Farason Automation Assembly

Farason Automation Assembly, Take a Virtual Walkthrough!       The Farason J6980 OraQuick Automated Assembly System machine produces OraQuick ADVANCE® Rapid Test device products. The devices are assembled from four product components: Housing Bottoms, Assay Strips, Wicks (Pads), and Housing Tops. The tops and bottoms are sealed together by ultrasonic welding, and labels are applied to produce completed devices. OraQuick devices are assembled from the product components on an Assembly Transfer System consisting of an Indexing Conveyor (IC) that runs through the length of the machine. This conveyor also transports the assembled devices through the welding and labeling steps. The devices are assembled in fixtures on the IC. Each fixture has two cavities, with assembly done in the left cavity, and the welded devices placed back in the right cavity for labeling and offload.    ? Bulk bottoms are loaded by operators into an Infeed Hopper which transports them into a Farafeeder where they are sorted, singulated, picked and oriented by Robot #1, and placed into left fixture cavities on the Indexing Conveyor. ? A Kinematic Strip Cutting System is loaded by operators with assay cards which are cut into strips, picked by Robot #2, and placed into the bottoms. ? Bulk pads and tops are also loaded by operators into Infeed Hoppers and processed by Farafeeders and Robots #3 and #4 in the same manner as the bottoms. The pads are placed into the bottoms overlapping the strips, and the tops are placed over the bottoms to form the assembled devices. ? Inspections are performed after each step of the assembly process. Fixture that fail any inspections are flagged as rejects and skip all subsequent production steps. ? Robot #5 uses an end of arm took with four gripers to pick pairs of unwelded devices from two left IC fixture cavities and place them on the welders, while simultaneously picking welded devices and placing them into right IC fixture cavities. A fume and dust extraction system is used around the welders and also for the strip cutting process. ? Labels are applied to welded devices and inspected by a camera. An Offload Pick and Place slide picks the labeled devices out of the IC fixtures and places them into either a GOOD LABEL or REJECT LABEL offload chute based on this inspection. Any product components in fixtures that were flagged as rejects fall off the end of the Indexing Conveyor into an Offload Reject Bin. ? The two chutes feed the devices onto an Offload Inspection Table where trained inspectors either place each device onto a conveyor that transports them to downstream equipment, or deposits it into slots on the table for rework or rejection., EST DIMS: xx