Design of a Totally Robotic Solution for Sampling in Pharmaceutical Industry

Abstract

Quality control in the pharmaceutical industries is a critical issue. It consists of a sampling phase and an analysis phase. There are different ways of taking a sample to be submitted for a quality control: from static to dynamic methods, from simple to more complex solutions. All these traditional procedures and their results are strictly dependent on the operator, due to the fact that this type of environment is unstructured and not very often robotised. For this reason, the aim of the paper is to push forward the state of art in the sampling methods for quality controls, by presenting a totally robotic solution in the framework of dust samples collection from closed containers.