Medical Production Process Control System

Challenge

The customer needed a system to control a complicated process to create compounds used in PET scanning.

The system controls fluid flow for the product as well as for cooling the system during the production cycle.  

Solution

We created a system consisting of an NI Compact RIO Real-time embedded controller and multiple thin-client touch screen PC’s running XP Embedded for monitoring and control.
 
The system features include: 

• User-configurable modular GUI
• Scripting system for user-programmable control
• Secure user access
• Dual coordinated control stations
• CRIO provides real-time control for critical operations and interlocks
• Software monitors product inventory and alerts operator when low

Technical Details

This system was created using National Instruments Compact RIO for I/O interfacing. The software was developed in LabVIEW and LabVIEW Real Time.
The ALOHA system was used to create the high-end touch screen interface.