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Outline
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 Fully Automated Compound Distribution Center
  • Collette DeChard
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Our Vision…
  • To work with a Leader in Custom Automation to design, develop, and implement a Fully  Automated Compound Storage and Retrieval System.


  • To design, develop and build a state of the Art Building to house the Fully Automated Compound Storage and Retrieval System.
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Key Components
  • Islands of Automation
  • Integrated with software
  • Flexible
  • Redundant
  • Robust
  • High Throughput



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Process Overview
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Compound Collection Bldg.
 First Floor Plan
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First Floor Core
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HayWain
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Manual Dry Store
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Automated Dry Store
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HayStack Manual
Weigh and Receipt Station
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Sol/Rep
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HayWagon Docking Station
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Archive
Solution
Store
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Working Solution Store
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Plate Production Module - PPM
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Plate Production Module
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Tray Transfer Robot
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Decapper / Capper Unit
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Tip Transfer Module
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BasePlate
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Plate Buffer
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First Year of Operation
  • ADS pick and place 192 vessels every 15 minutes - placed over 120,000 new samples
  • Average Weighing 400 dry Compounds per day
  • Solution Stores pick and place a tube in 5.5 seconds - daily average 3840 peak 11,000.
  • Plate Production Module routinely processed 11,000 samples in multiple replicates in under 9 hrs.


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The Teams
  • Design & Development
    • Merck – Fred Solomon, Bill Henckler, Jim Springer, Bob Donnenberg, Lucy Puzon, Collette DeChard
    • TAP – Todd Blewett, Mark Gedrych, Andrew Elphinstone, Jonathan Bullock, Keith Alexander-Buckley, Modan McLafferty, etc.
  • Building
    • Merck Design Engineering Services - Tim Phelan, Larry Pranzo, Andrew Bird, Scott Donnelly, Peter Lehrach
    • Merck Central Engineering - Ira Bennett, Tony Porzio, Ray Adasczik, Mike Kiyak
    • Kling -  Kenneth M. Schotsch, Allen J. McSparron, Bob Bruno, Darv Dombach, Rick Chetham
  • Bovis Lend Lease - Dave Seavers, Greg Rabitsky, Steve Garbini, Mark Fritzinger, Mike Chamberlain
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Questions?