Romaco Presents Siebler HM 1/230 At P-MEC 2009

Romaco has presented the vertical heat-sealing machine – Siebler HM 1/230 – for strip-packaging of pharmaceutical solids such as tablets, capsules and effervescent tablets at P-MEC 2009.

The company, commenting on the product, said that absolute reproducibility of all sealing parameters like pressure, temperature and speed indicates highest accuracy during the whole production process.

The company claims that at packaging speeds of up to 5,000 cycles per minute, the products are fed into the machine on up to 16 foil strips. Different foil widths with a maximum of 750mm can be selected.

A further trade fair highlight is the Romaco blister line composed of the rotary sealing blister machine Noack N 921 and the continuous motion cartoner Promatic PC 4000. The ergonomic Romaco line offers top flexibility for small-and-medium batch sizes and frequent format changeovers. QuickFeed, the Noack feeding unit with its airglide system, enables product changes within seconds.

The complete unit is removed for cleaning while production continues with a second ready-tooled feed unit. With a maximum output of up to 500 blisters per minute, the Noack N 921 provides strong performance on a small footprint.

The balcony designed cartoner Promatic PC 4000 with a speed of up to 400 cartons per minute forms a productive unit for a wide range of pharmaceutical applications. Its servo driven double positive carton opening system provides a smooth handling at carton opening, blister and leaflet feeding. The general use of servo technology on this Romaco blister line minimizes mechanical stress on the blisters, the package inserts and the cartons, claims the company.

Reportedly, with the Macofar VF 24 vial filler, Romaco presents its new machine generation for the aseptic filling of liquid and lyophilized pharmaceutical products. The FrymaKoruma MaxxD Lab represents the Romaco processing division at P-MEC.

The vacuum processing machine is suitable for liquids and semi-solids in a wide range of viscosities. For the manufacture of suspensions, emulsions and gels the process parameters can be flexibly adjusted for high levels of product reproducibility. The heart of the machine is the homogenizer, located below the vessel and designed according to the rotor-stator principle. A powerful ring vacuum pump vacuums up both liquid and dry product components directly from the feed hoppers into the mixing chamber. Large quantities of dry materials can be rapidly drawn in and processed, said the company.