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Labels provide customers with important information about both your product and your brand. Different labeling technology attaches the printed film to the packaging using a range of methods such as shrink wrapping, side sealing, and adhesives. For added traceability and protection, you may also use serialization coding equipment and anti-tampering labeling systems.

Labeling

Complex processes call for continuous tracking and monitoring systems that help you to keep the manufacturing operation under control. The technology analyzes the components in the production phase for divergence in behavior or changes in conditions. Based on advanced software applications, monitoring platforms make sure that your products satisfy the quality criteria while they are being developed.

Monitoring

Industrial inspection equipment is used for checking compliance with health, safety, and quality control standards. For that reason, inspection systems are most commonly utilized in the food and pharmaceutical industry but, they are also used in other industries too. Inspection solutions are often integrated into a production process or production line. Visual inspection systems perform checks to detect variation in size, shape, and color and ensure the presence of labels and closures. Check-weigh systems help ensure that product packages are not under or over-filled. Metal detection systems can help guard against the presence of foreign objects in product containers and X-ray inspection equipment is used to detect physical defects and to ensure high quality package seal integrity.

Inspection

<span style="font-weight: 400">At last, you reached the final stage of processing your product - welcome to the packing world! Packing preserves and protects a product from damage, spoilage, and contamination while it makes its way from the production line to the consumer or further production. Depending on which industry your products belong to, the type of primary packaging equipment can change drastically. You need to pay careful attention to products with </span><span style="font-weight: 400">chemicals or hazardous substances since they can be potentially dangerous to human health. </span>

Packing

A beverage is any kind of liquid or drink, usually other than water, made for human consumption. Beverages are further classified into two categories: alcoholic beverages and non-alcoholic beverages. Alcoholic beverages refer to liquids that contain 1% to 75% of liquor and are produced by fermentation such as wine, beer, or distillation such as vodka, rum, tequila. Non-alcoholic beverages are drinks that don’t have any liquor such as tea, coffee, fruit juices, soft drinks, and carbonated beverages. They can be produced premix or postmix, depending on the setup of your production line.

Beverages

Healthcare products are goods or services used to improve, maintain or prevent the deterioration of health or ease the consequences of illness. Healthcare products include a wide range of goods, from hospital clothing, over plasters, wound care products and diagnostic devices. These products must be clean and contamination-free, which is achieved with strictly regulated healthcare equipment.

Healthcare products

Continuous

Industrial

In the pharmaceutical industry, the precise assembly and labelling of pre-filled glass syringes are critical to ensure the integrity of both the syringe and the medication it contains. Ensuring each assembly process is accurate is essential to maintain safety and efficacy standards.
<h2>Automate syringe assembly and labeling</h2>
The MODULA by IMA Life is a specialized assembly solution designed for the precise insertion of plunger rods, application of labels, and assembly of backstops for pre-filled glass syringes. Developed by IMA Group, the MODULA machine operates on a continuous motion principle, catering to low-medium output requirements with a high degree of automation. The machine features a central transport carousel that gently guides the syringes through every phase, ensuring high precision. Various sensors can be installed to monitor plunger rod presence and height, label application, and backstop presence, among others. MODULA can be integrated with upstream denesting or inspection machines and downstream equipment for secondary packaging, offering a comprehensive solution for syringe assembly.

Syringe assembly for pre-filled glass syringes

Assembly platforms combine different parts into one final product. Components are inspected for quality and joined or affixed together into the goods. Assembly lines automate the process to ensure consistent quality and integrate into other technologies, such as packaging equipment. But a primary consideration for assembly solutions is their capacity to scale manufacturing processes. Assembly platforms must be adaptable to your long-term volume requirements.

Assembling

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

liquid

solid

In the pharmaceutical industry, ensuring product integrity and authenticity is critical. Especially during packaging, tampering and counterfeiting are major concerns that require immediate and foolproof solutions.
<h2>Applies tamper-evident labels and vignettes</h2>
The TE – Tamper Evident by ETIMA+ is designed to apply self-adhesive tamper-evident labels and vignettes to pharmaceuticals. This robust system handles up to 400 pieces per minute depending on the format, ensuring high throughput. Each carton is guided individually through the labeling process, enabling precise control and consistent application. The machine's compact footprint allows it to fit easily into existing production lines. It is also versatile, providing the option to integrate any available printing and Track & Trace system. A double rejection system classifies and removes faulty products based on error type, enhancing quality control. Format changeovers are facilitated by clear indicators, minimizing downtime and operator error. ETIMA+ targets industries such as pharma, where compliance and safety are paramount.

Linear tamper evident labeler

Sorting is the process of arranging items systematically, using a specified criterion, to categorize and group similar items and identify non-conforming items for removal. The choice of a sorting machine depends on the type of item to sort, the sorting criteria, the number of categories that the items need to be sorted into, sorting speed, and accuracy. Sorting machines can be used in the food processing industry for sorting and categorizing fruits, vegetables, empty bottles, crates, and other items; other examples include sorting of tablets and capsules by weight for quality control in the pharmaceutical industry. As well as sorting waste in the recycling industry. Manual sorting is a laborious task however, with the use of specialized equipment, manufacturers are able to automate their sorting at high speeds.

Sorting

In medical and pharmaceutical settings, ensuring a sterile environment for IV bag preparation is crucial. Handling various bag sizes and types efficiently while maintaining sterility throughout the filling and closing process poses significant challenges.
<h2>Fill and close flexible Iv bags aseptically</h2>
The Type 525/526 from Bausch Advanced Technology Group is a high-speed system designed for the aseptic filling and closing of flexible IV bags. The machine offers a maximum output of 6,000 bags per hour and accommodates bag sizes ranging from 50 mL to 5,000 mL. It features excellent accessibility and visual contact with working stations, facilitating efficient operations. The mass flow filling system with automatic CIP/SIP or a peristaltic pump ensures precise dosing accuracy up to ±0.5%. The shuttles convey the bags while pinching the filling tubes throughout transport to prevent contamination. Sealing is achieved using radio frequency, ultra-sonic, or thermo sealing methods. Additionally, the system supports in-line bag printing options and automatic loading with camera inspection. The laminar flow-friendly design and nitrogen gassing before, during, and after filling create an aseptic environment.

Aseptic filling and closing for flexible Iv bags

Dosing systems are a line of hoppers, feeders, filling machines, and checkweighers that operate in sync to dispense materials accurately. Dosing is an essential feature of the packaging process, whether you’re filling shampoo bottles or tea bags. But dosing equipment is critical for formulations, too, particularly in the pharmaceutical and chemical industries. Imprecise dosing may cause quality degradation in the best-case scenario. In the worst scenario, it creates serious health risks.

Dosing

A loading system feeds your continuous or batch processing machine with the specified material or item in line with the flow of production. Loaders transfer the articles from one stage of preparation to the next with uniformity and accuracy.

Loading

Sealing

During product transfer in pharmaceutical and biopharma settings, sealing packages safely and effectively is crucial. The goal is to prevent contamination and ensure that packages remain secure under various conditions.
<h2>Seal packages with high-strength Pa material ties</h2>
The closure system from Austar is designed for contained sealing of product packages during transfers, using a continuous liner or BIBO. Made from high-strength PA material, this system boasts a high melting point and resistance to common solvents. It features a double-locking mechanism for safety and reliability. The included clamping and shearing tools ensure stable and verifiable sealing performance. The cutting section remains tight and flat, minimizing dust exposure. Additionally, the system supports special tamper-proof labels that enable destructive opening only. The toolset includes crimping pliers, cutting tools, a bag opener, and sealing labels.

Closure system for aseptic containment

Powder

Pharmaceutical packaging lines require reliable methods for printing, verifying, and ensuring the integrity of serialization data on cartons to maintain compliance and security.
<h2>Ensures data consistency and security during serialization</h2>
The PRINT&CHECK EVO TE by Antares Vision is an advanced standalone unit engineered for in-line or off-line printing, verification, and tamper-evident sealing. This unit handles all serialization tasks, from marking and recording to verifying all serialization data. Cartons move through the system via an input belt to print heads on both sides, where a predefined layout is printed. Control cameras next to the print heads immediately monitor the printing, ensuring that only cartons meeting all criteria are conveyed to the exit, while rejected items are separated into special containers. Operating at speeds up to 300 pieces per minute and accommodating cartons of various sizes, the system includes up to four TIJ printing heads and a single HMI for managing all functions. Integrated control cameras for track & trace inspection and additional features like OCV/R on human-readable characters enhance its capability. Suitable ink options include water-based and solvent-based cartridges, achieving a maximum resolution of 600 dpi.

Automatic in-line serialization and tamper-evident sealing unit

Cartoning involves erecting a folded carton, filling it with the product, closing the flaps, or applying a lid and sealing with glue or adhesive tape. Choosing a cartoning solution involves, considering the type of primary packaging, the production volume, the size and count of the product in a carton, and the desired level of automation.

Cartoning

Industrial measurement equipment is used as a crucial step before products leave the production line. These measuring instruments check for correct dosage and standards. Equipment for measurement and control employs a wide range of technologies to detect inconsistencies in volumes, sizes, weights, and fill levels as well as to inspect goods for quality against a set of criteria. Specialized measuring tools allow you to minimize the probability for error to its lowest possible, ensuring that both products and packaging meet your benchmarks.

Measurement &amp; Control

Printing

Verification

In pharmaceutical manufacturing, accurate and secure packaging is crucial. Issues such as mislabeling or tampering can lead to severe consequences including product recalls and regulatory non-compliance. Ensuring each carton is correctly printed, weighed, labeled, and sealed is a significant challenge.
<h2>Print, weigh, label, and seal cartons efficiently</h2>
The Print & Check All-in-one (VM2800) by Antares Vision is a standalone unit designed for robust serialization in pharmaceutical packaging. It integrates several functions, including printing and verifying up to three carton sides, check weighing, labeling, and tamper-evident sealing. The unit uses either TIJ or laser printers for high-resolution marking and incorporates inspection technology to verify the accuracy and integrity of data. With a processing speed of up to 400 pcs/min (or 300 pcs/min when the checkweigher is enabled), it optimizes space and ensures data security. The system also includes cameras for track & trace inspection and options for thermal transfer print engine. Operational flexibility allows it to handle different carton sizes and configurations with a working height adaptable from 800 to 1000 mm and a conveyor length of 1850 mm. The system's ergonomic design, combined with a single HMI for managing all settings, ensures ease of use and minimal downtime.

Print and verify cartons packaging systems

Weighing

In the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries, ensuring data consistency and security on product packaging is crucial. Traditional methods often struggle to meet stringent serialization and verification standards required for regulatory compliance and supply chain transparency.
<h2>Print, verify, and seal with precision</h2>
The Print & Check 3T (VM 2600) by Antares Vision is a standalone unit designed for in-line or off-line printing and verification on up to three sides of a carton. This system performs critical serialization functions, including marking, recording, and verifying all data, ensuring data consistency and security. Using either inkjet or laser printing techniques, the unit checks all printed data for accuracy and completeness through an integrated camera system. It is capable of handling cartons at speeds of up to 400 pieces per minute and supports a standard carton size range with adjustable working heights. Additional features include top labeling and tamper-evident sealing to ensure package integrity. The single HMI interface simplifies system operation, making it user-friendly.

Standalone print & check system for cartons

Marking

In industries where product safety and packaging integrity are paramount, ensuring that containers are securely sealed with tamper-evident bands is critical. This process demands a reliable solution to evenly and efficiently shrink plastic safety seals around various bottle types.
<h2>Shrink plastic safety seals uniformly</h2>
The Phase Fire G7 from Accutek is a tamper-evident heat tunnel designed to ensure plastic safety seals are evenly shrunk, providing a professional appearance to bottled products. It incorporates a tapered heating process with adjustable heat settings ranging from 125 to 290 degrees Fahrenheit. This flexibility makes it suitable for a wide range of containers, including pill bottles, food containers, and jars. The heat tunnel features stainless steel construction for durability and large, easy-to-use controls for straightforward operation. Additionally, it can be mounted onto existing conveyors or used as a free-standing unit. Optional features such as heat directors and pre-heat shrouds enhance its adaptability, while a powered height-adjustable stand and emergency lift station ensure operational safety.

Tamper evident heat tunnel for safety banding

<span style="font-weight: 400">The heating process is a step of raising the temperature of food, pharma, cosmetics, and many other types of products. You may employ different heating solutions for this process, depending on the type of product you intend to manufacture. Selecting the appropriate heater machine for your product is quite important since various products require different ranges of temperatures and different ways of heat transfer using exchangers. Industrial heating equipment varies in two ways - the type of material it can process and the reaction you want to achieve.</span>

Heating

Batch

In many production lines, ensuring product authenticity and consumer safety is crucial, often necessitating tamper-evident packaging. This requirement is especially pertinent in industries like food, beverages, and pharmaceuticals, where maintaining product integrity is vital.
<h2>Delivers tamper-evident safety bands efficiently</h2>
The AccuSleever from Accutek is designed to apply heat shrinkable tamper evident bands on containers. With an adjustable C-frame and a touch screen controller, it is suitable for low to medium volume production lines, handling up to 65 containers per minute. The system employs servo-controlled band delivery for precision and integrates seamlessly into existing bottling lines. It's constructed from sanitary stainless steel and allows quick changeovers with minimal part adjustments. Optional additions include a heat tunnel, precision positioning controls, and film management sensors, ensuring versatile application.

Tamper evident banding system

Packaging

Wrapping is the final step before your finished products are ready to leave the manufacturing site. Packages are bundled tightly together with a low-density polyethylene wrapper to secure the goods inside during transportation and distribution. Automatic or semi-automatic stretch wrapping machines cloak the palleted load in expandable film at high speeds and precision.

Wrapping

In the production lines for pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and hair products, ensuring seal integrity and tamper-evidence is crucial after the induction sealing process. Loose caps can pose safety risks and compromise product integrity, requiring a reliable method to retighten caps.
<h2>Retightens caps for tamper-evident packaging</h2>
The ASC-2 Retorquer by Accutek is designed to maintain proper seal integrity and tamper-evident features for capped containers. Positioned after an induction sealer, the ASC-2 Retorquer uses two spinning discs to tighten caps that may have loosened during the sealing process. Its height is easily adjustable to accommodate various bottle lengths, and both spindle speed and width can be modified to suit different sizes and shapes of bottles. The ASC-2 Retorquer is ideal for use in pharmaceutical, cosmetics, and hair product industries, ensuring tamper-evident packaging with consistent and reliable performance.

Retorquer for tamper-evident bottle caps

When looking for capping equipment, it is crucial to know first which type of capper your product requires. Do you want screw caps, twist-off caps, hand pumps, or push-pull caps on your bottle or container? If you require different cap types for format changeover times can be time-consuming. The bottle cap seals the top opening of a bottle to guard the product against leakage and spoilage and sterility and filling requirements depend on the nature of your product.

Capping

Sleeves are very popular in food, beverage, Chemical and pharmaceutical industry because they can act as tamper-evident labels. By slipping a sleeve over the container, it automatically covers and seals the cap. Therefore, you can combine protection (tamper-evident) and brand identity (labeling) in one step, saving money and time. A hot air tunnel is a great choice for tamper evident application as well as for the transparent label for very small products such as mascara or creams.


<h2>Forming tamper-evident labels using hot air</h2>
The TAL is a hot air tunnel designed by Scaligera that uniformly shrinks sleeves around containers while exposed to hot air. The shape and size of the container and the sleeve you want to apply are conditions in choosing the right shrink tunnel.

After loosely applying a sleeve on a container with a sleeve applicator, the shrinking process begins, and containers are moved on the conveyor into the shrink tunnel. Hot air is injected by a heater and blown onto the sleeve that covers the container. The hot air shrinks the sleeve which adheres evenly to the container and takes its shape. The numbers of heaters can vary from two to ten. Furthermore, they can be manually adjusted in height and inclination according to your needs.

Hot air tunnel for shrink sleeve labels

As a security feature, all pharmaceutical packaging of medicines is required to have a tamper-evident closure. These closures are designed with a seal that has to be broken to open them, providing the user with an indication of whether or not the package has been compromised. This feature further provides visible evidence that tampering, if any, has occurred. However, applying tamper-evident labels requires a high degree of precision.
<h2>Offer tampering evidence and ensure inviolability with this labeling machine</h2>
The ML-CARTON by ETIMA can deliver an output of 24,000 containers per hour and is able to apply labels to up to 400 pcs per minute. With individual guidance and conveying of each carton, the machine has an incredibly compact footprint.

Along with applying government anti-fraud labels, it can also be used to set up a bollino, an Italian two layer paper security label, or vignette labeler. Moreover, it can install any Track &amp; Trace and printing system, making the machine extremely flexible.

The ML-CARTON is further designed with a double rejection system for fewer errors. Lastly, each station individually controls each carton, which leads to greater efficiency and accuracy.

Tamper-evident labeling machine for cartons

Pharma and biopharma laboratories need fast effective solutions for tightly sealing bags for isolation and waste disposal. They should insist on double-lock security to eliminate the possibility of accidental releases, and ensure the seal will last long enough to keep the contents secure for as long as required.
<h2>A High Containment Closing System for Long Term Sealing</h2>
The Ezi-Dock ezi-strap™ liner tie system is a fast, effective way for sealing sleeves and liners either manually, or pneumatically. Double-lock security effectively prevents accidental release, and it has useful anti-tamper and labelling capability. This is ideal for linear filling with materials sealed in a series of bags, or one-shot bag-out waste.

The ezi-strap™ system is user-friendly. It is strong and durable, and specially designed for ‘real world’ production environments. This product is hence ideal for relatively sensitive applications where spillage may result in troublesome contamination.

High containment closing system

The essential objectives of containment systems are personnel protection and preventing the release of toxic or infectious material into the environment. Containment is also used to prevent a product or sample from contamination by the external environment. In the chemical and pharmaceutical industries, containment solutions are used to protect the personnel from the leaking of airborne particles of hazardous substances, as powders or liquids are handled or transferred during processing.

Containment

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Automatic cartoning for cosmetic or pharmaceutical products is a requirement for all but the lowest volumes of production. Modern machines that can operate either standalone or as part of bespoke line offer the maximum flexibility to manufacturers. High accuracy and reliability are key to ensuring this vital part of the packing process allows your line to operate at maximum efficiency.</span>
<h2>Flexible cartoner for pharmaceutical and cosmetic products</h2>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">The A1 Cartoner from FamarTec is an alternate motion cartoning machine for the horizontal packaging of pharmaceutical products and cosmetics inside pre-glued cartons. The A1 can be operated as a standalone machine, or it can be coupled to a packaging machine such as a blister packer, tray loader, tube-filler, etc. It has an optimum capacity of 100 cartons per minute.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Designed to GMP standards, the A1’s balcony construction allows complete access to all parts of the machine, simplifying routine maintenance and service, as well as carton changeover. Brushless motors are used throughout for increased reliability, longevity and efficiency.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">A range of closure methods can be accommodated, including slot, glue or combined glue and slot flap closure, and the machines are set up for the assembly of dedicated feed units for the product to be packed.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">The compact layout and quick changeover makes the A1 ideal for almost all lines and production areas. The addition of a touchscreen control panel with icon control makes it simple and easy to operate and monitor.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">A large range of optional units enables you to tailor A1 to your exact requirements. Options include automated instruction leaflet insertion, barcode reading, OCR/OCV systems for pre-printed codes and data, inspection systems to confirm the presence of instruction inserts and product within cartons, stamping, inkjet or laser coding systems, tamper-evident systems for glue or label tampering, and full integration with serialisation systems.</span>

Horizontal cartoner for pharmaceutical applications

Thermoforming

<span style="font-weight: 400;">In the pharmaceutical industry, product serialization is the cornerstone of all legislative requirements for traceability. An automated inline coding and labeling system provides the easiest and most reliable way of addressing serialization needs without adversely impacting on line performance.</span>
<h2>Folding-box serialization units for high flexibility/high speed</h2>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">The Amacoder range from Hicof are industry-leading serialization solutions for the pharmaceutical industry, available in two specifications:</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Amacoder FLEX - offers the maximum flexibility for packaging sizes. The maximum box depth is 300 mm and the maximum throughput is 75 boxes per minute (depending on box size). This is ideal for batch production and lines with frequent size changeover.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Amacoder SPEED - offers the highest speed at up to 150 boxes per minute for a maximum box depth capped at 200mm. This is perfect for dedicated smaller box lines where maximum throughput is desirable.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">The Hicof Amacoder machines are supplied as standard with one inkjet printing unit and one cartridge and one camera on the operator side. Additional printing heads are available as an option. Two labelers enable the application of tamper-evident seals on both sides of the folding box. All box flap configurations are supported, making the Amacoder suitable for use with any existing line.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">The Amacoder line has been designed to reduce moving parts and complexity as far as possible, offering an attractive price point as well as reducing the footprint to a minimum. The slower movement of boxes through the Amacoder means a very low rejection rate, offering further cost savings.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">The code-reading camera is fully ISO/IEC 15415 compliant, and the complete coding and labeling line offers a comprehensive corporate, easy to operate, GxP compliant database to an integrated solution. The Amacoder IT system allows the processing of all serialization data, supports related business processes and offers optional interfaces to business and governmental partners.</span>

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Serialization coding and labeling equipment

Reliability, continuity and changeover time are key success factors for tamper-evident sleeve applicators for caps.


<h2>Continuously and accurately apply tamper-evident sleeves for cap sealing</h2>
For over 30 years, the Karlville Tampertec product line (300 and 600 bpm) has provided dedicated technology for tamper-evident sleeve applications.
Based on a positive &amp; exclusive pick and place transfer system, or direct shooting thanks to the cutting head inclination, the sleeve application is smooth, positively progressive and accurate. The key is in the Scheidegger Technology continuous motion process of film feeding, folding, and cutting.
Up to 1 000 bpm can be achieved, with one single head, and with only 5/10,000 un-sleeved units this means 99.5% efficiency. Customisable to client applications, the Tampertec can apply sleeves on 8mm to 85mm product diameters.

Tamper-evident sleeve applicator for caps

Integrating tamper protection equipment into an existing production line means additional equipment, space and expense.


<h2>Add a tamper evident applicator head with minimal disruption to an existing line</h2>
The Karlville Startec machine consists of an applicator head integrated inside an existing labeller frame with a non stop reel feeder to keep the labeller running when a change of roll is required.
Drive is taken from the exit star wheel of the labeller, thus no conveyor is required and the equipment has no footprint on the line.
Tamper evident sleeves are cut and applied onto the necks of the containers before shrinking to shape in a heat tunnel. The Startec applicator can sleeve bottles of height 80-350 mm with cap diameters of 20-55mm at 600 CPM.

In-line tamper evident applicator head

Adding tamper prevention to product packaging can be expensive and difficult to set up. This compact shrink sleeve applicator may just be what you're looking for.


<h2>Protect affordably with easy to customise shrink sleeve application</h2>
The new Karlville Combitec is a servo motorized machine to apply tamper-evident sleeves with easy and accurate set-up.
The compact unit comes with an infrared electric tunnel and a shrink sleeve applicator, both fully adjustable, for accurate and efficient shrinkage, customizable to each client application.
Competitive up to 200 bpm, its integrated inspection and rejection system allows for perfect tamper application making it ideal for all markets.

Compact shrink sleeve applicator