Implementing a Laboratory Automation System

A comprehensive laboratory automation system

System/7 in a Hierarchical Laboratory Automation System

is an implementation of a three-level computer hierarchy that provides a high degree of perjormance, availability, and ease ($use for laboratory automation applications. Laboratory automation, a subset of sensor-based computer use, is an area of computer application that is characterized by the computer elements servicing user-attached devices. These are usually devices such as instruments, tes...

Implementing RFID Automation into a Small Scale Aircraft Maintenance System

The purpose of this study was to explore and identify where technology automation could be used to reduce time and wasted labor in aircraft inventory and maintenance processes. The research used passive RFID AutoID technology due to its capabilities in data logging and relatively hands-off, passive use. The Purdue University’s aircraft maintenance system operates under old time card systems wit...

Analysis and Implementation of Laboratory Automation System

Quest Diagnostics is a large company that analyzes millions of medical specimens every day using a variety of analytical equipment. It is implementing a fully automated line in a major laboratory. The automation line is Quest's first major automation initiative and will serve as a pilot for future initiatives. An important element of implementing this initiative is the transition from manual to...

Managing laboratory automation

This paper discusses the process of managing automated systems through their life cycles within the quality-control (QC) laboratory environment. The focus is on the process of directing and managing the evolving automation of a laboratory; system examples are given. The author shows how both task and data systems have evolved, and how they interrelate. A BIG picture, or continuum view, is prese...