Multi-level sample transport, Brisbane pathology lab.
Automation programming for a 5-level tote bin conveyor system handling 18,000 pathology samples per day — Omron NX PLC over EtherCAT, two servo-driven lifts with RFID container addressing, 13 ZEN-controlled transfer units, and per-level safety zones in a new facility at Bowen Hills, Brisbane.
5 levels, 18,000 samples a day.
Automation programming for a 5-level tote bin conveyor system handling 18,000 pathology samples per day. Omron NX PLC over EtherCAT, two servo-driven lifts with RFID container addressing, 13 ZEN-controlled transfer units, and per-level safety zones across a new facility in Bowen Hills, Brisbane.
- Industry
- Healthcare — Pathology
- Service
- Programming
- Location
- Bowen Hills, QLD
- Year
- 2016
- Control
- Omron NX PLC · EtherCAT
- Identification
- RFID container addressing
The challenge.
Our approach.
- PLC
- Omron NX
- Backbone
- EtherCAT
- Lifts
- Two servo-driven
- Transfer units
- 13 ZEN-controlled
- Identification
- RFID at tote level
- Safety
- Per-level zones
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