Corona pandemic
Kuka robots manufacture laboratory products
At Ritter, Kuka robots work in the production of medical laboratory products made of plastic. Demand has increased due to the coronavirus pandemic. Seven more injection molding systems with robots from the manufacturer are now being added at a rapid pace.
"We produce to the highest hygiene standards. Nothing must be allowed to adhere to our products that could falsify the tests in the laboratory. That was one of the reasons for us to use robots in our production," says Ralf Ritter, who, together with his brother Frank Ritter, is the second generation to run the Schwabmünchen-based company.
In their injection molding systems, the plastics specialists produce medical consumables that are used in laboratories, for example, when liquids such as blood need to be analyzed. The robot unloads the system, places the finished molded part in a testing system and then onto the conveyor belt. So-called microtiter plates and pipette tips are produced to handle the test liquids. "The demand for our products has increased incredibly in recent weeks. We are now increasing our capacity in order to be able to supply German and European laboratories and specialist retailers with sufficient material," says Ritter.
Seven more systems are now being added. This is only possible because the company decided in 2019 to strategically focus on the medical sector and build a 6,500 square meter production hall. All systems should be up and running by mid-June. Under normal circumstances, a project like this takes around 30 weeks to complete. Now it was completed in just three weeks. "This fast pace was only possible because the Kuka robots were available quickly and the SAR Group created additional capacity through a high degree of flexibility in the supply chain in order to design and implement the systems so quickly," says Ritter, who employs more than 300 people in his company. as
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