Applications by Industry

Medical Products Assembly and Packaging

DMW Automation is a recognized supplier of custom specialty automation equipment used to assemble and package a variety of medical products.

We have supplied leading manufacturers of medical products with innovative automated solutions designed to meet their specific needs for over 30 years. See the following sections for more information about our Medical Products Assembly and Packaging capabilities:


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Primary Technologies Used

Our custom-designed and fabricated equipment incorporates and integrates a variety of automation technologies including:

  • Continuous-motion platforms
  • Indexing platforms
  • Integration of robotics
  • Puck carrier platforms
  • Product conveyors including cleated transport systems
  • Serpentine accumulation
  • Parts feeding and orienting
  • Servo-motor driven feed wheels
  • Ultrasonic welding
  • Integration of pressure sensitive labeling equipment
  • Inspection stations
  • Flow testing devices
  • Integration of vision systems
  • Fail-safe reject stations, and
  • Programmable Human Machine Interfaces (HMI)

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Types of Medical Products Assembled

DMW Automation engineers redesigned and modified a poorly functioning automated eyedropper assembly and inspection system achieving a 15% speed increase combined with a 25% increase in total efficiency.

We have also developed innovative clamshell loading equipment to automatically place sterile syringes, vials of medicine, and instructions into a clamshell package eliminating a labor intensive process and providing 100% automated quality inspection of the finished product.

  • Sterile syringes
  • Eye droppers
  • Diagnostic kits
  • IV set assemblies
  • Collection tubes

View medical products in our Custom Automation Gallery.

Other mass produced medical products that use high-speed production, packaging, verification, and labeling include:

  • Catheter tubes
  • Wound care kits
  • Topical products
  • Surgical appliances
  • Suture kits
  • Culture transport devices
  • Inhalers
  • Nebulizers
  • Pen injectors
  • Medical pumps
  • Electrocardiography sensors, and
  • Other related medical products that have mandated quality inspection, sterility, labeling, and traceability requirements

For more information about DMW Automation’s medical products assembly and packaging, and our  custom automation equipment and systems services, please call us at 847-437-0665 or email us at sales@dmwautomation.com.

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Featured Success Story

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Custom automated packaging line that improved production efficiency and reduced automation costs.