Pneumatic Tube System

Pneumatic Tube Systems

We combine our 50 years of engineering experience,

with innovative solutions developed by Ing. Sumetzberger GMBH for the healthcare needs.

When human life is at stake, time, which is already precious, becomes even more valuable. Pneumatic tube systems enable laboratory samples, blood units, and all kinds of blood products, as well as medicines and other materials, to be delivered to the required locations extremely quickly.

Sumetzberger GMBH develops its solutions by taking into account the fundamental principles of hospitals: hygiene, safety, and reliability.

Hospitals are complex facilities where a wide variety of procedures and operations are performed. Since human health is at stake, all of these activities are urgent.

Pneumatic tube systems are a tool used in hospitals for safe and rapid transport of patients.

There is no requirement for a pneumatic tube system to be installed when a hospital building is constructed. The system can easily be installed in an existing hospital. It is possible to create an integrated system in your hospital, regardless of the distance between existing buildings.

Pneumatic tube systems can transport anything that fits inside them. For example, materials such as medicines, laboratory samples, emergency test samples, blood units, X-ray films, and documents can be transported using the system.

The system provides a direct connection between departments such as blood banks, outpatient clinics, nurses' rooms, patient admission and administration offices.

Since a hospital is not a typical workplace, a pneumatic tube system is expected to meet many needs.

Shipping speed, specific to the shipment.

Detailed user authorization

Patient-friendly, quiet operation.

Detailed control software

RF-ID fully and semi-automatic systems

Specialized systems with high loading capacity.

Different type of carriers and insets

System 110 mm

Sumetzberger offers a wide variety of station and system components in its product portfolio, categorized by application. Choosing the right products is crucial for both designing the most efficient system within your budget and ensuring you receive a system that perfectly meets your needs.

With standard series stations, you can have a system that has reasonable investment and operating costs and can be used for many years.

By choosing premium series products, you can design more stylish systems with the additional features you desire.

Careful analysis of your needs is crucial when selecting pipe diameter. As Mühendislik is always there to support you with its experience in this regard.

The graphic display screens located on the stations are equipped to meet all the needs of users and the technical team.

Next-generation touchscreens offer ease of use as well as greater functionality for the user.

The needs of laboratories with high volume of sending and receiving data are met with Multi-Sending, Multi-Receiving, and Multi-Lab stations. The Multi-Receiving station is designed to facilitate rapid receiving and convenient sorting of incoming carriers.

Multi-Send stations allow for the simultaneous loading and dispatch of carriers returning from the laboratory. Multi-Lab stations are designed with 2 send hoppers and 1 multi-receive hopper in a compact structure to meet the needs of the laboratory.

Pneumatic tube systems are not only used in the healthcare. Factories, large offices, open production areas, and businesses with goods receiving areas also benefit greatly from these systems.

Pneumatic tube systems offer an ideal solution for the prompt delivery of samples from the production line to the analysis laboratory, and for the rapid transfer of goods receipt samples and documents, as well as shipping documents, within the facility.

Sumetzberger offers solutions that keep operating costs at the lowest possible level with components suitable for demanding working environments.

System 160 mm

When it comes to shipping high-volume products in a single shipment, systems with a 160mm pipe diameter stand out. These systems, with their higher transport capacity, are used in hospitals for the safe transfer of certain specialized blood products.

In 160mm diameter systems, both standard and premium series products meet different demands and needs.

The most important feature of these systems is their ability to offer suitable solutions for situations such as transporting blood units, large serum products, and medications from pharmacies.

In tube systems integrated with pharmacies and laboratories, 160 mm solutions are generally preferred due to their high transport capacity.

Compact type stations take up less space in areas, preventing a significant problem for hospitals.

Front-loading stations offer a comfortable user experience.

Since 160 mm systems are generally preferred for their high load-bearing capacities, Sumetzberger offers carrier solutions with a wide variety of volumetric dimensions to suit these needs.

Sumetzberger Solutions That Make a Difference

PowerControl Unit

Sumetzberger pneumatic tube systems are managed by special industrial PCs called PowerControl. Designed for 24/7 seamless and uninterrupted operation in industrial environments, these devices are offered in different capacities depending on the system size. A special bus structure ensures fast and uninterrupted communication with the system. PowerControl devices can seamlessly connect to hospital networks and, if needed, can be integrated into building automation systems.

PowerControl units feature PCEdit system control software developed by Sumetzberger.

PCEdit is equipped with interfaces that allow technical personnel, in particular, to easily and quickly configure system parameters, user settings (send/receive priorities, transport speeds, access rights, etc.), and station settings (routing, disabling, etc.).

PCEdit displays fault conditions graphically. These faults can be addressed quickly and efficiently.

In pneumatic tube systems, certain safety measures are essential for both patient and user safety. In this regard, RF-ID systems and card reader systems are prominent applications.

Sumetzberger has pneumatic tube systems with the most detailed RF-ID module. This system ;

Ensuring the carrier operates smoothly between the desired destinations.

Routine carrier cleaning is controlled by the system.

Differentiating system features, such as automatic forwarding of shipments based on sample and carrier type, can be activated.

By integrating with your organization's existing employee cards, users can access the system using these cards. This allows for the tracking and control of shipments of materials with a critical security level.

Transfer Area Solutions

Power Transfer Unit

PowerTransfer is the highest capacity and most feature-rich transfer field solution in the industry.

PowerTransfer has 24-40 carrier hoppers (pots) depending on the system size. 8-16 lines can be connected to the unit simultaneously, and multiple PowerTransfer units can be connected in series if necessary.

PowerTransfer;

High transfer capacity

Real emergency dispatch management

Simultaneous transmission and simultaneous reception capability.

Reserve carrier unit feature

With features that make a difference, such as direct connection via multiple transport lines, it enables you to implement the high-capacity tube transport system your hospital needs.

Linear Transfer Unit

The Linear Transfer Unit is an ideal transfer solution for medium-sized pneumatic tube conveying systems. It can be used in both 110 and 160 mm systems.

Models are available that can connect 4, 6, or 8 lines, depending on your needs.

It has a more compact design compared to PowerTransfer. It can be used with multiple transport lines, auto-unload systems, or standard lines. If needed, multiple units can be connected in series.

Sumetzberger Linear Transfer Units utilize RF-ID technology. This ensures more efficient and faster system operation, as well as allowing for the accurate processing of shipments during operations such as line cleaning.

Auto-Unload / MultiCarrier Transport Lines

Auto-Unload Systems

Auto-Unload systems are fully automated systems where the carrier unloads the samples at the station without any manual handling and returns to the station from which it started without disembarking.

These systems offer many advantages in terms of both speed and quality;

Firstly, the fact that the carrier leaves the sample untouched and goes back protects laboratory personnel from contamination and also prevents cross-contamination between services.

System eliminates the significant workload of sorting and returning carriers in the laboratory.

When this sorting process takes a long time, the return of available carriers is delayed. This, in turn, causes delays in services due to a lack of carriers.

Auto-Unload systems can also be used in a hybrid manner. By using this system to move loads from high-traffic areas and performing standard load transfers from lower-traffic areas, it is possible to optimize system costs.

A cost-benefit analysis will be conducted to design the system best suited to your needs, and our expert team will provide the necessary support in this process.

MultiCarrier Transport Lines

Units located within the facility, far from the laboratory but handling high volumes of shipments, present a significant challenge in pneumatic tube systems.

Multi-carrier transfer lines come into play at this point. These lines, which allow more than one carrier to move simultaneously within the line, ensure that shipments from distant units are delivered to the laboratory quickly and without delay, one after the other. Empty carriers are also sent back to their stations using the same method.

Multi-carrier transfer lines equipped with RF-ID technology have been developed to ensure reliable and high-volume shipments without allowing for carrier loss, shipment mix-ups, or other similar issues.

These dedicated lines can be operated between two transfer units, as well as between a transfer unit and a laboratory unit.

Laboratory Automation

Sumetzberger pneumatic tube systems are fully integrated with many laboratory analysis and sorting systems. Compatible with all models from ASP Lab Automation, the auto-unload station system allows carriers arriving at the laboratory to automatically unload their samples within the station, deposit them into the sorting system, and return to their original station.

PCEdit software, through its integration with the LIS (lab information system), shares information about which sample arrived at the laboratory and at what time. Samples are sorted according to their barcodes and/or cap colors and directed to the relevant analysis devices.

Anti-Virus System

Sumetzberger boasts the most advanced antivirus system in the industry. With these fully patented products, you can have a 100% virus-protected transport system within your hospital.

The most fundamental component of an antivirus system is antiviral carriers. These carriers, with their special silver-ion-containing material structure, have test reports from independent laboratories conforming to ISO 21702 and ISO 22196 standards. This prevents cross-contamination between services and ensures the safety of users who may come into contact with the carriers.

A specialized cleaning carrier, which performs effective pipeline cleaning, is another important component of the anti-virus system. These carriers, equipped with an ultraviolet light system and a disinfectant spraying system, also feature a cleaning brush system on their exterior. Operating with RF-ID technology, this carrier performs a two-layer cleaning process within the system, and ensures user safety by shutting down these systems upon arrival at the station.

Ensuring clean air entering the pneumatic tube system is the starting point for effective anti-virus protection. This is achieved by installing anti-virus filters, specially developed by Sumetzberger, at the points where air enters the system.

Another important component of the anti-virus system is the disinfection-gate component, which has UV light cleaning capability. Carriers sent to these points by the system at specific intervals are cleaned by being exposed to UV light for a certain period of time.

If a 100% antiviral system is required, it is possible to provide it with antiviral stations and antiviral piping components developed by Sumetzberger.

Using these fully patented products, we design safe, antiviral pneumatic tube conveying systems tailored to your needs.

Pharmacy Automation

Medication logistics management is one of the most important issues in hospitals. Many healthcare organizations now use automation systems that manage their medications by unit dose. However, delivering these medications to the relevant departments within the hospital presents a significant logistical problem.

This is where Sumetzberger technology comes into play. Through integration with unit dose and multi-dose robotic systems, orders are prepared within these systems, loaded onto the carrier without manual intervention, and delivered safely and without delay to the destination.

When requested, they are stored in locked baskets until the user card is scanned for secure delivery at the destination.