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PHARMACEUTICAL

Medical Diagnostics:
ID Cards for Bloodtests
Under contract with a leading manufacturer of
medical diagnostics, Rychiger developed and
produced a customer-specific filling and sealing
machine. The revolutionary ID-micro typing system was designed for determining blood group
and antibodies. The unique challenges: filling
of the analytical gel, with a precise micro litre
tolerance, into a hermetically sealed, easily
peelable capillary tube.

Process Sequence
The cards are delivered in bulk and sorted by an
oscillating conveyor. The twin-track, continuous

Protective lacquer: 3 g/m2

infeed conveyor brings the cards to the main station

Aluminium: 70 μm

and synchronises them with the transport system.

Thermo lacquer: 9 g/m2

At the filling station a pumping system fills the
individual capillary tubes with up to six different
analytical fluids – without spillage and in precise
dosage. The cards are then sealed with the cover
film. Thanks to Rychiger’s unique «One-Stroke»
technology, the punching and sealing are performed in a single step. The cards are then fed merged
from two lanes to a single lane discharge conveyor
where they are labelled.

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