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Anatomy of a high-speed pharmaceutical line installation

Contract packager Praxis Packaging Solutions’ new tablet-filling and packaging line includes an unscrambler, counter-filler, checkweigher, capper, induction sealer, retorquer, and labeler.

Praxis line
Praxis line

Diversified contract packager Praxis Packaging Solutions bumped-out its headquarters site in Grand Rapids, MI, in recent months to make room for a growing business. A major piece of that growth will come from a new high-speed tablet-filling and packaging line that deepens the company’s commitment to over-the-counter and prescription drug packaging.

The new line is “part of an ongoing effort to improve upon our existing portfolio of capabilities and service offerings," Scott Hanmer, vice president of sales, told Contract Packaging during a late-October facility tour.

Key pieces of equipment include an unscrambler from Omega Design, a counter-filler from Aylward, a checkweigher from OCS, a capper from Kaps-All Packaging Systems, a retorquer from Fowler Products, an induction sealer from Enercon Industries, and a high-speed labeler from Weiler Labeling Systems.

In addition to stressing greater vertical integration with existing services from upstream consulting to secondary packaging and beyond, the line has baked-in flexibility, which Hanmer said has been, "engineered into the process, from the equipment and line layout to the material handling and process flow."