Packaging Line Efficiency

Articles include case histories that exemplify strategies, equipment, and machine automation used to increase packaging line efficiency, such as overall equipment effectiveness (OEE), lean manufacturing, and Six Sigma practices.

Robots handle sensitive parenteralia bags in pharma facility

Bayer Schering Pharma’s automatic drug packaging line employs two six-axis robots for filled bag handling and filled and empty tray handling functions....

Robotics | July 23, 2010

Weigh module

• SWD440 dual-ended-beam module is for general-purpose weighing of tanks, hoppers, and OEM machinery, such as pharmaceutical processing areas • weigh module assemblies available in 5,000- through 250,000-lb capacities • offered in painted carton steel or glass-bead-blasted stainless steel mounting...

Packaging Line Efficiency | July 16, 2010

Booklet label converting line

• VEGAplus booklet converting line runs with web widths up to 450 mm, and enables operations such as the inspection of preprinted labels, the application of the booklet label on the base label, variable data printing, lamination, and die-cutting •...

Labeling | July 14, 2010

Contract packager works with machine supplier to meet customer demands

To flexibly meet customer demand for shorter runs and multiple products, German contract packager KLOCKE works with its machinery supplier to train employees to quickly set up and changeover machinery....

Contract packaging | June 18, 2010

High-speed bottle capper

• PLC-15FT press-on and screw-on automatic capper is for pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, food, beverage, and health and beauty industries • automatic rejection feature rejects inverted caps to provide continuous product throughput • operates at speeds up to 150 bottles/min, stainless-steel construction...

Packaging Line Efficiency | June 7, 2010

TFF system for biopharmaceutical processing

• Cadence™ is a single-pass tangential flow filtration (TFF) product designed to optimize downstream purification steps in either single-use or re-use operating modes • incorporates a patented fluid-path design that enables direct flow operation with a reduction in system hold-up...

Pharmaceuticals and biologics | April 29, 2010

Filling, recovery precision imperative to managing costs in specialized personal medicine

One in a series of articles looking at presentation topics for the May 27 Healthcare Packaging Conference & Workshops event in Princeton, NJ....

Packaging Line Efficiency | April 14, 2010

Moldable desiccants can simplify filling, improve product protection

One in a series of articles looking at presentation topics for the May 27 Healthcare Packaging Conference & Workshops event in Princeton, NJ....

Desiccants/sorbents | April 9, 2010

Video: Vision inspection for solid-dose products

• Insight 100™ stand-alone vision inspection system automatically inspects any two-piece hard-shell capsule, oblong softgel, or caplet-shaped tablet • inspects up to 100,000 capsule-shaped objects/hr • designed with a seamless rotary feeding and silicone belt conveying system, enabling inspection of...

Inspection, verification and vision systems | April 6, 2010

New blown film line installed for medical films

Identical to the nine-layer line recently installed in Belgium is Amcor’s blown film line in Mundelein, IL....

Flexible films, lidding and foils | April 6, 2010

Automating assembly and packaging processes

One in a series of articles looking at presentation topics for the May 27 Healthcare Packaging Conference & Workshops event in Princeton, NJ....

Controls and automation | March 25, 2010

Thought leaders deliver packaging insights

At a first-of-its-kind Pack Expo Thought Leaders Dinner, supplier panelists discuss economic factors, food safety, sustainability, and private-label growth....

Packaging Line Efficiency | February 17, 2010

Conveyor platforms

• X45 and X45e conveyor platforms provide easy integration and sophisticated, yet simple controls design • X45 is a compact version that permits gentle, stable product handling for efficient filling, production, and packaging operations • X45e is for automated processes...

Conveying/material handling | February 1, 2010

Romaco delivers first Siebler StripTabsTM line to ANKUR Drugs and Pharma Ltd.

Indian manufacturer banks on pharmaceutical film strips....

Packaging Line Efficiency | January 22, 2010

Tablet coater line

• Manesty XL™ COTA tablet coaters use side-vented pan technology, the latest spray gun design, mixing baffles, and control systems for tablet mixing and spraying • side-vented coater drum and cabinet design allow for effective drying without using high temperatures...

Conveying/material handling | January 19, 2010

Evaluating sterile technologies via a ‘bottom-line’ approach

Using return on investment helps when considering isolators and restricted access barrier systems technologies....

Packaging Line Efficiency | January 11, 2010

Factors shaping packaging's future

With personalized medicine drawing closer, manufacturing and packaging flexibility will become even more essential....

Packaging Line Efficiency | December 3, 2009

Patent expirations, generics, and packaging

Depending on your perspective, expiring patents on branded drugs could cause anguish or offer opportunity....

Pharmaceuticals and biologics | December 1, 2009

Blister card cutting system

• BCS™ allows the original format of blister cards to be cut into different sizes, reducing waste, tooling cost, and shortening delivery time • available as either a benchtop or inline unit with the blister machine • operates at a...

Thermoforming and blister manufacturing | November 6, 2009

Custom integration serves pharmaceutical packaging lines

In this article, Healthcare Packaging (HCP) talks with Jeff Graham (JG), president of Allied Automation, about integration and automation issues in medical device and pharmaceutical packaging....

Packaging Line Efficiency | November 5, 2009

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