Production engineering R&D of a novel rotary configuration form fill sealing packaging system

生产工程研究

• 批准号: 103620
• 金额: $ 50.04万
• 依托单位: RIVERSIDE MEDICAL PACKAGING COMPANY LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2017 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=103620
• 关键词: Production; engineering; R&D; novel; rotary

Form fill sealing is an important packaging method in the medical device/food sector. Existing form fill machines are in a linear configuration, typically take up 40 m2 of working floorspace and require the production of over 200,000 items per month to ensure the capital investment is fully utilised. The applicants believe that there is a market for their novel rotary format machine which possesses a working footprint of less than 6 m2. This solution will provide medical device producers with a cheaper, self-operated alternative to outsourced medical packaging services. The forecasted market opportunity is for at least 70 rotary form fill machines with a sales value in the order of £5.2m over a 3 year timeframe. The applicant (Riverside Medical) is an established specialist in medical packaging and has created the novel concept for the rotary form fill system based on their working knowledge of the market. Riverside has conducted initial development work on an early stage prototype rotary system. However, Riverside now face a number of technical hurdles (high speed film handling, drivetrain, software, packaging validation, system reliability & design robustness) that require comprehensive research & development to resolve. The enclosed project proposes to facilitate the collaboration of Riverside with key component specialists to develop an advanced pre-production form fill system. The project will conclude with packing trials of the rotary system to determine reliability and produce sufficient package samples to determine its quality and integrity.

成型填充密封是医疗器械/食品行业的一种重要包装方法。现有的成型填充机是线性配置，通常占用40平方米的工作面积，每月需要生产超过200，000件产品，以确保资本投资得到充分利用。申请人相信，他们的具有小于6 m2的工作占地面积的新型旋转格式机器具有市场。该解决方案将为医疗器械生产商提供一种更便宜的自营替代外包医疗包装服务。预测的市场机会是至少70台旋转式填表机，在3年的时间内销售价值约为520万英镑。申请人（滨江医疗）是一家医疗包装领域的知名专家，并根据其对市场的工作了解，为旋转式成型灌装系统创造了新概念。滨江公司已经对早期原型旋转系统进行了初步开发工作。然而，滨江现在面临着一些技术障碍（高速薄膜处理，传动系统，软件，包装验证，系统可靠性和设计鲁棒性），需要全面的研究和开发来解决。所附项目建议促进滨江与关键部件专家的合作，以开发一种先进的预生产形式填充系统。该项目将结束与包装试验的旋转系统，以确定可靠性和生产足够的包装样品，以确定其质量和完整性。