Primary Packaging of Bottles

Changes in the global labor markets, social disruptions, and the increasing necessity of long-term strategic thinking, are some of the reasons that cause more pharmaceutical and biotechnology developers to insource and centralize their clinical trials. While, insourcing and centralization of clinical trials implies a need for higher capacity, finding and retaining qualified personnel conducting manual labor, is becoming increasingly difficult.

Free from format parts and combining automation with a station for manual processing, Graniten Flexline Primary Packaging Line Bottle Clinical Trials enables minimal time between batches even at batch size one. While automation of manual labor on the one hand implies complete replicability and quality assurance, increased inhouse capacity emphasizes focused pharmaceutical research and development. The tailormade and modular set-up facilitates an incremental move towards automated clinical trials, ensuring asset utilization from start to finish.

MAIN PROCESSES:

• Bottle unscrambling
• Bottle blowing
• Desiccant dispensing
• Tablet inspection, counting, and filling
• Bottle capping
• Cap induction sealing
• Cap retorquing
• Outfeed, reject, and sample point

MAIN FEATURES:

• Close to zero changeover time
• Tailormade and modular set-up
• Scalable and upgradable as requirements change
• Minimal footprint
• Low environmental impact
• Good manufacturing practise compliant design

TECHNICAL DATA

FORMAT FLEXIBILITY:

• Bottle – round (ØxH): min 31×60 mm, max 77×123 mm
• Bottle – rectangular (LxHxW): min 31x31x60 mm, max 77x62x123 mm
• Cap: sizes provided on request
• Tablet – oblong (ØxW): min 9×4 mm, max 22×11 mm
• Tablet – round (Ø): min 6 mm, max 9 mm
• Tablet – other(Ø): min 6 mm, max 9 mm
• Capsule – oblong (ØxW): min 18×7, max 22×8 mm

Capacity: 15 parts per minute

Technical changeover time: < 3 minutes

MACHINE DIMENSION RANGE

Length 6,4 m

Width 1,8 m

Height 2,4 m