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Recipe for success

Using the latest drive and control components, CMD Corp. built a PDI Medical Combination Pouch System with rapid data management and unparalleled precision.

Medical pouches. This sophisticated medical combination pouch system turns flat roll stock into a range of bags and pouches used in the healthcare industry.
Medical pouches. This sophisticated medical combination pouch system turns flat roll stock into a range of bags and pouches used in the healthcare industry.

Among the most sophisticated bag converting equipment made by CMD Corp. is the PDI Medical Combination Pouch System. It turns flat rollstock into a complete range of pre-made header bags and shaped pouches in a chevron or shaped-seal configuration. Pouch sealing can be done in single or multiple lanes across the width of the machine at speeds to 200 seals/min.

Increasingly stringent medical regulatory requirements demand not only quality pouches but also complete specification and sealing data for documenting processes. Each seal has to be virtually perfect. In addition, to stay ahead of the competition, CMD needs to offer unique advantages: real-time process monitoring, complete data management, and tight control of sealing parameters such as temperature, pressure, and dwell time.

Machine control is based on actual data points, not just filtered or averaged data. Users are able to optimize seal parameters whenever needed. Instant analysis of high-volume data was a must because machine operators need to know immediately if platen heat is uneven or dwell times a split-second too short, thus requiring processes to be changed or shut down. High levels of accuracy and precision have to be maintained consistently across thousands of seals. CMD customers also need minimal changeover times between jobs as production demands.

Meeting these requirements meant the new-generation PDI pouch converting systems needed to be designed with exceptional controls finesse. That’s where machine components distributor CMA/Flodyne/Hydradyne came in. CMAFH’s knowledge and their familiarity with Bosch Rexroth drive and control components made them the perfect partner that CMD needed.

Data is interpreted instantly and converted into a set of sealing parameters called a “recipe” for creating the seal. Recipe-based programming at the operator panel ensures precise control of customer-specific converting requirements each time a job is changed. The control and quality assurance of recipe-based operating parameters is required for the demanding medical pouch industry because the difference between a good seal and a rejected one can be measured in microseconds.

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