Fakuma exhibit: IML application for medical technology

The exhibit, an electric ALLROUNDER 520 A "Ultimate", is designed for fast and demanding processes such as thin-wall applications. The high-performance machine in clean room design meets the requirements of class ISO 7. An 8-cavity mold from KEBO is used to produce 15 milliliter tubes from PP. A label applicator head from Beck is used to apply the labels, while optical control is carried out via a camera system from Intravis. The servo-electric drives of the injection molding machine ensure precise and reproducible mold positioning. With the exhibit, attention was also paid to a low carbon footprint, energy efficiency, and a compact production cell.

IML labels enable functional integration in a single step with no need for printing associated with rejects, for example, or further downstream work steps. As a result, the production process is fast, space-saving, cost-efficient, and without any additional hygiene risk. Individual codes can be used to track data on processes, quality, and patients, for example, with 100 percent traceability for each individual part. The monitoring of temperature profiles or information on recycling and warehouse management can also be implemented with these labels.