated rejection.
Video courtesy of JH Robotics Inc.
Robotic Pharmaceutical Vial Vertical Cartoning System
This cartoner erects, glues, loads leaflets and vials with FANUC robots using dual line tracking, then closes and seals cartons.
Video courtesy of SERPA Packaging Solutions
Medical Syringe Assembly System
An automated medical syringe assembly system uses FANUC LR Mate robots for precise part handling and assembly.
Video courtesy of Farason Corporation
Automated Vial Filling, Capping and Labeling Machine
An automated vial filling and capping system orients, weighs, fills, caps, labels, inspects, and rejects non‑compliant 4mL vials.
Video courtesy of ATC Automation Simi Valley
Pharma Case Packing System with Labeler & Leaflet Feeder
A pharma packaging system labels and inserts leaflets into bottles, packs them into cases, and palletizes finished cases.
Video courtesy of ESS Technologies Inc.
Pharmaceutical Cartoning System
This system feeds, labels, inspects, and cartons small pharma bottles using a FANUC M‑1iA delta robot for consistent packaging.
Video courtesy of Transautomation Technologies
Cotton Swab Handling
A FANUC SR‑6iA robot uses iRVision and conveyor tracking to pick swabs in motion and place them onto an outgoing conveyor.
Video courtesy of Interactive Design Inc.
Robotic Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Processes for Improved Pharmaceutical Production
Pharma and clean room robots have proven to help improve working conditions in hospital and pharmacy settings. With decades of industry experience and expertise, our team of robotics experts have automated nearly every pharma application possible. Pharmacy automation application areas include:
Robotic Applications & Pharmaceutical Industries
- Robots for vaccine production
- Cold Chain robotic handling
- Freezer robot handling
- Automated pharmaceutical test kit assembly and packaging systems
- Automated pill bottle assembly, labeling, and packaging systems
- Automated syringe assembly, inspection, and preparation for packaging
- Automatic drug / medication dispensing
- Automatic syringe labeling systems
- Aseptic monoblock dispensing, filling and capping system
- Aseptic syringe or vial dispensing, filling and capping system
- Clean room robot solutions for use in a variety of automated systems at hospitals, pharmacies, lab room settings, and more
- Prescription delivery device assembly
- Robotic cartoning, case packing and palletizing systems for bottles, tubes, syringes, cartons, jars, bags, and more
- Robotic pill picking, sorting and pill counter systems for automated pharmacy and medication fulfillment machines
- Robotic track and trace inspection systems for pharmacy automation
- Vertical and horizontal pharmaceutical cartoning systems
- Vial handling for parenteral drug manufacturers
- Vial tub and tray palletizing / depalletizing systems
- And more!
We'll help you find the right products to help fit your medical or pharmaceutical manufacturing needs.
Contact a FANUC sales representative today.
Meet the Pharma and Laboratory Specialists
To help pharmaceutical manufacturers keep up with speed and uncompromising quality control required in this industry, FANUC developed a line of specialty robots that excel in high speed pick and place applications. If you're in the need for a robotic pharmacy solution that requires the utmost speed, precision and accuracy, be sure to check out our SCARA Robots, and our Delta Robots.
Pharma Manufacturing Companies Rely On FANUC
FANUC America specializes in completely automated pharmacy systems - From packaging line design to pharma-ready equipment manufacturing and integration, you can rely on FANUC. Pharmaceutical companies around the world count on our robots and pharma automation solutions to manufacture the highest quality products with speed, precision and accuracy. Whether you're using FANUC clean room robots in a pharmaceutical setting for automated dispensing, or a standard robot for cartoning, labeling, packaging and palletizing lifesaving medicine, FANUC has pharma automation solutions that will improve you processes without sacrificing accuracy or quality, while leaving you in complete control of the manufacturing process.
Benefits of our Pharmaceutical Automation Solutions
Precise Insert Automation
When your production demands precise insert placement, injection mold machines can be integrated seamlessly with FANUC 6-axis robots featuring advanced FANUC iRVision technology. Leveraging decades of vision system expertise, this robotic solution delivers exceptional accuracy and repeatable performance for insert handling.
Efficient Small Part Handling
Designed for efficiency with small parts, it eliminates the need for external guides or fixtures, streamlining your automation.
Integrated Molding Enhancement
Enhance your molding processes with our ROBOSHOT, easily integrated with a FANUC 6-axis robot and FANUC iRVision. This combination provides automated insert placement with high accuracy and repeatability, thanks to the vision system's 30 years of development.
Simplified Production for Small Components
Ideal for small component manufacturing, this solution simplifies production by removing the requirement for external guides or fixings.
Advanced Vision System Integration
For insert-driven manufacturing, our ROBOSHOT solutions are enhanced by the addition of a FANUC 6-axis robot, equipped with the industry-leading FANUC iRVision. Built on 30 years of vision system innovation, this setup ensures highly accurate and repeatable insert placement.
Optimized Workflow for Small Parts
Particularly effective for small parts, the system's design negates the need for external guides or fixtures, optimizing your production workflow.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Pharmaceutical automation leverages a diverse array of advanced technologies to enhance efficiency, ensure the highest levels of quality and safety, and achieve regulatory compliance, all while maintaining extreme precision in the pharmaceutical manufacturing space. A modernized pharmaceutical industry not only benefits manufacturers, but consumers, by allowing faster access to safe and cost-effective medications.
Through the use of innovative robotics, automation, artificial intelligence and advanced analytics, pharmaceutical laboratories and manufacturers can meet production and productivity goals in the safe processing, dispensing, labeling and packaging of medications and prescriptions at high volume. With automation, the potential for human error is significantly reduced.
Clean-room robots are specially designed for pharmaceutical or laboratory environments and meet the standard requirements—IP67 standard—expected in these high-demand settings. Built with slim, encapsulated designs, FANUC’s LR Mate robot series of clean-room robots offer high flexibility levels, payload and reach.
To help achieve the speed and uncompromising quality control required in the pharmaceutical industry, FANUC has developed specialty robots excelling in high-speed pick-and-place applications. These high-precision robots—FANUC SCARA Robots and Delta Robots—offer the utmost in speed and accuracy.
Nearly every application within the pharma industry has been automated throughout the decades, improving working conditions and quality across manufacturing and lab environments. From vaccine production to automated syringe assembly, and medication dispensing to vial tub and tray palletizing, robotics can assist in a wide variety of ways, ensuring the safe processing, dispensing, labeling and packaging of pharmaceutical products.
Industries that are sensitive to environmental contamination—like pharmaceuticals, medical device or food and beverage industries—can rely on IP67 water- and dust-proof, clean-room robots. FANUC’s line of clean-room LR Mate robots also offer compact footprints to work within space-saving cells when necessary.
There are several factors to consider when implementing automation. For the pharmaceutical industry in particular, adherence to regulatory standards is key. Working with an Authorized System Integrator is a great place to start, given that they’re able to develop solutions specifically designed to meet unique manufacturer needs. When considering automation and robotics solutions, manufacturers will want to determine their primary goals—such as increasing production, reducing human error, or optimizing manufacturing floor space—and create an automation strategy that can address these directly.
Today, system integrators are responding to market needs for “off the shelf,” standardized automation solutions. Many of these pre-engineered systems can solve for common issues on the pharmaceutical manufacturing floor, including picking, sorting, dispensing and palletizing applications. Even with a low budget, little or no current automation, and limited skilled personnel, a pre-engineered system can have a pharmaceutical manufacturer up and running with automation quickly, with many systems available for delivery within a few weeks.
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Pharmaceutical Vial Cartoning
High-speed FANUC-powered pharma cartoning system automatically inserts medical leaflets and vials into cartons at rates up to 100 vials per minute.
Video courtesy of SERPA Packaging Solutions
