Secondary packaging of 1.7- or 3.0-mL glass vials reaches a remarkable level of sophisticated speed and automation at a new line installed this fall at Aventis Pharma in Frankfurt, Germany.
Pressure-sensitive labeling is at the lead, and it’s done at speeds to 900 vials/min on a Krones twin-head system custom-built for Aventis. Robotic traypacking and cartoning are next, compliments of a system supplied by Dividella. And finally, bundling and robotic case packing on an integrated system from Pester brings the impressive assembly to an end.
