Checkweighing/metal detection

Reports cover both in-line or off-line machines, with checkweighers that weigh product or packages, and metal detectors that check for unwanted metal in the pack.

PTI thrives on inspection/metal detection systems

Contract manufacturer’s Royston, GA, facility uses machinery for quality, also gaining economic benefits....

Checkweighing/metal detection | June 4, 2010

Pharmaceutical metal detection system

• APEX™ 500 Rx uses a patented multi-coil design to deliver sensitivity and stability to help ensure the absence of even small metal slivers • cost-effective solution for tablet presses, capsule filling, and deduster applications • portable design permits system...

Checkweighing/metal detection | June 2, 2010

Vial filling and closing machine

• MHI 2020 machine handles liquid pharmaceuticals in small batches; ideal for clinical trials and pilot production • accomodates multiple dosing systems without the need to retool for added efficiency; performs in-process checkweighing • auto-adjust functionality provides production parameter management...

Liquid Filling | April 14, 2010

Inspection, checkweighing equipment support CPC’s quality efforts

Contract Pharmacal Corporation (CPC) develops, Manufacturers, and packages over-the-counter drugs and dietary supplements for prominent brand owners such as Bayer and GlaxoSmithKline, and retailers such as Walgreens and CVS....

Inspection, verification and vision systems | February 1, 2010

Track-and-trace labeler

• Neri BL400 VTE XL applies tamper-evident vignettes and self-adhesive seals on product, and prints codes for tracking and verifying pharmaceuticals • balcony structure makes it ergonomic and accessible; labeler is equipped with a positive step carton conveyance system •...

Labeling | September 2, 2009

Metal detectors/checkweighers

• MET30+Universal machines include a pharmaceutical unit for tablets and capsules • IP69K washdown touchscreen interface mounted on detectors operates in harsh environments • WeighChek checkweighers help provide quality control in manufacturing facilities Lock Inspection Systems, Inc....

Checkweighing/metal detection | April 15, 2009

Pharmaceutical/medical device packaging helping Ireland's economy

After enjoying years of prosperity, Ireland has been hit by challenging economic times that have touched many countries around the globe. A medical device sub-contract manufacturing/packaging company's managing director believes "things are likely to get worse before they get...

Misc. Archive | October 23, 2008

FDA Guidance Document addresses sterility issues

If you make a sterile medical product, and you want to avoid sterility testing by instead confirming container and closure system integrity, the Food and Drug Administration has prepared a written Guidance Document just for you. The FDA Guidance...

FDA, regulatory and legal | October 22, 2008

On-line printing brings efficiency to Allpack

A new blister-pack line at pharmaceutical contract packaging firm Allpack in Basel, Switzerland, is notable for its use of on-line UV-cured flexo printing of foil lidstock. ...On-line printing of foil lidstock can go a long way toward simplifying inventory...

Misc. Archive | September 5, 2008

Schwarz powers powder packaging

Asymmetric containers are more problematic for filling than symmetric ones, but they're little problem for Schwarz Pharma. The Seymour, IN-based pharmaceutical products company has packaged its oral solution powders into 4-L (1-gal) offset-neck high-density polyethylene bottles at rates around...

Misc. Archive | August 14, 2008

Flexible pouches help medical products maker

It's understandable that medical products company Z-Medica Corp. proudly salutes the 4.5-mil film structure for its line of QuikClot® blood-clotting products. After all, the pouch has accommodated several generations of product iterations, and is now targeted for both military...

Medical devices | August 9, 2008

Catalent expert addresses turnkey serialization

Maintaining electronic pedigrees of your pharmaceutical products through the distribution chain is a challenge for most manufacturers. Now imagine tracking products for and with about 250 pharmaceutical companies. That's the task that will face Somerset, NJ-based Catalent Pharma Solutions,...

Anti-counterfeiting, track-and-trace, authentication | June 15, 2008

Vitamin maker energizes packaging lines

With private-label customers that include Walgreens, Costco, and Target, and companies with branded products such as those sold at Wal-Mart, expectations run high at Inverness Medical Nutritionals Group, Freehold, NJ. To meet the requirements of these private-label and contract-manufacturing...

Misc. Archive | June 15, 2008

Beating the e-Pedigree deadline

The January 2009 e-Pedigree deadline set by California may have been pushed back two years, but that didn't stop Biogen Idec from forging ahead with a solution. The March 25 decision by the California Board of Pharmacy to push...

Anti-counterfeiting, track-and-trace, authentication | June 15, 2008

Bottle containment filler plays it safe

When packaging operations for Abilify, a drug to treat schizophrenia, and Coumadin, a blood thinner, were transferred to a different plant, Bristol-Myers Squibb decided to install a new bottle containment filling line. The goal was to improve fill accuracy...

Misc. Archive | April 15, 2008

Metal detector with multifrequency technology

• Dual Wave's (DuW) two-frequency magnetic field detecting technology is said to increase overall detection of metal contaminants compared with traditional single-wave inspection technology • for pharmaceutical, cosmetics, and food applications • permits 30-sec no-tool conveyor disassembly for easy cleaning...

Checkweighing/metal detection | April 15, 2008

Medical device packaging training track at MD&M West conference

A medical device packaging track chaired by Randall Troutman (shown in photo), CPP, Oliver Medical Products, will take place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, Jan. 28, during the MD&M (Medical Design & Manufacturing) West Conference at the...

Medical devices | January 22, 2008

Medical device blogger addresses technical questions

Validating heat sealers, dye penetration and burst tests, the consequences of designing packaging late in the product design process, and sterilization issues are among the topics that Jacob Kearns has answered in the past year on his "Medical Device...

Medical devices | January 9, 2008

Brecon betters blister packing

Nowhere in packaging are flexibility and fast changeover more necessary than in the contract-packaging arena, where multiple customers and their many SKUs are a fact of life. That’s why ease of changeover was a key machine characteristic sought by...

Contract packaging | October 29, 2007

Operating room personnel input critical to new peelable chevron header pouch

A nurse/doctor forum convened by Rollprint earlier in the year served as the catalyst for the company's new Duet functional peelable chevron header pouch. Designed to ease pouch access and improve aseptic presentation, the new-generation pouch was developed after...

Medical devices | October 16, 2007

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