Scati's video technology helps the digital transformation of a laboratory

With the installation of your HD video cameras, the manufacturer brings added value in the management of the pharmaceutical business with the supervision of industrial processes, Real-time fault identification and rapid decision-making.

The visualization and monitoring of industrial processes through high-definition network cameras is the solution that the Spanish manufacturer Scati has been deployed in a pharmaceutical laboratory, with two production plants in Spain totaling more than 70.000 m2.

In these facilities, the process of integral elaboration of your medicines is managed., to which the highest quality standards apply. A fundamental space is your warehouse, with capacity for more than 20.000 Pallets, an area of Picking that allows you to prepare up to one million cases per day, y otra área en la que se envasan hasta 54.000 tablets per minute.

To ensure that the references of your medications meet the required safety requirements and the industry controls their legality, the pharmaceutical laboratory adapts its machinery and facilities to the Spanish System of verification of medicines (SEVeM).

With these characteristics, This pharmaceutical laboratory has installed Scati intelligent video systems for the control and supervision of its production processes, which fulfils a dual function: Ensure the safety of your facilities and assets, as well as guaranteeing the traceability of each medicine dispensed through video thanks to the Cash solution of this manufacturer.

The video surveillance system consists of a total of thirty IP cameras; specifically eighteen SEC-3611NR3-EXA2 devices), seven of the SEM-3701NR-EO model, with 360º vision, together with five SEC-3811NR-XMA2 bullet type systems, of 6 megapixels and varifocal lens.

For the storage of the images of these network cameras, two Scati Vision VSJ-W7E-X02 video recorders are used, with a capacity of 48 Tb, enough to cover sixty days of continuous recording.

The installation of the IP cameras has been carried out with a TCP / IP communications network independent of the one that already existed in the plant, So this separation of networks acts as a natural firewall., in the event of an attack.

Moreover, The level of quality of service is also important, since it allows to size well the priorities of both networks with QoS mechanism. As a result,, The laboratory has a cyber-secure facility.

In order to prevent counterfeiting in medicines, A dual security system has also been incorporated: A Datamatrix code (Two-dimensional barcode), containing a unique serial number assigned to each medicine carton and enabling its authenticity and identification to be verified, as well as a mechanism integrated in the product case that, using a queue point or seal, ensures that it has not been opened or tampered with.

Datamatrix coding is a two-dimensional code located on the side flap of the drug, similar to QR coding, that allows to include a large volume of information in a very small format and that incorporates basic batch information, expiration and EAN code, Etc. in each product.

Scati Cash integrates the Warehouse Management System (GHS) with video, allowing you to plot the position of each pallet or container and index it with the video, thus facilitating the search of images associated with each package and by any parameter (Ean, Expiration date, among others).

For this scenario, eighteen IP cameras have been installed (SEC-3611NR3-EXA2), resolution of 4 megapixels and varifocal lens, suitable for outdoor application as IP66 compliant, on several floors of the building.

The laboratory has a fully automated warehouse, with stacker cranes, Automatic storage systems for boxes or shelf trays, fully integrated with the WMS, that optimizes warehouse capacity, the processes of Picking and intelligent functions: If you have high demand for a product, Store it in the closest possible place to have it accessible and save time.

The warehouse has a stacker crane for each of the seven aisles that compose it. The SEM-3701NR-EO cameras installed offer a 360º viewing angle and a resolution of up to 6 Megapixel, that transmit images over a WiFi wireless network.

In addition, The pharmaceutical laboratory has opted for the technology of business intelligence (Bi) and thanks to the Scati Reckon solution it is possible to centrally analyze a large amount of information, What improves decision-making, Process efficiency, Daily operational agility and response times.

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