Glucose Assay or biosensor (aka. Blood Glucose Monitoring Strips) is a sophisticated chemical sensing strip that allows for a quantifiable reading of glucose level in a subject’s blood.
A glucose biosensor test strip is comprised of multiple films (base, spacer, and cover film) with screen printing.
Following charts describe a typical production procedure for automated and batch (scaled-down) production method. They have been outlined to give you a general understanding of how the process works and the applicable equipment at each of the production stage.
STAGE | AUTO PROCESS | PROCESS DETAILS | APPLICABLE EQUIPMENT (Click to View) |
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1 | Reagent Treatment | Dispensing reagent onto sheet, drying, QC inspecitionto produce treated glucose base sheet | DAG-120 DSG-025 |
2 | Lamination | Lamination of cover filmto produce master (finished) sheet | LAG-100 |
3 | Slitting | Slitting of master sheet to convert it into row size | RSAG-110 |
4 | Slitting & Bottling | 1) Slitting of rows to cells (test strip)2) Bottling of cells into bottles3) Capping the bottlesto produce final product in a bottle | PAG-440 PAG-501 RAG-700 |
STAGE | BATCH PROCESS | PROCESS DETAILS | APPLICABLE EQUIPMENT (Click to View) |
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1 | Reagent Treatment | Dispensing reagent onto sheetto produce treated glucose base sheet | DMG-000 |
2 | Drying | Tunnel method dry process | Custom Equipment |
3 | Lamination | Lamination of spacer / adhesive / cover filmto produce master (finished) sheet | LSC-100 |
4 | Slitting 1 | Slitting of master sheetto convert it into row size | RSG-100 |
5 | Slitting 2 | Slitting of rows to cells (test strip) | RCG-100RAG-700 |
6 | Bottling | Manual bottling of cells | Manual Process |
*The listed order of process is of the more common procedure in most cases. The actual sequence, however, may vary depending on operator’s preference and other factors such as items produced, QC measures, and etc.