420 outlets and 1500 products per hour: our largest installation to date.
A pharmacy in Europe sorts medication rolls, boxes and supporting items such as syringes through one single MicroSorter.
Three product flows, each with its own manual routine
This pharmacy in Europe dispenses more than boxes alone. Alongside medication rolls from the blister line, loose packs and supporting items leave the building every day, such as syringes and other supplies that belong with the medication.
Each flow had its own route through the pharmacy. Rolls came off the blister machine, boxes came in with the wholesaler delivery and supplies came from stock. Everything meant for the same patient or ward only came together at the end, by hand.
At this volume that pinches in two places at once: the time the merging takes, and the risk that something is missing. The pharmacy was looking for one system that handles all three flows, with enough outlets to keep a full day of production open at the same time.
420 outlets in a single sorting wall, the largest MicroSorter FarmaSort has installed so far.
One MicroSorter for rolls, boxes and supplies
The MicroSorter sits behind the existing blister line and runs on two infeed stations facing each other: one feeds automatically, at the other a colleague loads by hand. Every product is scanned and assigned its own outlet. With 420 outlets a full day of production stays open at once, so nothing waits for a free slot.
View the MicroSorter
Two infeed stations, face to face
The automatic station takes the medication rolls straight off the line. Opposite it, a colleague hand-feeds the boxes and supplies into the same flow.
Scan and identify
Every pack passes the scanner. The system recognises the product and determines which patient or ward it belongs to.
Into the right outlet
The sorting wall holds 420 outlets. Every product goes to its own slot automatically, whatever its shape or size.
Complete per destination
As soon as an outlet is complete it can be taken out. Roll, box and supply sit together, ready for distribution.
Everything in one flow, at the largest scale so far
The machine has only just been commissioned, so savings figures will follow later. What the installation already settles: three product flows that used to run past each other now go through the same machine and come out complete per destination.
Three flows, one machine
Medication rolls, boxes and supporting items such as syringes are sorted by the same MicroSorter. No separate workstation per flow any more.
420 outlets open at once
A full day of production has its own slot. Nothing waits for an outlet to free up, and interim storage is no longer needed.
1500 products per hour
With two infeed stations the machine handles up to 1500 products per hour. The morning peak fits within the same staffing.
Modular, so expandable
The sorting wall is built up module by module. If volume grows or a flow is added, the wall grows with it without taking the line out.
From medication roll to box to syringe: one machine, 420 destinations, 1500 products per hour.