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Thermoforming and blister manufacturing

Write-ups of machinery that uses dwell time, heat, pressure, tooling and molds to heat and form materials (primarily films) on a web into cavities for the production of blisters, trays, or other rigid containers; may also fill product into these containers.

Blister card cutting system

AZCO Corp.'s blister card cutting system is simple to use and compact in size. Blister cards are loaded into a vertical magazine from which they are automatically fed into a shear or rotary cutting station and cut to size....

Liquid blister manufacturing/filling

Liquid blister manufacturing and filling is now part of EW Packaging's blister packaging and contract packaging services. With this new service, the USDA Organic Certified manufacturer of pharmaceutical and nutraceutical blister packaging now packages liquid blister products (including liquid...

Tinted forming material benefits blister packaging lines

It can be a challenge with any blister package for a tablet-presence vision system to detect tablets based on lighting and contrast....

LIVE FROM MD&M WEST: Tester for pharmaceutical blister headspace

OpTech®--O2 system makes noninvasive, nondestructive thermoformed blister package testing possible due to the development of an optical sensor that will "fluoresce" or give off light directly related to the amount of oxygen present. Ideal for determining oxygen headspace and...

LIVE FROM MD&M WEST: Technology-driven thermoform/fill/seal

The new R095 thermoformer measures 10-ft long and delivers efficient, reliable performance to businesses dealing with greater limits on both budget and physical space. The company's smallest model to date builds in technology and innovation for processors, manufacturers, and...

Deep-draw thermoforming machine

Rectangular pack is a good fit for allograft tissue

Specially designed cyclic olefin copolymer container housed in an outer blister protects lyophilized tissue used primarily in orthopedic and spine-related surgeries....

Video: Live from Pack Expo: Robotic loading system makes pick and place easy

Video: Live from Pack Expo: Servo-driven blister machine and integrated cartoner for pharma

Robotic loading system

Video: Thermoform packaging

Kevin Volden, sales manager for TekPackaging, discusses the medical device/pharmaceutical market during HealthPack 2011 in Cincinnati. At the booth he describes a triple-sterile thermoform pack for a company that manufacturers artificial hearts, and a thermoformed ear probe cover....

Pharmaceutical blister card folder/wallet card equipment

Camera imaging system for leak detection in blister packs

Blister packaging line

Sterile and syringe packaging lines

Global packaging: Is the U.S. falling behind?

A Packaging Hall of Famer sees Europe at the front of packaging machinery innovation, with Asia making advances....

Digital printer does the work of two machines it replaces

Machine delivers superior print quality to the foil lidding on new blister thermoform/fill/seal line at contract packager Apace Packaging LLC....

LIVE FROM MD&M WEST: Blister machinery

LIVE FROM WESTPACK: Machine-Controlled Thermoformer

Selecting film for blister packaging

Understanding regulations and technical characteristics for functionality and processing are vital to selecting the appropriate film(s) for pharmaceutical blisters....

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