ANALYTICAL & LABORATORY EQUIPMENT


Everything is under control with advanced gripper technology


IN THEGRIPLAB GET A Gripping tasks are an


essential part of laboratory automation


T


he test tube needs to go into the centrifuge, the component at its correction position and the package onto the conveyor belt: gripping objects and placing them somewhere else is a fundamental mechanical action in most work processes. In modern systems, “pick- and-place” is performed by automated grippers. Tey must be able to operate both powerfully and delicately and do so precisely and reliably millions of times over. Increasingly, the necessary power comes from electric motors, such as the BX4 from Faulhaber. Te Zimmer Group uses it for, among other things, its new GEP2000 gripper series, which can often be found in laboratory automation solutions. Testing and vaccination have proven to be effective against coronavirus. Tey have provided a way out of lockdown and a return to normality. But the pandemic also revealed the limits of what is possible here. With the exponential spread of the virus, demand exploded – first for PCR laboratory tests, then for rapid tests and


later for vaccines. Capacity was inadequate every step of the way. For many, the wait for test kits and vaccines seemed endless.


LABORATORY AUTOMATION AGAINST COVID-19 Te pharmaceutical industry, medical technology, and medical laboratories did actually work extremely quickly. Tis also applies to the expansion of production and to the increase of testing


capabilities. A key factor in this success was automation. In laboratories, the pandemic proved to be a major impetus for automation. Automatic laboratory devices and universal, flexible robots can relieve specialists of a great deal of work


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