Title :
Automated aerosol testing
Author :
Romulus, Rudy ; Goldman, D. ; Chen, F. ; Reisman, S. ; Malick, A.
Author_Institution :
New Jersey Inst. of Technol., Newark, NJ, USA
Abstract :
Aerosol cans have evolved into a more reliable and effective product, but they must meet the requirements of the Food and Drug Administration. The Research and Development Laboratory at Hoffman-La Roche conducts the necessary tests on these drugs. The shot weight test and the dose uniformity test are some of the many tests performed on these products, but the tests are very tedious and repetitive. An automated system is described that will simplify the tests. The different stations of the automated system were tested and the results were found to be satisfactory
Keywords :
aerosols; automatic test equipment; automatic testing; biomedical equipment; industrial manipulators; industrial robots; manipulators; patient treatment; pharmaceutical industry; pneumatic control equipment; production testing; safety; Zymark robot; aerosol testing; automated system; collection station; dose uniformity test; drug cans; pneumatic gripper; shot weight test; waste station; Aerosols; Automatic testing; Control systems; Drugs; Filters; Grippers; Performance evaluation; Robot kinematics; Switches; System testing;
Conference_Titel :
Bioengineering Conference, 1993., Proceedings of the 1993 IEEE Nineteenth Annual Northeast
Conference_Location :
Newark, NJ
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0925-1
DOI :
10.1109/NEBC.1993.404350
