Lab robot is configured and programmed to automate the weighing process that is often used for the quality controlled filling of bottles or vials, tablets into blister packs, and similar tasks
A new version of the compact Katana lab robot from Imix is available configured and programmed to automate the weighing process that is often used for the quality controlled filling of bottles or vials, tablets into blister packs and other similar tasks.
Katana is a programmable robotic arm able to pick any kind of sample container, up to a payload of 500g and place it onto a weighing balance.
In adapting the Katana robot for this application, software has been written that automatically acquires the weight of the picked item and allows the generation of QC protocols.
The flexible and productive five- or six-motor Katana lab robot can handle hundreds of measurements without user interaction.
The intuitive weighing software allows rapid and simple set-up of these pick and place operations.
I/O contacts allow synchronisation between almost any laboratory balance and the Katana robot.
Imix offer a multitude of different grippers for the Katana, either motorised or pneumatically actuated, to provide a perfect solution to the demand to handle a diverse range of weighing tasks.
Quality control weighing applications automated using the Katana robot to date have involved products in flasks, blister packs, applicator sprays, vials, tubes, powder bags and lip sticks.
The Katana lab robot is a very cost effective, flexible solution for smaller automation tasks up to a few thousand samples per day.
