Secondary Packaging

Robotic case erector increases component packing productivity 300%

Radwell International replaces manual case erecting for shipments of small components with an automated system that randomly erects any one of six case sizes on-demand and without changeover.

August 27, 2017

Machinery: Page 271

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Tube filler/sealer relieves a sticky situation

Contract packer invests in an automated tube filler/sealer that reduces downtime and consumables costs, speeds changeover, and offers tube-style flexibility, eliminating issues with its outdated equipment.

August 26, 2017

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Labeler resolves bottleneck for Produlab Pharma

Dutch CMO meets growing global customer needs without its previous set-up and adjustment difficulties.

August 24, 2017

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Reed-Lane prescribes new topserter for solid-dose bottling line

New machine accurately applies topserts to solid-dose pharmaceutical bottles, with the benefits of high-speed throughput, quick changeovers and sanitary operation.

August 22, 2017

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Hammer Packaging installs second Mark Andy P7 flexo press

This press adds redundancy to Hammer's unique portfolio of technology.

August 21, 2017

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Fogg Filler creates new hot fill option

This new and innovative system recirculates the product within the bowl including the product in the valve tips. This virtually eliminates the product loss associated with other hot fill methods.

August 20, 2017

Operational Excellence

Refrigerators maintain medication temperatures at UNC Health Care

Medical-grade refrigerators provide quiet operation and energy efficiency in storing temperature-sensitive medications within UNC’s 10-facility, 3,400-bed healthcare system.

August 17, 2017

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Surepharm Services’ blister line boosts productivity

Contract manufacturing and assembly company speeds changeovers and maximizes flexibility with combined blister line and cartoning module.

August 15, 2017

Controls & Machine Components

AutomationDirect: CPUs for PLCs

AutomationDirect has added two new feature-enhanced CPUs to its DirectLOGIC DL405 programmable logic controller product line.

August 8, 2017

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Domino partners with R+D Custom Automation to provide custom validation systems

This maker of custom machinery primarily for customers in the life sciences and pharmaceutical industries relied on Domino’s F-Series Fibre Laser to satisfy a special request from an important customer who needed to mark small vials at up to 250 parts/min.

August 7, 2017

Controls & Machine Components

Wago: Panel-mount adapters

New panel-mount adapters and strain relief plates for the WAGO 831 Series Multi Connection System are now available.

August 4, 2017

Controls & Machine Components

Pepperl+Fuchs: Rotation speed monitor now with restart inhibit

The SC-System's family of signal conditioners by Pepperl+Fuchs can now be used even more comprehensively: the single rotation speed monitor with just a 6 mm installation width processes digital input signals of all binary sensors currently on the market and is now fitted with a restart inhibit.

August 4, 2017

Operational Excellence

Serialization implementation improves Par Pharma’s efficiency

Par Pharmaceuticals benefits by employing analytics-based OEE tracking system that digitizes formerly manual data collection processes on multiple packaging lines.

August 3, 2017