Molnlycke Health Care Case Study | Pharmaceutical & Health Care

Mölnlycke Integrates Robotic Palletizing System in New Facility

When Mölnlycke Health Care, a world-leading manufacturer of single-use wound care and surgical products, decided to build a new manufacturing facility in Brunswick, Maine, they knew they had to outfit it with best-in-class material handling equipment. Mölnlycke turned to Bastian Solutions to integrate a system which would efficiently transport and palletize SKUs while maintaining clean room standards on its production floor.

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Key Technologies

Custom automated clean room pass-through/sluice
Shuttleworth Slip-Torque accumulation conveyor
2 in / 2 out robotic palletizer
2 Automatic pallet dispensers capable of handling US and EUR pallets
2 Semi-automatic case sealers
2 Automatic labelers
Spantech plastic belt conveyor & spiral conveyor
Automatic Stretch Wrapper that uses perforated stretch-wrap
2 Manual pack stations
Bastian Solutions Case Conveyor

Results

The robotic palletizer completes over 16 pallets per day with room for growth
Pallets are stacked to over 90 inches without safety concerns of manually stacking tall pallets
Scanners check to ensure cases are for the correct batch
A single warehouse operator can manage the palletizer and other warehouse duties
Automated sluice maintains the positive pressure in the clean room area
Shuttleworth slip-torque conveyor allows accumulation of product in the clean room without a belt running underneath the cases
Ceiling-hung conveyors to allow for operator movement and material delivery to happen underneath