Robotized Laboratory 

System description:

Since its introduction, the HERZOG fully automatic robotic laboratory has become a high-technology standard item of equipment in many areas of process analysis, and thus makes a substantial contribution towards quality assurance of analysis and production results.

HERZOG robotic laboratories are employed in many sectors of the raw materials industry (e.g. in steelmaking, cement works, in the manufacture and processing of non-ferrous metals, in mining, and in related sectors).

All items of laboratory equipment, from sample preparation to the analysis systems employed, are grouped around one or more central industrial robots, which performs all handling operations of the samples. The flexibility offered by the industrial robots enables a wide range of different sample types to be handled. The extremely fast travel times of the robot or robots and the facility for integration of a number of sample preparation and analysis devices permits high sample throughput.

The individual items of equipment are linked by the HERZOG PrepMaster sample control system.

Laboratory equipment employed:

HERZOG cooperates with all major manufacturers of analytical equipment throughout the world. The equipment is designed in conjunction with customers and integrated into the  robotic laboratory system as a whole according to customer’s specification.

Robot systems employed:

A high level of flexibility in commissioning, programming and operating cycles is particularly important when robots are employed.

For this reason, HERZOG only uses industrial robots from world-leading robot manufacturers.

Depending upon the task, different robot arrangements may be used, from a centralized single robot system to systems employing a number of robots for the purpose of redundancy or system layout.

Benefits of the system:

• Considerable flexibility, multiple arrangement possibilities
• Short delivery timeframes, due to the use of standard components and standardized commissioning procedures
• Flexibility for future changes in plant or lab operations
• Low operating costs
• Quicker results due to the multitasking robot
• High sample throughput