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HPMC capsules filling Equipment

Filling lines are used extensively in all industries, such as food, pharmaceutical, chemical, and cosmetics, to accurately package different products into a container suitable for that product. Although the filling process is at the very end of the production line, it is no less important than the earlier steps. Last but not least, the idiom that dates back to 1382 when John Wyclif wrote the firste the laste, and the laste the firste, indicates just that the last things on a list are just as valuable as the previous ones. In this case, this idiom fits perfectly.

Filling

The nonproprietary name for HPMC – hydroxypropyl methylcellulose – is such a mouthful that it has two abbreviations. Hypromellose is the other one. The non-ionized material offers a safe alternative to gelatin capsules, especially as most common API and excipients are suitable HPMC capsule ingredients.

HPMC capsules

Automatic capsule filling machine for powders, pellets, tablets, mini-tablets, capsule in capsule or liquids.


<h2>Test the automatic settings of your capsuling process before you scale-up</h2>
IN-CAP automatic bench top capsule filling machine by Dott.Bonapace is a bench top automatic capsule filler. It has become popular all over the world among R&amp;D laboratories, pharmacies, hospitals, etc. For trials research, batch productions, and in laboratories for full production utilization. It is also available with predisposal of liquids or semi-dense products filling station, pellets, tablets and mini-tablets. The machine can be supplied either with tamping or dosator system. Machine manufactured according to CE and GMP rules.

R&D automatic capsule filler

Semi-automatic filling machine suitable to open, fill and close empty hard gelatin capsules already orientated on a 300 holes tray, with an hourly output of approximately 6000 capsules.


<h2>Semi-automatic capsule processing machine</h2>
The KAP, R&amp;D semi-automatic capsule filler, by Dott. Bonapace is available in two configurations:

KAP-300: The KAP-300 is suitable to open, fill and close empty hard gelatin capsules already orientated on a 300 holes tray. To ensure the correct and easy distribution of the powder into the capsules, the machine is equipped with an electronic vibrator. It has an hourly rate up of 6000 capsules.

KAP-100: The smallest solution: Two units in one only basement with electrical parts in stainless box 100% at water tight. It is ideal for hospitals, pharmacies, research laboratories and quality control departments where small production batches are required. It has an hourly output of 2500 capsules.

R&D semi-automatic capsule filler

A semi-automatic orienter for capsules with an output speed up to 6000 capsules.


<h2>Orientate your capsules so that they are ready for filling</h2>
The RK-15 capsule filler by Dott. Bonapace  is an R&amp;D capsule orientater which processes 150 capsules per cycle; by repeating the operation also 300 capsules can be processed. In the version of 150 capsules per tray, the RK-15 can work with the filling unit KAP-150 and KAP-300.

Hourly output: up to 4000 capsules in combination with KAP-150, Up to 6000 capsules in combination with KAP-150.

R&D capsule orientater

Staying competitive in today's highly dynamic and highly regulated pharmaceutical production market requires encapsulation equipment with the utmost process control and batch documentation.  Quick changeover, and accurate dose control are required as well as enhanced features like environmental sensors, online weight adjustment and automated documentation and reporting.  Successful modern producers use these next-generation features to maintain an edge of competitors with more traditional equipment.


<h2>A complete automatic encapsulation solution with state-of-the-art accuracy controls and reporting functionality.</h2>
The Legend 2500 from ACG-PAM is a fully automatic capsule filler with next generation design which greatly enhances production speed and efficiency.  ACG-Pam has over three decades of experience in the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry and the success of the company's AF series of encapsulating machines which are installed in over 1,000 facilities across the globe provides a knowledge base and industry expertise that is second to none.  The Legend 2500 encapsulation represents the application of this knowledge and experience specifically to improve upon existing encapsulation systems and better meet the needs of today's pharmaceutical producers.

The system includes Industrial PC based controls, online weight adjustment, and a screw type auger for use with the widest variety of formulations.  The need for an extra doing disc when filling doses are 50% of slug length is eliminated by use of a slug length adjustment kit.  Anti-jamming features for trouble free capsule loading and automatic lubrication are also included.  The system makes use of integrated environmental sensors, a stand-alone security enabled IPC control pedestal, and full 21 CFR Part 11 compliant reporting to ensure an encapsulation process that is accurate, controlled, and well documented.

Easy to validate capsule filler

Pharmaceutical manufacturers require maximum yield from their encapsulation process for efficient production and competitive results.  Leaving expensive pharmaceutical formulations in the encapsulation machine as left-over or dust is wasteful and inefficient.  Equipment with all the features required for accurate high quality encapsulation as well as enhancements for minimized dust creation and product loss will give users a distinct advantage over the competition.


<h2>A complete encapsulation solution for maximum yield</h2>
The ZRO 90T system from ACGE is a production scale capsule filler from the AF series of capsule fillers that is currently running in over 1,000 production facilities throughout the world.  The AF series of machines is built for regulatory compliance, revenue optimization, and flexibility giving pharmaceutical manufacturers the features they demand such as formulation and dosing control, minimal product loss, a wide range of peripheral equipment, and globally available support.

The ZRO 90T machine has all the benefits associated with the series as well as additional features to minimize formulation loss during processing and maximizing yield.  The capsule filler includes ACGE's patented ZRO technology which minimizes dusting and separation by containing the formulation within the dosing disk.  This technology reduces formulation waste and maximizes powder use efficiency for maximum yield.

High-yield capsule filler

Capsule filling should be a worry-step in pharmaceutical and nutraceutical manufacturing.  The right equipment is capable of fully automatic operation, includes accurate dose control, is easily changed over between products, and includes supporting accessories for smooth integration with other processes.  A high quality capsule filler will give plant managers peace of mind and allow them to focus on improving other aspects of their operation.


<h2>A complete, automatic encapsulation solution</h2>
The AF series from ACG-Pam is a production scale capsule filler line that is currently running in over 1000 production facilities throughout the world.  The AF series of machines is built for regulatory compliance, revenue optimization, and flexibility giving pharmaceutical manufacturers the features they demand such as formulation and dosing control, minimal product loss, a wide range of peripheral equipment, and globally available support.

The automatic capsule fillers can output from 6,000 to 200,000 capsules per hour and can handle powder, microtablet, and pellet, and capsule-in-capsule filling.  They include ACG-Pam's patented ZRO technology which reduces dusting and product loss during operation as well as other features designed for revenue optimization and machine efficiency.  The AF series machines in production have handled over 3,000 different formulations and ACG-Pam's support personnel have developed the expertise and knowledge based needed to tailor an encapsulation solution for even the most difficult formulations.

Automatic capsule filler

Innovators in the highly regulated and highly dynamic pharmaceutical market place need equipment that is worry-free and flexible enough to vary products and process variables as new products are developed.  Laboratory capsule filling machine must be easy to maintain, allow for rapid tooling change-over, and provide tightly controlled process variables and automatic operation in order to ensure results that are reproducible at the production scale.


<h2>A complete encapsulation solution for the laboratory</h2>
The AFT-T Lab system from ACGE is a laboratory capsule filler from the AF series of capsule fillers that is currently running in over 1000 production facilities throughout the world.  The AF series of machines is built for regulatory compliance, revenue optimization, and flexibility giving pharmaceutical manufacturers the features they demand such as formulation and dosing control, minimal product loss, a wide range of peripheral equipment, and globally available support.

The AFT-T Lab machine has all the benefits associated with the larger equipment in the series but on a scale appropriate for laboratories.  The machine can output up to 6,000 capsules per hour for powder filling and 5,000 capsules per hour for pellet filling.  It uses a 1.1 kW primary motor.  It weighs about 1,200 Kg and occupies only 2.25 square meters of floor space making it the perfect scale for any pharmaceutical laboratory.

Automatic laboratory capsule filler

<span style="font-weight: 400;">For the production of pharmaceutical doses in capsule form complete accuracy of fill is paramount. To increase production efficiency and reduce costs this must be married effectively with high performance. This is a vital combination for lower volume production lines.</span>
<h2>High performance capsule filler for lower volume production line</h2>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">The Sejong Pharmatech F50 series is an entry-level capsule filling solution with cutting edge features that can enhance output by up to 26% and increase throughput speed by 12% compared to last generation machines, able to operate at 50,000 units per hour.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">The F50’s index and cam drive power train also significantly reduces noise and vibration, increasing lifespan and reducing maintenance, and the whole unit is designed to allow for simple parts exchange where required. Advanced features include automatic capsule jam removal using high pressure air, without the requirement to disassemble the unit.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">With a focus on accuracy, the F50 uses a 5 stage compression moulding system before filling to achieve the optimum results. Automatic weight control (AWC) function reduces fill variation to absolute minimum, and the system not only rejects capsules outside the variance limit, but also automatically reject any faulty capsule, for example due to imperfect closure or damaged capsule sleeve.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">To suit your exact requirements, the F50 is able to handle a wide variety of dosages, including powders, pellets and tablets - allowing it to be used to fill combination capsules as well as single dose types.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">The control system is fully 21CFR part 11 compliant, with graphical touchscreen control for ease of operation and monitoring of performance.</span>

Entry level capsule filler

<span style="font-weight: 400;">For higher production volumes of pharmaceutical capsules, speed, accuracy and reliability of production machinery is vital. For medium volume production lines this combination becomes particularly important, as increased speed should not detract from the highest levels of accuracy and efficiency.</span>
<h2>High performance capsule filler for medium volume production line</h2>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">The Sejong Pharmatech F125 series is a scale-up capsule filling solution with cutting edge features that can operate at up to 126,000 units per hour.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">The F125 has an innovative drive train that has been designed to reduce vibration levels, this results in lower noise and a longer component lifespan. Modular construction means part replacement is straightforward and simple when required.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Advanced features include a high pressure air system for the automatic clearance of capsule jams. This reduces downtime as there is no need to disassemble the unit.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">For the highest accuracy levels, the F125 uses a 5 stage compression molding system prior to fill. This ensures optimum pressing results. In addition, the automatic weight control system ensures minimal variance from the programmed fill level, and offers automatic rejection of failed fills, as well as imperfect capsule closures or damaged sleeves.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">To suit your exact requirements, the F125 can produce a large variety of doses, filling capsules with powders, tablet and pellets. The F125 can also produce combination capsules containing mixed dosage types.The control system is fully 21CFR part 11 compliant, with graphical touchscreen control for ease of operation and monitoring of performance.</span>

Scale up capsule filler

<span style="font-weight: 400;">In the highest volume pharmaceutical production environments, capsule filling needs to be extremely accurate whilst providing increased throughput in order to improve efficiency. Equipment that is designed to minimize downtime becomes particularly important in larger-scale production.</span>
<h2>Highest performance capsule filler for large volume production line</h2>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">The Sejong Pharmatech F180 series is a high capacity capsule filling solution with cutting edge features that can operate at up to 184,000 units per hour.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">The F180’s proprietary drive system has been designed to offer maximum speed and performance whilst minimizing maintenance through reduced vibration. In addition, the modular nature of the system allows for rapid and straightforward replacement of individual components, keeping downtime to a minimum.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Further innovation includes the provision of an automated capsule jam removal system. Using high pressure air, the machine can self-clear without the need for any disassembly, saving valuable time.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Because increased speed must not lead to a reduction in quality, the F180 is fitted with a 5 stage compression moulding system to ensure the optimum capsule fill even at highest speeds.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">In addition, the comprehensive AWC (automatic weight control) functions reject any doses that are not filled within tolerance, as well as automatically rejected any faulty capsules that have not fully closed, or where the capsule sleeve has been damaged.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">To meet your exact needs and offer full flexibility, the F180 is able to handle a wide variety of encapsulated dosage types, including powders, pellets and tablets. It can also fill capsules with a mixture of these doses, allowing scope for the production of a large number of products.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">The control system is fully 21CFR part 11 compliant, with graphical touchscreen control for ease of operation and monitoring of performance.</span>

High capacity capsule filler

Medicines in tablet, capsule, or soft gel forms undergo various processes before reaching the consumer. Of the steps involved in production and packaging, automatic visual inspection and accurate counting with filling are essential to meet quality standards and specifications. Since separate equipment for each process step adds high costs, multi-function machines are much better in this regard.
<h2>Automatic Inspection and Bottle Filling of Capsules, Tablets, and Soft Gels</h2>
Spine Fibo by Sensum is designed to ensure accurate automatic visual inspection, sorting, counting, and filling of tablets, capsules, and soft gels. Products are conveyed through an optical system, which can perform a 100 percent visual inspection of each product using several cameras. During the inspection, products are counted for the first time. After inspection, defective products are rejected, while only good products are counted again with an additional optical system and then filled into bottles. Another advantageous feature of Spine Fibo is that it uses no flaps at bottle filling. With such double counting and no-flap system, the machine ensures high accuracy in counting and reduces risks of defective products getting to the market.

Spine Fibo can handle smaller and bigger bottles, and no formatting of parts is required for bottle changing. It can identify many defects like foreign products, size variations, thickness variations, lamination, engraving defects, coating problems, chips, cracks, dots, dents, bubbles, variations in prints, and texture. This equipment can inspect pharmaceutical products like plain, coated, and multi-layer tablets, opaque, bi-color, transparent capsules, and a large variety of soft gels. In addition, defective samples are not required to train the system.

High speed bottle filler with inspection

It is strange how two tablets can belong to the same but at the same time to a different category depending on how the tablet itself is classified. For example, chewable tablets and effervescent tablets have two different routes of administration but both belong to the category of uncoated tablets. Uncoated tablets are prepared by compression of granules in which no coating is added after compression. They may be single-layer or multi-layer tablets.

Uncoated tablets

Chewable tablets are suitable for patients who have difficulty swallowing. Chewable tablet formulation masks the natural flavors of pharma drugs and alters their aftertaste. But besides the taste, chewable tablets favor the bioavailability of pharmaceutical ingredients.

Chewable tablets

The fizz of effervescent tablets is commonly associated with a vitamin C boost. But the soluble pill is an excellent drug delivery method for pediatric and geriatric patients. Sometimes referred to as carbon tablets, manufacturing effervescent tablets binds biocarbonate and citric acid that produce the smooth hiss as they dissolve in liquid.

Effervescent tablets

When taking a tablet, it is usually the job of our stomach to break down the medication to make it ready to be absorbed into the bloodstream. However, some drugs are not meant to be dissolved in the stomach because the acidic pH of the stomach can disintegrate the drug, making it no longer effective. Using tablet coating equipment that applies a polymer barrier to the tablet makes it possible to protect it from stomach acidity.

Enteric Coated Tablets

Multilayer tablets are a popular fixed-dose combination (FDC) offering a range of release profiles for effective drug delivery. Multilayer tablet technology solves challenges to API consistency, allowing manufacturers to develop formulations from incompatible ingredients while optimizing the release profile for immediate release and controlled release.

Multi-layer tablets

The two-piece capsule is a visual shorthand for all types of medical remedies. Advances in technology have made the production of hard-gelatin capsules a convenient delivery method for drugs and other ingested substances. But the simple solution requires micrometric precision to be manufactured to the proper pharmaceutical standards.

Hard gelatin capsules

Softgel capsules fast-track the delivery of medication to the bloodstream. Unlike solid pills, they do not need to be broken down by the body before the drugs can be absorbed. Moreover, they are optimal vehicles for oils and fat-soluble formulations that cannot be compressed into tablets.

Softgel capsules

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Coming to the rescue of patients who need to keep track of their chronic medication and adhere to their daily treatment plan is FebriSol, a scratch-card calendar developed by Studio Fundi.

At <a href="https://www.pharmapackeurope.com/en/home.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pharmapack</a>, we had the pleasure of meeting Ricky Stoch, the founder of <a href="https://studiofundi.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Studio Fundi</a>, who showed us how simple it is to use FebriSol.

All the patient has to do is scratch off the day’s metallic coating that will reveal the check mark after taking the pill.

Current solutions for daily tracking are inconvenient and expensive.  FebriSol is a low-cost alternative that can help you keep track of your medicine every day.

#Changemaker: Keep track of your medicine every day with FabriSol sticker

Pharmaceutical

The most important part of a capsule is its contents. But if the shell is not carefully made, the dosage ingredients inside lose effectiveness. From molding to sizing, capsule manufacturing equipment forms perfectly-matching husks ready for filling. The simplicity of encapsulation revolutionized pharmaceuticals since it was introduced in the 19<sup>th</sup> century. However, capsules are changing to increase delivery efficiency and reduce the dependency on gelatin.

Capsules

Pharmaceutical developments walk side by side with health advances to provide new medicines, treatments, and therapies that have increased life quality and extended life expectancy by years. Pharmaceutical manufacturing equipment helps deliver products to a great deal of the population, but there’s a significant share that doesn’t benefit from them yet. Over 2 billion people cannot get the medicines they need, according to the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, and local production might be a way to provide for these people.

Pharmaceuticals

Among all dosage forms in use today, tablets constitute the most common one. They are pharmaceutical solid dosage forms containing active ingredients and excipients such as diluents, binders, glidants, and lubricants. Using tablet making equipment, these solid dosage forms are made by compression of granules or powder blends and then shaped by molding.

Tablets

The billions of microbes living in our gut have a significant impact on gastrointestinal health, mood, and behavior. Every individual develops their microbiome community. Probiotic processing technology makes sure that harmful bacteria never outnumber good citizens.

Probiotics

Microtablets range between 1 and 4 millimeters, making the dosage form an excellent delivery system in polypharmacy. The size of the products makes them easier pills to swallow, but microtablets production brings a unique set of complexities.

Microtablets

What's new in pharmaceutical packaging?



During <a href="https://www.pharmapackeurope.com/en/home.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pharmapack</a>, we met Chantal Younes, Key Account Manager at <a href="https://www.csptechnologies.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Aptar CSP Technology</a>, who introduced us to the world of active packaging.

The pharmaceutical industry is subject to strict regulations, so that's why manufacturers are very meticulous when formulating their products but especially about their packaging, which must keep their products safe. Due to the formulation or active ingredient, pharmaceutical products can present significant stability issues if they come in contact with moisture or oxygen.

This is where Aptar CSP Technology comes in. Aptar CSP Technology has developed several active packaging solutions to protect pharmaceutical products and ensure extended shelf life.

The company has developed a new class of highly engineered polymer compounds that protect drug products, probiotics, and drug delivery systems from impurities, oxygen, and moisture. The polymer can be extruded into a film, injection molded, or blow molded.

#Changemaker: Ready to protect your pharmaceutical products from moisture?

Parenteral preparations refer to drugs using non-oral means of administration. Injectables, such as needles and syringes, are used to deliver a drug into the systemic circulation directly in the veins, muscles, under the skin, or in the tissue.

These parenteral formulations are pharmaceutical dosage forms that have strict regulations on being sterile, pyrogen-free, and free from visible particulate matter including reconstituted sterile powders. Solutions, suspensions, emulsions, and gels with APIs intended for administration by injection are usually supplied in vials, ampoules, pre-filled syringes, or pens to facilitate ease of use.

Injectables

<p class="filterable-grid__description">Liquid dosage forms are designed for easy absorption. The body quickly carries the active ingredients through the system and triggers the required response. But the greatest advantage of this medicinal type is its flexibility in formulation and dispensation. From lotions and syrups to drops and sprays, liquid solutions can be adapted to different administration routes including parenteral, topical, and oral. The fundamental liquid dosage manufacturing process involves dissolving or suspending solutes in a fluid. But that is not enough. A precise blend of excipients is needed to make the medicine go down.</p>

Liquid dosage forms

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