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Innovative medical markers capped to perfection


Innovative medical markers capped to perfection


TorqSense transducers are playing a vital role in packaging medical test kits at Axis-Shield in Dundee, which develops new diagnostic compounds that help with the early identification and management of illnesses


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xis-Shield is a world leader in inventing new markers for identifying cardiovascular and neurodegenerative diseases,


rheumatoid arthritis, sepsis, vitamin  signs of such conditions during routine medical checkups means treatment   The compounds Axis-Shield develops


are initially produced in low volumes, where automated processes are not  volume production once the product has    Axis-Shield continues to improve its formulations and develop new products   packaging solutions that guarantee accurate and consistent adherence to 


  multiple products in various packaging formats, at a rate of around 500-2500  other containers with compounds, caps  packs, then applying outer wrapping, overprinted with key data (production  


   tightened to just the right level of torque to within pretty tight tolerances,” explains  Too loose a cap leads to spillage of the


   


 


28 June 2024 | Automation


 “These work in conjunction with a computer, to ensure the correct level of tightness and record the data for  TorqSense does not rely on delicate slip rings to transmit torque readings,  information from a pick-up located near the rotating drive shaft of the capping 


“The capping process is essentially  and the need to guarantee torque while  TorqSense met the design criteria


  Mark Ingham of Sensor Technology exlains: “TorqSense was ideal for this application; we just needed to work out  the sensor with our standard TorqView  in real time and archives them should   Being wireless, TorqSense does not need   Digital inductive telemetry is used to transfer strain gauge sensor data from


   gauge signals very close to the sensors on the shaft which eliminates much of the noise associated with millivolt signals,     checked using a checksum so only valid  For Axis-Shield, the software was


required to do two things: run the torque up to a set level within tolerances, and   tightness that will ensure security and   are saved to a hard drive to provide a  


        


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