At Achema 2015, the world forum for chemical engineering and the process industry taking place on 15-19 June, Bosch Packaging Technology will show how a new feed placer for blow-fill-seal products enables seamless product handling and packaging for the pharmaceutical industry.
To meet pharmaceutical and medical manufacturers’ needs for increased productivity, Bosch has developed the Sigpack LDF feed placer for flexible handling of products such as blow-fill-seal (BFS) cards, blister packs, ampoules, syringes, inhalers or medical devices. At the show, the BFS robotic handling will be combined with the Sigpack HSL horizontal flow wrapper for hermetically sealed packaging at production speeds of up to 300 packages per minute.
The Sigpack LDF feed placer displayed at the show will demonstrate the gentle handling and accurate placement of eye drop vial cards by picking and placing them into the infeed chain of the Sigpack HSL flow wrapper.
Based on proven Delta robot technology, the Sigpack LDF features an advanced gripper design that can be adapted to suit different production requirements. Products arrive in an upright position and are then laid flat, get verified by a vision system and stacked in sets of twos, ready to be wrapped.
The precise placement ensures the correct product orientation, closes gaps and enables continuous production for maximum uptime. With optimized gripper technology, the feed placer offers high flexibility for different product sizes and applications and can be implemented with single or multiple robots cells.
At Achema 2015, the BFS vial cards will be hermetically packaged by a Sigpack HSL flow wrapper equipped with long dwell heat sealing technology. Different sealable compound materials qualify for usage. Products packaged in aluminium compound film offer optimum protection from water vapour and light exposure. The wrapper can be easily adjusted to accommodate a wide range of sizes, counts and product shapes. Alternatively, the machine can be fitted with ultrasonic sealing technology. Also, a hybrid version using e.g. heat cross sealing and ultrasonic length sealing is available. This is specifically well-suited to high packaging speed as well as sensitive pharmaceutical products.
To find out more about Bosch’s Seamless System capabilities for pharmaceutical applications visit Bosch at Achema 2015 in Frankfurt, Germany, 15-19 June 2015 in hall 3, booth C71.
