Packaging Line Efficiency

Articles include case histories that exemplify strategies, equipment, and machine automation used to increase packaging line efficiency, such as overall equipment effectiveness (OEE), lean manufacturing, and Six Sigma practices.

Conveyor platforms

• X45 and X45e conveyor platforms provide easy integration and sophisticated, yet simple controls design • X45 is a compact version that permits gentle, stable product handling for efficient filling, production, and packaging operations • X45e is for automated processes...

Conveying/material handling | February 1, 2010

Romaco delivers first Siebler StripTabsTM line to ANKUR Drugs and Pharma Ltd.

Indian manufacturer banks on pharmaceutical film strips....

Packaging Line Efficiency | January 22, 2010

Tablet coater line

• Manesty XL™ COTA tablet coaters use side-vented pan technology, the latest spray gun design, mixing baffles, and control systems for tablet mixing and spraying • side-vented coater drum and cabinet design allow for effective drying without using high temperatures...

Conveying/material handling | January 19, 2010

Evaluating sterile technologies via a ‘bottom-line’ approach

Using return on investment helps when considering isolators and restricted access barrier systems technologies....

Packaging Line Efficiency | January 11, 2010

Factors shaping packaging's future

With personalized medicine drawing closer, manufacturing and packaging flexibility will become even more essential....

Packaging Line Efficiency | December 3, 2009

Patent expirations, generics, and packaging

Depending on your perspective, expiring patents on branded drugs could cause anguish or offer opportunity....

Pharmaceuticals and biologics | December 1, 2009

Blister card cutting system

• BCS™ allows the original format of blister cards to be cut into different sizes, reducing waste, tooling cost, and shortening delivery time • available as either a benchtop or inline unit with the blister machine • operates at a...

Thermoforming and blister manufacturing | November 6, 2009

Custom integration serves pharmaceutical packaging lines

In this article, Healthcare Packaging (HCP) talks with Jeff Graham (JG), president of Allied Automation, about integration and automation issues in medical device and pharmaceutical packaging....

Packaging Line Efficiency | November 5, 2009

Adept Technology to bring packaging management software directly to line operators at the Japan International Packaging Machinery Show 2009*

ACE PackXpert˙ Packaging Software Enables Packagers to Optimize Production While Reducing Deployment Time & Integration Costs Through an Easy-To-Use Interface Pleasanton, Calif....

Robotics | October 28, 2009

GNC’s Nutra Manufacturing arm employs graders on packaging line

To consistently maintain quality standards while increasing throughput and easing operations, Nutra Manufacturing recently replaced three of its diverging roller size graders on its packaging line with Impulse™/P size graders from Symetix....

Nutraceuticals and cosmeceuticals | October 21, 2009

Robotics, smart conveying streamline ARUP’s specimen handling

Automation improves medical specimen handling at the University of Utah’s national reference lab, ARUP Laboratories, which is capable of storing 2.3 million samples and processing 4,000 specimens/hr....

Robotics | October 20, 2009

Sensor vision investment can yield rewarding ROI

Saving money and improving efficiency is the goal of discreet vision sensors....

Packaging Line Efficiency | October 7, 2009

Monoblock filler/capper

• Model MB 120 for micro-tubes and micro-vials provides automatic precision filling and capping; handles more than 100 micro-tubes/min • color touchscreen permits operator to adjust the servo controls for the diving nozzles and the pump fill rates • unique...

Liquid Filling | September 30, 2009

Inkjet print controller

• Mark605 is a low-cost, high-speed, high-resolution, and embeddable ink-jet print controller supported by Hewlett-Packard disposable print cartridges...

Coding, marking, printing | September 2, 2009

New case coders speed changeovers at Nutrilite

Vitamin and dietary supplement maker Nutrilite purchases six case coders that reduce downtime and save $14,000 per year on maintenance costs....

Coding, marking, printing | August 28, 2009

Three robots provide a shot in the arm for Novartis

Robotics help Novartis achieve better pallet management, control of materials, reduce the risk of cross contamination, and reduce heavy manual activities....

Robotics | August 19, 2009

Pharmaceutical industry confronts data, change, culture

The pharmaceutical culture faces growing pains of gaining maturity. For example, one company representative remarks, “We’re awash in data, but have no information.”...

Pharmaceuticals and biologics | August 14, 2009

Robotic multi-SKU packaging system

• TaskMate™ system integrates a FANUC robot, ESS-designed end-of-arm tooling, controls, and programming to create a robotic cell...

Robotics | August 10, 2009

A change of course for pharmaceutical manufacturing

The FDA’s Quality-by-Design initiative holds potential to transform the pharmaceutical industry’s approach to drug development and manufacturing....

FDA, regulatory and legal | June 30, 2009

Tracking elusive OEE in pharmaceutical packaging

Pharmaceutical manufacturers lag behind food and other industries when it comes to overall equipment effectiveness on their packaging lines....

Packaging Line Efficiency | June 22, 2009

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