Bosch Packaging Technology claimed that the machine features automatic troubleshooting and has the capability to fill a combination of powders, pellets, liquids and a range of tablets. The integrated checkweigher also allows for real-time automatic fill adjustment to limit product waste, which increases output, reduces downtime, and results in greater production efficiency.
The attached capsule body scanner ensures production quality by detecting and removing incomplete capsules before the filling process and preventing blockages to the infeed. The waste built up inside the machine caused by incomplete capsule closing is virtually eliminated.
The GKF 1400 ASB has the capability to manage several dosing stations and is designed for production capacity of 84,000 capsules per hour. Bosch Packaging Technology further claimed that all documentation for risk analysis, functional analysis and control of the pharmaceutical manufacturing processes is guaranteed in accordance with process analytical technology (PAT) regulations.
Carl Larson, sales director of product division Pharma Solid at Bosch Packaging Technology in Minneapolis, said: “The addition of a checkweigher to the GKF 1400 is central to ensuring production quality. With further enhancements like the capsule body scanner, we are continually striving to increase the overall effectiveness of our technology.”