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Industry:
Medical
Application:
Critical Bar
Code Application
Overview:
Our client, a manufacturer of
medical IV bags in North Carolina, had need for a bar code
reader to detect two bar codes and give a match code, mismatch
and no read output at a few high rate of speed.
Application Objectives:
- Provide a
bar code reader that could read two bar codes that are very
small in size and very close to each other
- Provide an
output for a match code, mismatch code and a no read
- Provide the
ability to tie 5-8 readers per machine together and have the
ability to input and output data over device net
Design Challenges:
- Physical
size of the bar code
- Mounting of
the bar code reader
- Placement of
the two bar codes (very close together)
- Speed at
which bar code is moving past reader
- Bar code is
white print instead of the more popular black
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System Solutions
- Solved the
bar code portion with the Microscan MS-820 with raster
option. We are able to use the Microscan DeviceNet protocol
box to tie all of the scanners on each machine back together
and connect to the current DeviceNet network. We were able
to attain around 200 reads per second
Customer Benefits
- Customer is
able to verify that correct product is in the bag and
correct bag is in the correct lot
- Customer
knows that bar code has been printed properly for end
customer
- Customer
knows when print quality is a problem
- Customer is
able to use Microscan for all bar coding applications. The
same model MS-820 can be used for all applications and is
currently being used already in other applications in the
facility. The only difference is setup of the reader
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