Life Sciences Solutions

Innovative Solutions and Technologies for the Life Sciences Industry With a commitment to advancing technology and enhancing the efficiency of life science applications, Banner Engineering is a trusted partner for organizations that strive for excellence in research, development, and production. Banner offers a diverse portfolio of solutions to optimize processes, improve productivity, and ensure standards compliance for lab automation, pharmacy automation, medical device design, medical manufacturing, and other critical areas in the life science industry. High Precision Smart Technologies Label...

Featured Segments Medical Device Design Banner has superior capabilities to provide solutions for companies operating in the laboratory automation, bio-storage, and automated diagnostic industry. From compact photoelectric and laser sensors capable of detecting sample tubes, pipets, microtiter trays and sample dishes to LED lighting enclosed in housings suitable for cleanroom environments, we are able to draw on the most comprehensive collection of sensors, vision sensors, safety, and lighting products to provide solutions for all areas of lab automation. Learn more on page 8. Banner has reliable...

Lab Automation Well Plate Positioning Challenge High-throughput labs require robotic systems for automated processing of microplates used for clinical research and diagnostic testing. These plates must be positioned precisely and consistently to ensure that each plate is properly aligned for liquid-handling robots to dispense to or extract from tiny individual sample wells. Solution • The Banner Q4X laser distance sensor can detect and measure targets with sub-millimeter precision. Q4X Laser Distance Sensors • The laser features high excess gain to reliably detect well plates regardless of color...

Lab Automation Turbidity Measurement S15WL for Smaller Space Lighting Challenge In a lab, it can be difficult to accurately determine the volume of cells and other particles suspended in a media base. Challenge Lab equipment has many isolated spaces with poor lighting. Having a way to easily illuminate these spaces helps workers with setup, operation, and troubleshooting. Solution • By using visible red light (635 nm), particles absorb or scatter the light allowing a measurement of the particle level. • T wo-piece amplifier and fiber optic sensing head is ideal in a compact and flexible sensing...

Pharmacy Automation Pill Counting with Compensation Flexible Strip Light for Operator Guidance Challenge Reliably detect a wide range of pharmaceuticals such as small, large, colored, translucent, and dusty pills. Challenge In a fast-moving pharmacy, it can be difficult to direct pharmacists and support staff to patient prescriptions. Incorporating multicolor indication enhances productivity because it saves workers time identifying which cube to pick from. Solution • Two-piece amplifier and fiber optic array is ideal for reliable sensing in confined locations. • A dvanced auto-compensating algorithm...

Medical Device Design Precision Media Level Detection Challenge Laboratories that use or test liquids (such as water, alcohol, oil, blood, or biological material) require a method to reliably monitor the volume of this media, without additional components such as reflectors or emitters. The color of certain liquid media also presents some difficulties, as some darker colors can absorb light from red sensor beams. Solution • VS8 blue light sensors provide color contrast to detect troublesome media. • W ith a fixed-field beam, the VS8 blue light is a self-contained sensor, without the need for...

Medical Manufacturing Detecting Clear Glass and Plastic PET Bottles in Washdown Environments Challenge In a day, a single bottling line may process bottles in a variety of shapes, sizes, materials, colors, and translucencies. These changes can complicate accurate detection, unless installed sensors can reliably detect varying targets. In addition, bottling operations are typically washdown environments, so sensors must be able to resist heavy spray from water and cleaning chemicals. Detection of Clear Liquids in Transparent Packaging Challenge It can be difficult to detect clear liquids inside...

More Sensors, More Solutions. Banner Engineering designs and manufactures industrial automation products including sensors, smart IIoT and industrial wireless technologies, LED lights and indicators, measurement devices, machine safety equipment, as well as barcode scanners and machine vision. These solutions help make many of the things we use every day, from food and medicine to cars and electronics. A high-quality, reliable Banner product is installed somewhere around the world every two seconds. Headquartered in Minneapolis since 1966, Banner is an industry leader with more than 10,000 products,...