To prepare for a Petri dish auto-packing system, the Petri dish producer will prepare the documents:

• The details of the injection molding machine for this project (Brand, Model No., Dimensional Parameters, Interface to Robot etc.)
• The 3D file of the mold design (Not request for turn-key solutions)
• The 3D drawing of the Petri dish and quality standard of the Petri dish
• The sample and details of the packing material (material, thickness, size, how many sets per bag, sealing of the bag etc. )
• The cycle time (Injection cycle time and the inmold time of the robot)
• The system layout
  • If with a top entry picking robot, what's the height of the work shop
  • Will the packing system to be installed to the operator side or non-operator side of the injection molding machine?
  • The minimum distance between the injection molding machine and the Petri dish packing system
  • The direction of which the final products to be delivered
  • The distrance between two injection molding machines

The Petri dish producer can decide to have a top entry picking robot or side entry picking robot for the Petri dish packing system according to the layout design of the mold and work shop. If the height of the workshop is sufficient for a top entry robot, it'll have a lower budget for the Petri dish system.

A turn-key Petri dish solution will include the Petri dish packing system and the mold, the advantages of a turn-key solution include:

• The Petri dish producer will only need to provide the requirement of the system and SWITEK will take care of the others
• SWITEK R&D team will have a well optimized automation and mold design to maximize the productivity of the system
• SWITEK will have the mold well tested with the automation system before delivery to ensure that the Petri dish producer will receive a ready to work automation system to reduce the start up cost.

Any automation is designed for the bulk production of single size products, it would be the same for the Petri dish packing system. With SWITEK Petri dish packing system, it's possible to pack different sets say 20sets per bag or 15sets per bag but mustn't to have a system for different size products. Any change of the mechanical parts of the Petri dish packing system would be possible to result in an unstable working system.

For small and medium size producers of Petri dish, a standard hot runner single plate mold is recommend with 4+4 or 8+8 mold layout design. With a single plate mold, the maintenance of both the mold and the automation system would be much easier for the small and medium sized producer of Petri dish. An auto-packing system of Petri dish with a stack mold would be suitable only for the producer of Petri dish with a strong team of engneering.