Aesculap is part of the B. Braun Group and one of the leading manufacturers of medical technology for surgery. With its headquarters in Tuttlingen and around 3,700 employees, the company develops solutions for minimally invasive procedures, joint replacement, neurosurgery, and many other therapeutic areas. Aesculap’s products are used worldwide across a wide range of surgical applications.
In total, there is a product range of 740 different implants with various size gradations, which need to be packaged in small quantities. It must be possible to switch quickly and safely to other formats.
Cleanroom requirements of class ISO 8
High requirements for seal quality and cost-effectiveness – even for small batches
KS-PL medplus® sealing machine, which meets GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) and GEP (Good Engineering Practice) standards
Around 740 different products are manually placed into automatically fed blisters
Tyvek is punched with lasers to enable a format change within eight minutes without a punching tool
All six formats are accommodated on one sealing tool to minimize setup times
The flexibility of the system with regard to other formats was very important to us. Implants are not mass-produced products; the product range is very broad. KOCH was able to offer a perfect solution!
Each pallet can be used for all six formats, so no exchange is necessary when changing products.
Two lasers cut the Tyvek film for precise sealing – for formats of up to 700 millimeters in length.
After the cutting process with the laser systems, a transfer device with suction grippers picks up the Tyvek film.