About Atlas Vac
Engineers and manufacturers of medical device tray sealers
Atlas Vac Machine, LLC designs and builds medical device tray sealers and package-specific tooling for cleanroom production, and supports every installed sealer with factory parts, field service, calibration and training.
Designed, manufactured and supported at 9150 Reading Rd, Cincinnati, Ohio
Company profile
A dedicated manufacturer for medical device cleanroom packaging
Atlas Vac is recognized as the industry standard for technical excellence in the design and manufacture of medical device tray sealers for cleanroom production.
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A single focus
Medical device cleanroom packaging equipment is the sole focus of the business. Atlas Vac does not build commercial or general-purpose sealers, and every design decision is made for medical device production.
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Engineers and technicians
The Atlas Vac team understands both the equipment and the sealing requirements of each package, from the first tray concept through installation, qualification support and service.
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Built for long service
Many Atlas Vac sealers remain in production decades after installation. Installed sealers can be upgraded with current options, and new sealers are configured to the application.
Technology leadership
#1 Innovator in tray sealing technology
Atlas Vac introduced many of the capabilities that medical device manufacturers now specify in a tray sealer. Current sealers are configured with these features to suit the operational requirements of each customer.
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Automatic pneumatic shuttles
Tooling carried into and out of the press automatically, without manual shuttle travel.
Controls and options - First
Electric shuttles
Electrically driven shuttle movement for smooth, controlled loading.
Controls and options - First
RFID tool nests
With the Tool ID System option, the sealer will not seal unless the RFID code of the tool nest matches.
Tooling - First
Low-wear plastic spring pins
Spring pins for tooling nests, designed for reduced wear.
Tooling - First
Force-sensing press
Measures the actual down-force of the sealing platen in lb-f, not supplied air pressure. Standard on the All Electric; optional on pneumatic models.
Controls and options - First
ISO 13849 CE-approved light curtains
Category 3 light curtain systems, with safety distances calculated to ISO 13849.
Controls and options - Industry first
All-electric medical device tray sealer
A servo-driven press with force measured in lb-f. No compressed air is required.
1830S All Electric
Further developments
- Video · YouTube1830S All Electric
The All Electric in operation
Servo-driven press and electric shuttle
- Video · YouTubeRecords and data
Sealing data and audit trail
Records captured at the sealer
Engineering principles
How every Atlas Vac sealer is engineered
The features to look for in a medical device tray or blister sealer, grouped by the questions engineering, quality and safety teams raise. Standard and optional equipment varies by model.
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Control and records
- Industrial PLC with color touchscreen and recipe memory
- Parameter alarms recorded in the audit trail
- Recipe and calibration changes attributed to the user who made them
- Sealing history with lot codes and UDI
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Sealing precision
- The platen presses down onto a stationary nest on a precision-machined flat surface plate
- Single-piece CNC-machined tooling nests
- A heater section with the mass required for even heating
- A flat, Teflon-coated sealing platen as standard
- Calibration ports for time, temperature and pressure, with password-protected calibration factors
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Safety and energy isolation
- Controls in a NEMA-rated enclosure with a lockable main disconnect
- E-Stop with manual reset
- Lockable air-supply isolation valve on pneumatic models
- Redundant overtemperature control, independent of the PLC
- Category 3 light curtain system: standard on the 1830S All Electric, available on pneumatic models
Lifecycle support
One organization from build to support
The engineers and technicians who build each Atlas Vac sealer also advise on its specification, service it in the field and supply its parts from the Cincinnati factory.
- Customers follow assembly of a new sealer on a private project page that only they can access.
- Registered customers download calibration, maintenance and training documents from the online library.
- Factory parts remain available for earlier models, with compatibility confirmed for each serial number.
- Parts, service, documents and upgrades for installed sealers. View
Customer support
- Field service, annual calibration, IQ and OQ services and training. View
Service and calibration
- Factory original parts, identified by serial number. View
Factory parts
- Configuration drawings and registered customer documents. View
Technical documents
Responsible manufacturing
US manufacturing with a responsible supply chain
Atlas Vac builds in Cincinnati and applies the same discipline to sourcing and factory operations as to the equipment itself.
Sourcing
Built in Cincinnati, Ohio
Sealers and tooling are manufactured at the Atlas Vac factory in Cincinnati. Components that Atlas Vac does not manufacture are sourced in the United States or from allied countries as a priority.
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Outbound corrugated packaging is 99% reused material.
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No bubble wrap or packaging peanuts are purchased; inbound packing material is reused on outbound shipments.
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LED lighting throughout the factory and offices.
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Skylights over the factory floor.
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No outdoor lighting on the campus.
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A public transport stop in front of the building.
Industry reading
Medical device industry publications
Independent industry publications on medical device design and manufacturing. Each link opens the publisher’s website.
Project enquiries
Discuss your application
Atlas Vac engineers review the package, production requirements and process evidence needs of each project, and recommend a sealer and tooling configuration to match.
Useful if you have it
- Tray drawing or sample
- Lidding material specification
- Required records and options
- Telephone
- +1 (513) 407-3513
- sales@atlasvac.com
- Hours
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- Monday to Friday
- 08:00 am – 05:30 pm
- Saturday
- By appointment
- Sunday
- Closed
- Address
- Atlas Vac Machine, LLC, 9150 Reading Rd, Cincinnati, OH 45215, USA