High-speed vial filling and capping system
Ensure precise vial filling and secure capping with this high-speed rotary solution, designed to handle diverse liquid formulations and streamline sterile production processes.

Fills and Caps Vials Rapidly
The ML618 (1T – 2T) from Marchesini Group is an automatic rotary machine designed for high-speed vial filling and capping. This equipment stands out with its synchronous starwheel infeed and mechanical centering devices ensuring precise alignment and handling during operations. Ideal for pharmaceutical and biotech industries, it handles a wide array of liquid medications including sterile saline solutions and vaccine vials, employing volumetric dosing from 30 to 500 ml. With a throughput of 300 vials per minute, it integrates seamlessly into continuous production lines with two capping towers for different closure types. Equipped with pneumatic nozzles and vial presence control, it minimizes leaks and errors. Available in stainless steel, it adheres to GMP standards, offering ease of cleaning and low maintenance demands. The ML618 embodies operational efficiency and reliability for healthcare product producers.
Benefits
- Enhances production speed with capability to process 300 vials per minute.
- Minimizes product wastage through precise volumetric dosing and leak prevention systems.
- Integrates flexibly with existing lines, accommodating different vial sizes and closure types.
- Ensures compliance with GMP standards, supporting regulatory requirements.
- Simplifies maintenance and cleaning processes, reducing operational downtime.
- Applications
- Pharmaceutical liquids,Liquid formulations,Vial filling,Biopharmaceuticals,Pharmaceuticals
- End products
- Antibiotic vials,Vitamin b12 injectable vials,Pediatric oral liquid medications,Monoclonal antibody solutions,Pain management syrups,Oncology drug vials,Sterile saline solution,Injectable hormones,Vaccine vials,Eye drop solutions
- Steps before
- Washing,Sterilizing
- Steps after
- Labelling,Serialization,Cartoning,Deep Draw Tray-forming
- Input ingredients
- vials,vials for filling,empty vials,vial containers
- Output ingredients
- filled vials,capped vials,sealed vials,final product vials
- Market info
- Marchesini is renowned for manufacturing high-quality packaging machinery for the pharmaceutical and cosmetics industries, offering innovative, customized solutions with advanced automation and technology.
- Automation
- Automatic Rotary
- Production speed
- 300 Vials/Min
- Dosing type
- Volumetric dosage
- Dosing range
- 30 - 500 ml
- Container type
- Vials
- Container size
- Round vial Ø 35 - 70 mm
- Square Vial size
- Side x Side 20 - 70 mm
- Rectangular Vial sizes
- Long 20 - 100 mm,Short 20 - 60 mm
- Inner diameter of Vial Mouth
- Min. 12 mm
- Vial height,without closure
- 50 - 190 mm
- Closure height
- 10 - 45 mm
- Outer diameter of closure
- 7 - 45 mm
- Number of Capping Towers
- 1 or 2
- Number of capping chucks per tower
- 8 chucks each
- Working mechanism
- Automatic Rotary
- Integrated steps
- Filling and Capping
- Automation level
- Automatic with synchronized starwheel
- Batch vs. continuous operation
- Inline Continuous
- Changeover time
- N/A
- Vial presence control
- No Vial/No Filling
- Valve control
- Pneumatic shutter control system
- Density/particle size
- 0.5–2.5 g/cm³ / 50–1000 µm
- Container type
- Round / Square / Rectangular Vials
- Inner diameter of Vial Mouth
- Min. 12 mm
- Vial height,without closure
- 50 - 190 mm
- Closure height
- 10 - 45 mm
- Outer diameter of closure
- 7 - 45 mm
- Dosing range with SST - Ceramic pumps
- 30 - 500 ml
- Vial type
- Glass / PET
- Machine footprint
- Compact
- Vial type
- Round / Square / Rectangular
- Vial size
- Ø 35-70 mm,Square
- Vial height
- 50-190 mm
- Closure height
- 10-45 mm
- Outer diameter of closure
- 7-45 mm
- Inner diameter of vial mouth
- Min. 12 mm
- Discharge method
- Volumetric dosing with 18 pumps
- Capping system
- One or two towers with 8 chucks each
- Infeed unit type
- Synchronized starwheel
- Centering devices
- Mechanical centering
- Nozzle movement
- Move up according to vial filling level
- Nozzle control system
- Pneumatic shutter
- Presence control
- No Vial/No Filling
- Capping chuck movements
- Dedicated movements to each kind of closure