Developed by SEA Vision and ARGO Vision, a-eye clearance is an automated smart line clearance solution powered by revolutionary artificial intelligence algorithms; a refined software to automatize pharma manufacturing procedures toward pharma digitalization.
Line clearance processes are crucial stages before production start-up, thus usually performed before every batch or product changeover on every pharmaceutical packaging line. The aim is to ensure that equipment and work areas are free/clean from any products or documents or residual material from a previous process, to avoid miss labelling or cross-contamination of finished products. Line clearance is not only important for maintaining safety, quality, and efficiency, but it is also a requirement of Good Manufacturing Practices within the pharmaceutical industry. It is stated in EU GMP Guidelines Part I, Chapter 5.50 and is performed following a process-specific procedure that includes typically 3 phases:
· Clearing phase: Physical removal of all the previous batch-related items, such as unused parts, labels and packaging.
· Cleaning phase: Equipment Cleaning, disinfection and drying of all surfaces and equipment.
· Checking phase: Cross check of the manufacturing area cleanliness and condition before the next process begins.
Notwithstanding the importance of these phases, today they still require manual intervention by operators to perform specific paper-based tasks and activities, with consequent high risk of human error.
