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Automation / Contract
Equipment Design, Development and
Manufacturing for Medical and Life Science OEMs / Industrial
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Automation - Past Medical Device
Manufacturing Equipment Projects
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Services - Contract Product Development/Manufacturing/Regulatory
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Product Development - Outsource your Equip. Development to SSI
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Equipment Manufacturing - Outsource your Equip. Mfg. to SSII
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Projects - Contract Development and Manufacturing Examples
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- Products Page
- Standard Automation Systems - Flash, MiniLab, QuickStack...
- Robot Integration Page
Industrial Automation and Robotics
- Semiconductor Page
Automated Test / Inspection
- Machine Vision
Page Machine Vision Integration
- Labeling / Marking Page
Labeling / Laser / Inkjet
Marking
- Capping Systems Tube
Cappers / Uncappers...
- Machine
Tending Material Handling and Machine Tending
- Injection
Molding Page Injection Mold Loading/Unloading and Automated
Insert Molding
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Cleanrooms Magazine / Journal for Structural Biology
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General Overview: Our
primary services include process automation, contract equipment
development and manufacturing for OEM clients and regulatory affairs
assistance in combination with our equipment development/manufacturing
contracts.
Life Sciences Overview: We
adapt our Lab Automation products (FLASH, MINILAB, QUICKSTACK, etc) to a
wide range of bio/med/pharma processes. We also develop and manufacture
specialty systems
for the laboratory automation (biotech / clinical diagnostics /
clinical trials / research), medical
and pharmaceutical markets. Specific niche areas may
include genomics, proteomics, cellular research, molecular diagnostics,
cellular analysis, histology, tissue growth/storage/analysis, biological
tissue processing systems (sanitary / aseptic / CIP - Clean In Place
equipment for human-implantable devices such as heart valves, etc),
bioengineering and analytical chemistry. Our systems and capabilities
include robotic automation and instrument integration, machine vision,
automated testing, data acquisition and control, software integration
for LIMS, Databases and Networks, lab process scheduling, data analysis,
automated
labware handling, pharmaceutical process automation, cleanroom automation,
contract medical device development / manufacturing, contract laboratory instrument development and manufacturing for
OEMs, automated medical device assembly and packaging equipment, fluid and powder dispensing / filling, marking /
labeling, information systems, data analysis, etc. For standard automation platforms see
our separate Products Page , or
explore the links at the top of this Services
Page to learn more.
Certifications and
Compliance:
 | ISO 9001 Certified |
| ISO 13485 Certified |
| GMP Compliant |
| 21 CFR Part 820 and Part 11 (As Required) |
| MDD (Medical Device Directive - As Required) |
| IVDD (In Vitro Diagnostic Devices - As
Required) |
| FDA Registered |
Automation, Manufacturing Equipment and
Robotics
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Industrial / Factory
Automation
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Special Machinery Design,
Development and Build
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Robot Integration / Motion
Control (See Robot Integration Page)
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Lab Instrument Integration /
Labware Handling
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Cleanroom Process Automation
(See
Medical Device Automation Section)
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Dispensing / Filling
(See Dispensing Page) |
| Sorting and Compound Management (See Compound
Mgt and Tube Sorter Pages) |
| Drug Discovery Workcells (See Drug
Discovery Page) |
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Automated Test / Inspection
(See Semiconductor Page) |
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Machine Vision Integration
(See Machine Vision Page)
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Labeling / Laser / Inkjet
Marking (See Labeling / Marking Page)
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Capping / Uncapping (See Capper
Page)
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Assembly / Manufacturing
Machinery
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Material Handling / Machine
Tending / Mold Unload (See Machine
Tending and Injection
Molding Page) |
| Medical Device Manufacturing Equipment (See
Medical Device Automation Section)
 | For Implantables, Disposables… |
| ISO 13485, FDA, USDA, GMP, 21 CFR
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| Sanitary / Aseptic / Sterile / Cleanroom
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| Process (Temp, Press, Flow..) / SPC
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| Software Development
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PLC - Allen-Bradley, GE,
Omron, Mitsubishi…
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PC - C, C++, Visual
Basic, LabView…(~30 languages)
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HMI - Touch Screen,
Graphical User Interfaces…
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Data Acquisition -
Pressure, Temperature, Position…
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Scheduling - Scheduling
Software Integration for Lab Automation
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Drivers - For
Instruments, Tools, Machinery... |
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Medical Device
Manufacturing Equipment:
| Implantable Medical Devices |
| Sanitary, Aseptic, Sterile |
| Clean in Place (CIP) |
| Human / Animal Tissue Processing |
| Process Control (Temp, Press, Flow, SPC) |
Example Heart Valve System (Left Image) - 5
systems process 2,000 human heart valves simultaneously
per customer specifications.
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Medical Device Assembly
Systems:
| Disposables - Catheters, Syringes... |
| Electromechanical Devices |
| FDA, USDA, GMP, 21 CFR Part 11 |
| Packaging, Inspection... |
High Speed Assembly Example (left image) - 2 systems automatically
feed, fill, heat seal and assemble 288,000 disposable devices per 8-hour
shift
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Services
Info Request - Contact SSI for CD's, product
details or to discuss your specific application.
- Contract Product Development
- Contract Equipment
Manufacturing
- Example
Projects
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We develop (and manufacture)
automated equipment, laboratory instruments and medical devices to meet the requests of OEM's.
This strategy enables our OEM "partners" to focus on
the development of their scientific methods or other core
technology, instead of diluting resources to develop the
"ready-to-sell" product. Let SSI take on this burden as
we specialize in turning concepts into products. We are also the
ideal source to manufacture and support such products over the long
term. Applicable
capabilities include:
| Engineering / Consulting (Mechanical,
Electrical, Industrial...) |
| Contract design, develop and manufacture |
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Project Management /
Coordination Between Parties |
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Computer-Aided Design (SolidWorks,
Pro Engineer, AutoCad and Inventor) |
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Contract design and analysis
/ Engineer and Ph.D level
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| Industrial product design and styling |
| Prototyping / machining partners / fabrication |
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Confidential Projects
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Separate and secure building
available for proprietary projects |
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Software / Programming
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Instrument Drivers and
Interfacing |
| Laboratory Process
Scheduling / LIMS Interface (See Drug
Discovery) |
| Compound Management (See Compound
Management) |
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Motion Control, Machine
Control |
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C++, Visual Basic,
Ladder Logic, Lab View |
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HMI (Human Machine
Interface), GUI (Graphical User Interface) Development |
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Network and Database
Interfacing |
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Custom Software
Applications |
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Vision System
Programming (Cognex, DVT, Keyence...) |
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Industrial Robot
Programming (Parker, Staubli, Bosch, Motoman, Yamaha, Adept,
Epson, Fanuc, ABB). |
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Medical and Laboratory
Equipment Development
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Robotic and Motion
Systems |
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Fluid Handling Systems
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Robotic Oncology Tables
(Develop for OEM)
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Design Control / Testing
/ Certification / Validation
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A few examples are provided below in
the Example Projects section.
Many OEM instrumentation firms have the capability to
manufacture automated equipment and instruments. Instead,
they choose to focus on furthering the development of their
core technology, leaving the manufacturing and
service/support task to
SSI. SSI has the experience and capacity to provide hundreds of identical, highly
reliable systems per year for each of its OEM partners.
As needed, we
also provide support of the installed base through our global service
network. Manufacturing services include:
| Contract Manufacturing for OEMs
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| Manufacturing per:
| ISO 13485 |
| ISO 9001 |
| GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices) |
| FDA Registered |
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| Assembly according to strict procedures |
| 100%
product testing |
| Design Controls |
| Quality Assurance / Quality Control |
| Service and Support (North America, Europe and Asia) |
| Full documentation, user's manuals, etc. |
| World-wide Installation and training |
- Examples of Contract Development and Contract
Manufacturing of Equipment/Instruments/Medical Devices for private
labeling by our OEM partner/customers follow.
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- "SSI Robotics has developed
practical 'outside of the box' solutions to our technical challenges"
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Engineering
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 Medical Device / Oncology / Robotic
Tables: The images above depict an Oncology Table Development
and Manufacturing Project performed for SSI's customer.
SSI was contracted to develop and manufacture oncology table
retrofit kits per ISO 13485 / FDA standards. SSI performed the
conceptual analysis by presenting a wide range of potential table
concepts. One of the electro-mechanical versions was
selected which SSI then designed and manufactured for the
customer.
Semiconductors / Test Handlers:
The chances are high that the memory boards in your computer were
tested using SSI's test handlers. Several hundred of the memory board handler
shown above (left) were produced at rates of up to 10 units per week and
then sold/supported/serviced world wide. The systems shown
above were produced both for SSI's in-house sales effort, and for
OEM's to private label and sell in conjunction with their test
equipment. DFM (Design For
Manufacturing), DFA (Design For Assembly) and additional methods
were applied by SSI to flush out costs. FMEA (Failure Modes and
Effects Analysis) and a wide range of engineering methods and
quality programs were implemented to ensure fail-safe operation
during high-throughput, 24/7 use. Many systems are still in use
today around the globe after 10
years of service.
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- Medical Device Expertise / The Biojector:
Note - The Biojector Needle-Free Injection
Managment System is shown above. The
founder of SSI Robotics is a co-inventor of The Biojector
including US Patents 5,520,639, 5,399,163 and
5,383,851. This project was performed prior to founding
SSI.
- CleanRooms
Magazine article covering SSI's approach to cleanroom and
lab automation projects featuring the MINILAB
(see pages 11 and 12)
- Journal
of Structural Biology article covering SSI's early FLASH
version, applied in these case as the world's first Automated
Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM) Loader. This
project was funded by the NIH through a grant to The
Scripps Research Institute, which subcontracted to
SSI Robotics.
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