South Korean drug manufacturer Daewon Pharm uses RFID technology to identify drugs
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Counterfeit pharmaceutical products have caused many problems for health authorities and regulators. For this reason, the entire manufacturing and sales chain of pharmaceutical products will become completely transparent in the future.
Turck Korea worked with other partners to launch this system called serialization for drug manufacturer Daewon Pharm Co. Ltd.. The system is a cloud computing-based solution that can track and record drugs from the production stage to storage in the distribution warehouse.
According to requirements, the system can use barcode, two-dimensional code, OCR identification text or RFID for identification. However, all recognition technologies use the same database in the central data cloud.
Serialization launched in Europe in 2019
The complete serialization of medicines will be launched in Europe in 2019. It must be able to identify all drug packaging without any uncertainty. In addition, it must be able to be identified at any point in the manufacturing and distribution chain. Different systems require multiple interfaces, and all read-write devices must be able to access the same database in real time.
The combination of RFID technology, optical sensors and camera technology provides a powerful and reliable overall solution
Serialization pilot project
Turck Korea and other partners jointly developed a solution for Korean drug manufacturer Daewon Pharm, which also set a precedent for Europe. This pilot project is an excellent example of automatic serialization of pharmaceutical products. It involves more than just identification via barcodes or RFID tags: the data not only needs to be available at various points in the system, but it also needs to be used on the network, which will eventually extend to the entire production and distribution chain.
Turck Korea has completed the automation part of the project. The company has developed and manufactured a complete machine that can print, paste, check and read the required codes and labels on different packaging units. These machines communicate with the Keidas system to provide information during the production and packaging process.
Integrated labeling machine
At the beginning of production at the Daewon plant, a labeling machine was integrated in the production process. Here, the drug packaging is affixed with an RFID tag containing the appropriate serial number. The packaging box can also be provided with two-dimensional codes and plain text printing containing the same information.
Hanmi/Turck RFID batch reader Turck has developed an RFID batch reader for this project and is equipped with some Turck’s own series of products. The machine uses RFID to identify all packages in the carton. Compared with bar code technology, RFID has an important advantage: in batch reading mode, RFID can identify all the goods in the carton, up to 500 individual tags. In order to do this, the packer only needs to place the carton in the opening of the machine, and the reading operation will start automatically. A total of 10 RFID antennas can detect all tags in the carton. One of the antennas will move inside the machine to eliminate all repeated reading or unread packaging. After the identification phase, the machine will start the printing of the barcode and serial number label, which will be attached to the outside of the carton for subsequent identification and transportation.
Turck manufactured the manual version of the machine (the staff put the cartons in the opening) and the conveyor version (the cartons are fed into the machine on the conveyor belt and continue to be transported for palletizing after identification). The machine is compact, only 1.6 meters high, and very flexible in movement.
The pilot project initially included the development and manufacturing of 10 batch readers and 7 labeling machines.
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