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Medical & Pharmaceutical Solutions

Medical and pharmaceutical manufacturers operate in environments where contamination control, product quality, and process consistency are critical. From medical device assembly and injection molding to non-woven materials and packaging, even small amounts of static charge or particulate contamination can contribute to rejects, production delays, and inconsistent results.

Electrostatic charge can develop throughout manufacturing as plastic components, films, non-wovens, and other materials are handled, separated, conveyed, or assembled. This charge can attract dust and particles to critical surfaces, interfere with material handling, and create challenges even within controlled environments such as laminar flow hoods. Effective static control and particulate removal can help reduce contamination, improve process consistency, increase yields, and support more efficient production.

Medical & Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Applications

  • Medical Device Production & Assembly
    • Neutralize static during the assembly of catheters, tubing, plastic components, housings, and other medical devices to reduce particle attraction and help maintain cleaner product surfaces—even within laminar flow hoods and controlled environments.
  • Injection Molded Parts
    • Reduce static on molded plastic medical components to minimize dust and particulate attraction, improve part handling, and maintain cleaner surfaces for downstream assembly and packaging.
  • Medical Packaging
    • Control static and remove contamination from films, pouches, trays, blister materials, and other medical packaging to improve material handling, cleanliness, and packaging consistency.
  • Non-Woven Materials
    • Manage static during the production and converting of non-woven materials used in medical products, helping improve web handling, material positioning, and production efficiency.
  • Fluid Bags
    • Control static on films and other materials used in fluid and IV bag production to reduce particulate attraction and maintain cleaner surfaces throughout converting, assembly, and packaging.

Whether reducing particle attraction during device assembly, improving the handling of non-woven materials, or maintaining cleaner medical packaging surfaces, Simco-Ion provides static control and particulate removal solutions designed to improve quality, consistency, and production efficiency.

IQ Easy Modular Sensor

The newest member of the IQ family is also the smallest and most capable. The Modular Sensor is an advanced non-contact electrostatic field meter designed to accurately measure and communicate static charge levels (up to 60 kV) while eliminating the time requirement and inaccuracy associated with handheld measurements. The Control Station offers high speed digital communication, user-configurable alarms, and optional PLC integration so that areas where static charge is a problem can be constantly monitored, and ionizer performance documented and improved via Closed-loop Feedback (CLFB).

The IQ Easy Modular Sensor is an electrostatic field measuring sensor. There are two versions of this modular sensor; one contains a single M12 input, while the other contains two RJ-45-style connectors (one on each end of the sensor). The dual-input RJ-45 sensor is designed to work in a daisy-chained (pass-through) fashion, while the M12 sensor is designed to work as a standalone device. The IQ Easy Modular Sensor is a single sensor bar best suited for use in plastic film and web processing applications. It can monitor processed materials for the presence, polarity, and degree of electrostatic charges. This allows for the detection of undesirable levels of static electricity.

Static charge may not be readily apparent on processed materials but often makes itself noticeable in static shocks to machine operators, mis-fed materials, jammed operation, and the attraction of dust and dirt. The Modular IQ Easy Sensor makes the intangible tangible by providing hard data about electrostatic charges on processed materials. This data can easily be correlated to machine operation or mis-operation. Being aware of static charges can even make process troubleshooting easier, for example, understanding coating irregularities as they relate to the level of static charge.

Features & Benefits

  • Connect up to 40 modular sensors to one control station
  • Certificate of Calibration available
  •  Air purge connections for demanding environments 
  • Five communication protocols for PLC connection
  • Configurable for static charging, neutralizing, or CLFB applications 

 

Power Supply IQ Power Control Station
Input Voltage 24 VDC, 0.075 mA
Input Connection 5-pin M12(A-coded) female receptacle; RJ-45 female receptacle
Input Purge Gas 1-2.5 psi(7-17 kPa) operating pressure
5 psi(35 kPa) max operating pressure
0.14 scfm(4 NL/min) @ 1 psi(5 kPa)
0.22 scfm(6 NL/min) @ 2.5 psi(20 kPa)
Clean, dry, filtered, oil-free compressed air or nitrogen
Gas Input Connection 4 mm OD Tubing, Quick Disconnect
Operating Environment 122°F(50°C) max; 70% RH, no dewing permissible(max)
Operating Distance 2"(50mm), 20 kV max
3"(75mm), 25 kV max
4"(100mm), 30 kV max(factory default setting)
6"(150mm), 40 kV max
8"(200mm), 50 kV max
10"(250mm), 60 kV max
Enclosure Glass fiber reinforced plastic
Dimensions RJ-45: 8.02"L x 1.19"W x 2.08"H (including mounting bracket & connector)
M12: 8.09"L x 1.19"W x 2.08"H (including mounting bracket & connector
Weight 0.9 lb/ft (1.3 kg/m)
Compliance  RoHS
Approval ETL, US, Canada