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EQUIPMENT FOCUS
Tube Filler and Vertical Cartoner
The low-cost FP 10 Tube Filler features a
hot air tube heating system for sustainability-minded
energy savings. Its mechanical
design allows excellent accessibility from
all sides, without the type of blockage
sometimes caused by electrical cabinets.
Maximum process reliability is assured via
servo technology, and changeovers can be
performed in under 15 minutes. Capable of
filling and closing up to 70 tubes per minute,
the FP 10 can handle metal, plastic or
laminated tubes. The VI 5 Vertical Cartoner
is an intermittent motion machine with an
open, accessible work area and a modularly
extendable length that optimizes floorspace.
Suitable for a wide array of components
including bottles, tubes, blister packs,
jars, pouches and other similar components,
the touchscreen-operated VI 5 can
produce up to 75 cartons per minute.
IWK
www.iwk.de/en
Robotic Bottle Unscrambler
Automatic robotic unscrambler uses a parallel-kinematic,
multi-axis, pick-and-place
robot module, which separates, orients,
and positions bottles onto a conveyor or
into stabilizing pucks. Unit is ideal for applications
running complex or multiple
bottle shapes, including a broad array of
containers, bottles, tottles, jars, vials, jugs
and tubes. The limited number of changeover
points greatly reduces setup times.
Its integrated hopper minimizes footprint,
and the conveying system is optimized for
robotic handling, with intelligent infeed
metering control reducing recirculation of
bottles. The machine combines speed and
accuracy via the company's dual infeed
system, which purposefully presents two
containers at once to the unit's robotic arms
from a single hopper. This process optimizes
the robotic arms' movements, yielding
throughputs unobtainable by conventional
methods. The setup also minimizes
the machine's overall floorspace footprint.
The machine features a user-friendly 15 "
touchscreen HMI, a sophisticated Rockwell
Automation Optix visualization platform,
and an advanced Allen Bradley integrated
safety programmable logic controller (PLC).
Omega Design Corporation
www.omegadesign.com
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Freeze-Light-Protect Label
for Syringes
The Freeze-Light-Protect syringe label combines
light protection with viability at temperatures
well below zero. The new solution is particularly
relevant for sensitive mRNA-based substances
as well as cell and gene therapies. Freeze-LightProtect
securely adheres to the syringe despite
extremely low temperatures, enabling reliable
marking. The specialty label also can be enhanced
with a variety of UV and light protection
levels. The first level provides UV protection
exclusively, while a second protects against UV
rays and blue light. A third level delivers comprehensive
light protection. Light protection levels
can be exactly customized to suit the specific
requirements of the active ingredient. Additional
integrated functionalities also are available, including
detachable documentation labels for
vaccination cards or patients' medical records; inspection
windows for checking syringe contents
in unadulterated color; and graduations for correct
dosing of injections.
Schreiner MediPharm
www.schreiner-medipharm.com
Single-Use Real-Time Sublimation
Front Monitoring System for GMP
Freeze-Dryers
The Sublime sensor is capable of monitoring the
advance of the sublimation front in real time in
GMP freeze-drying processes. The single-use
probe contains five independent temperature
sensors including
wireless communication
which is placed within the vial, allowing it to
monitor the advance of the sublimation front
accurately, a key to optimize the primary drying
steps in lyophilization processes. Sublime
probes are coated with an FDA approved material
and are available in 5 different formats to
fit in any vial size from 2R to 100R. A single system
can hold up to 50 probes per freeze drying
batch. Without cables or batteries, the probes
work with a patented wireless power transmission
technology and with a reading interval of 1
minute and can work seamless between -60ºC
and +60ºC.
Telstar
www.telstar.com
http://www.iwk.de/en http://www.schreiner-medipharm.com http://www.omegadesign.com http://www.telstar.com
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