Online tablet counter inspection system
Ensure product integrity by precisely inspecting and rejecting defective tablets and capsules with high-speed visual inspection and sophisticated rejection mechanisms, seamlessly fitted into existing packaging lines.

Inspects and Rejects Defective Tablets and Capsules
The Marlin Online Tablet Inspection System from Spookfish Innovations is engineered to enhance quality control in pharmaceutical production lines. It stands out with high-speed cameras and bespoke software that accurately detect discrepancies in tablet color, shape, and size, ensuring faulty products are removed effectively. Applied across a range of tablets and capsules—including aspirin, multivitamins, and herbal supplements—this system handles up to 7,200 tablets per minute with diameter and thickness flexibility. Seamlessly integrating into existing packaging lines, it features automated calibration and a unique rejection mechanism that adapts to dusty environments and performs self-cleaning to maintain operational efficacy. Compliant with rigorous industry standards, Marlin delivers precision inspection for pharmaceutical manufacturers, bolstering product quality without disrupting existing workflows.
Benefits
- Ensures product quality by precisely rejecting defective tablets and capsules, minimizing the risk of defective batches.
- Increases production efficiency with a capacity to inspect up to 7,200 tablets per minute.
- Integrates smoothly into existing lines with minimal setup changes, reducing implementation time.
- Adapts to challenging environments with self-cleaning cameras, maintaining consistent inspection accuracy.
- Enhances compliance with pharmaceutical standards, supporting adherence to regulatory requirements.
- Applications
- Supplements,Vitamins,Pharmaceutical tablets,Nutraceuticals,Soft gel capsules,Hard gel capsules,Capsules
- End products
- Vitamin d tablets,Fish oil soft gels,Iron supplement tablets,Coated pain relief tablets,Multivitamin capsules,Probiotic supplements,Herbal nutraceuticals,Calcium soft gel capsules,Bilayer allergy pills,Aspirin tablets
- Steps before
- Visual Inspection,Handling,Loading
- Steps after
- Counting,Rejection,Packing
- Input ingredients
- tablets,capsules,bottle filling lines,coated tablets,uncoated tablets,bilayer tablets,hard gel capsules,soft gel capsules
- Output ingredients
- inspected tablets,inspected capsules,defective products removal,rejected individual products,rejected bottles
- Market info
- Speed
- Up to 7,200 tablets per minute
- Tablet Diameter (Outer)
- 5mm - 30mm
- Tablet Thickness
- 2mm - 15mm
- Calibration Time
- Within 10 minutes
- Compatibility
- All tablet types (coated/uncoated/bilayer tablets,hard/soft gel capsules,etc.)
- Detection Type
- High speed cameras
- Automation
- Automated System Calibration
- Working mechanism
- High-speed camera inspection
- Integrated steps
- Automated detection and rejection
- Automation level
- Fully automated
- CIP/SIP
- Self-cleaning cameras
- Changeover time
- Calibration within 10 minutes
- Real-time monitoring
- Yes,real-time statistics and analysis
- Batch vs. continuous operation
- Inline Continuous
- Coated tablet compatibility
- Yes
- Uncoated tablet compatibility
- Yes
- Bilayer tablet compatibility
- Yes
- Hard gel capsule compatibility
- Yes
- Soft gel capsule compatibility
- Yes
- Transparency compatibility
- Yes (transparent capsules)
- Shape compatibility
- All tablet shapes
- Tablet shape compatibility
- Circular / Oval / Oblong
- Tablet type
- Coated / Uncoated / Bilayer / Gel capsule
- Bottle filling line adaptability
- Retrofitted with minimal alteration
- Defect detection capability
- Color / Shape / Size inconsistencies
- High speed inspection
- Up to 7,200 tablets per minute
- System cleaning
- Self cleaning cameras
- Environment adaptability
- Dusty environments
- Inspection system type
- Online
- Camera type
- High speed cameras
- Calibration time
- 10 minutes
- Inspection capacity
- Up to 7,200 tablets per minute
- Tablet dimension range
- Diameter 5mm - 30mm,Thickness 2mm - 15mm
- Interface type
- Intuitive touchscreen HMI display
- Rejection mechanism
- Customized