Medical safety is related to human life and health, and the state attaches great importance to the pharmaceutical production and manufacturing process. Although machine vision penetrated into the pharmaceutical industry earlier and has been widely used in developed countries and well-known domestic pharmaceutical companies, its penetration rate in the overall pharmaceutical industry is still not high.
In the pharmaceutical manufacturing and production process, the use of innovative machine vision equipment for product production can solve the problems that the human eye cannot continuously and stably detect and identify applications during traditional pharmaceutical production. At the same time, in the production and packaging process of medicines, whether it is the blister packaging and liquid filling of medicines, or the capping, labeling, coding, and boxing inspection links, through the combined use of machine vision and AI algorithms, it can Realize the automatic production of related processes while ensuring the zero defect of pharmaceutical products.
AI+machine vision realizes intelligent production of pharmaceutical products
In the production line of pharmaceutical companies, machine vision has penetrated into all aspects of production. Through machine vision and AI algorithms, not only can real-time online monitoring of the production line process be realized, but also work efficiency can be greatly improved and labor costs can be reduced. At the same time, with the help of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, and computers, pharmaceutical companies can also enable the entire process of digital management of the production line to achieve the purpose of reducing costs and increasing efficiency.
From a technical point of view, machine vision can provide the safest and clearest detection in some relatively complex or specific detection items. For example, in the case of the appearance inspection of medicine bottles provided by Shenmo Technology, the machine vision inspection equipment can take 360-degree shots of medicine bottles and plastic containers through the combination of area array cameras, so as to ensure the accurate positioning of product defects, and then carry out inspection of the defects. Identify and implement product rejections.
Machine vision equipment can also adapt to the situation that the packaging products of pharmaceutical companies are often changed on the packaging line. It can save the inspection items of various products in the software. When changing products, you only need to call out the corresponding content, and there is no need to re-adjust the inspection. parameters, saving a lot of time and lowering the operating threshold.
In addition, due to the importance of medical safety, machine vision technology can realize non-contact inspection and production of pharmaceutical products, reduce secondary pollution of pharmaceutical products, and solve the risk of cross-contamination caused by traditional manual labor in the past. This solution is also suitable for appearance inspection scenarios such as oral liquid glass bottles, plastic bottles and plastic containers.
The number of pharmaceutical companies is huge and the market demand is high
Behind the digital upgrade of the production lines of these pharmaceutical companies, it is inseparable from the policy's strong support for machine vision technology. At the end of 2021, the "14th Five-Year Plan for Intelligent Manufacturing Development Plan" will focus on Emphasis on the research and development of high-resolution vision sensors and other basic components and devices also reflects the country's emphasis on and support for the industrial machine vision industry, and also provides support for the intelligent transformation of domestic pharmaceutical production lines.
According to statistics, as of the end of 2022, the number of pharmaceutical manufacturing enterprises nationwide is 8,815, and by January-February 2023, the number of enterprises will exceed 9,300. The number of pharmaceutical manufacturing enterprises in China continues to rise, and the number of related production lines is huge. Some enterprises choose Machine vision technology drives manufacturing and production, the production efficiency of enterprises is significantly improved, and the quality assurance of products is strengthened.
At present, the reason why machine vision technology cannot be fully popularized is mainly because the product cost is too high and a wide application environment has not been formed. However, in the long run, the long-term accumulated manual inspection cost will be equal to or exceed that of machine vision equipment, so it will be a more obvious development trend to install machine vision equipment on high-speed production lines. And with the gradual upgrading and improvement of pharmaceutical companies, the demand for machine vision technology will become more and more common.
In addition, from the perspective of social responsibility, more and more companies in the pharmaceutical industry regard "guarantee of patient life safety" and "fulfillment of corporate responsibility" as the supreme mission, which also promotes the development of machine vision technology in the industry. application.
With the in-depth advancement of "machine vision + AI algorithm", the traditional manufacturing industry will be reshaped, and the trend of intelligent development will bring a larger market. At present, the innovation and transformation of industrial enterprises has become a trend, and intelligent upgrading will become an important topic in the process of enterprise transformation. Shenmo Technology needs to accelerate product innovation and industrialization technology breakthroughs, improve the stability and competitiveness of the industrial chain, and promote industrialization. "Smart" manufacturing and upgrading of enterprises.
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