AIPAK Powder Filling Machine

1.What is a Powder Filling Machine?

AIPAK Automatic powder filling machine

To fill free-flowing and less flowing brittle products or powders, machines such as Powder Filling Machines are used. Some machines are designed to fill up either flowing or non-flowing products. The rest of them can handle both types.

To provide better production, machines such as fillers are recommended to use in different industries. Filling machines are helpful in the filling of food, beverages and other products.

These machines can be classified based on the automation level for which filling can be quantitative and massive. Some filling machines come up with capping and cap screwing features. They are either automatic or manual in working.

To pack up the correct amount of dosage with great precision and accuracy, these machines are guaranteed.

They do their packaging in different types: Vial, Cans, Bottles, Boxes, Sacks, Backs, Tins, Etc.

2.What is Pharmaceutical Powder?

The type of powder whose particles are uniformly distributed is regarded as good powder. The ones with the non-uniformly distribution can show the non-precise performance. However, the size of particle can be reduced by comminution, grinding and crushing.

In pharmacology, the word powder shows different meanings. It can be a well-defined brittle powder of small particles. It can also be just a powder to use for internal and external purposes. The constituent sub-particles vary in size from 10nm- 1000μm.

Powder Granules-Photo Credits: fdocumnent

According to the historical world, powders are the oldest forms of dosages. But nowadays, pharmaceutical companies modify these powders by adding others additives. These powders are then solidified to make tablets.

A pharmaceutical powder is a dry, finely crushed, solid substance consisting of brittle particles.

They can be divided based on their use and particle size.

Powder external use

• Laxative
• Tablet triturates
• Compound powders
• Simple powders

Powder internal use

• Douche powders
• Dusting powders
• Dentifrices

3.What are the Uses of Powder Filling Machine?

Indeed, machines do their work depending upon the application being attached to them. The good thing about these fillers is, you can utilize them to fill any powder product.

Below listed are some of the industries that prefer to use powder fillers for their packaging purposes. 

In this type of industry, they are helpful in the filling of powdered medications, powdered fertilizers, powdered bio-pesticides, powdered detergents and other chemicals.

The cosmetic industry also uses filling machines to pack up their powdered products, including cosmetic detergents, powdered applicators, and baby powders. 

To fill up the right amount of dosage, medications, pharmaceutical drugs are filled by fillers.

Brittle spices, finely crushed flour, carbonates, salts, dry milk powders, powdered sugar, coffee packaging is done by these machines.

If your desired product is not on the above list, you can ask your powder filler manufacturer; they have specifically designed machines to handle any particular product type.

4.What Type of Powder Filling Can be Done with the Powder Filling Machine

Powders can be filled by powder filling machine

In food items powder filling machine is used to fill multi kinds of food products like coffee powder, powdered sugar, dry milk powder, powdered based candies, different type of flour, different powdered based cooking ingredients, dry tea granules etc.

There are various types of powders in different sorts of industries that can be filled using Powder Filling Machine. Most of these machines are not appropriate for every type of powder handling but some of the special designed machines can handle powder filling.

In pharmaceutical products most of the medication that we uses these are made up of powder & powder type granules including tablets, capsules and dry powder in medicine bottles to make a semi-liquid medicine by mixing water in it are filled with powder filler.

GE Additive powder-Photo Credits: ge & co

Powder packing machine is not limited to just one powder type it will give you flexibility to fill multi type of powder products according to your needs.

Different sorts of powder chemical products can also be filled with powder filler, for example detergent powder we use in daily life, different powder based detergents, pesticides used in agriculture field etc.

Beauty items like makeup kit also include powder products inside of like face powder, base use for face during makeup, powder use for babies etc.

5.What are the Different Applications of Powder Filling Machine?

Applications of powder filling machine are not limited. There are many industries in which you can easily use powder filler to deal with your powder filling requirements.

Let me explain to you different applications of powder filler.

Food Industry

To be honest on a serious note those products that contain powder are easily filled with the powder filler, it is not limited to just one type of product or to one industry. So, it will be very productive for you to use this machine in food industry to get over powder filling problem.

Many food products that we see and buy from supermarket are usually contain powder in them like dry milk powder is filled inside a plastic bag, dry sugar in the form of powder, coffee beans after grind, baking items like chocolate powder is also filled with powder filling machine.

Pharmaceutical/Medical Industry

Powder filled capsules

There is no need to fill capsules and other medicine items manually more as the powder filling machine provides you perfect environment to fill powder items.

Capsules also contain powder or powder type material inside them. So, it is hard to fill capsules precisely & accurately with powder to reach market demands easily.

One of the main & major use of the powder filling machine lies in pharmaceutical industry, because most of the medicines made from powder are filled with the powder filler like tablets they contain powder or powder type granules.

Not only tablets & capsules some other pharmaceutical products that are having powder inside them like dry syrup in bottles is can also be filled with the use of powder filler.

Chemical Industry

Powder in packets-Photo Credits: IndiaMart

Not only home laundry detergent items some other powder based chemical items use in agriculture industry in the likes of pesticide medicines that include powder sprays, & other dry granules that are used in chemical products also uses powder filler.

In the chemical field, many powder-based chemical products are filled with powder filling machines, including our laundry detergents and floor cleaning powder for cleaning purposes. Other chemical products also benefit form the powder filling machines.

Cosmetics & Beauty Industry

It is a reliable solution for you to use in every type of powder filling product industry and assist you with a complete production line by giving you hand in hand operation of multi product type powder filling.

You are not just limited to one industry or one type of powder filling different types of powder items in different type of industries can be dealt with by using the powder filling machine.

In beauty & cosmetic industry, many of the products contain powder for specific purpose like we use baby powder for smell purpose, face powder for makeup purpose, dry lipstick and many of these types of products they are often filled inside a plastic box or in a small plastic bag these are filled with the powder filling machine.

So, these are some of the industries that use powder filling machine for their production line to get bug free filling of powder.

6.What is the Difference between Powder Filling & Powder Packing Machine?

Powder Packing Machine

There is some difference between powder filling machine & powder packing machine as both of the machines dealt with the powder products.

Here are some of their difference points that you need to know.

Powder filling machine	Powder packing machine
Use to make & fill powder in different type of containers, boxes, bags, vials etc.	Packing of the filled products is done with the powder packing machine.
Filling is done accurately & precisely not wastage of powder during filling process.	After filling packing is done perfectly to make your product seal packed & waste free.
Different sorts of plastic bags, bottles, vials, are filled with the powder filler.	Filled bags, bottles, vials are packed after the filling is done,
Only filling inside the containers and bags is done using this machine.	Mostly done the packing work for powder items.
Different type of powder can be filled up to some level depending up on the automation level.	Hard to pack different kind of items using one machine.
Very demanding in terms of accurate filling of powder.	Used for packing purpose & demanded according to the filled product type.

7.What is the Difference between Powder Filling Machine and Auger Machine?

Semi Automatic Auger Filler Machine For powder

As both of the machines are used for filling purpose but one is used to fill powder & the other is used for filling liquid. According to their product filling difference, these two machines have different points of filling.

Let’s discuss about some of their key difference points to understand about both of the filling machines.

AIPAK Semi Automatic Auger Powder Filling Machine

Powder Filling Machine	Liquid Filling Machine
Powder is used to fill in different type of products.	Liquid filling is done in different containers, bottles & vails.
Powder filling is done with accurate precision level.	Liquid is filled precisely & accurately.
Only dealt with powder product filling.	Only dealt with liquid product filling.
Bug free & waste free process of filling powder in different items.	Error free filling of liquid in different items.
Very useful in pharmaceutical & food industry as well to deal with tablet and capsules powder filling.	Food items like cold drink & pharma items like liquid syrup solution uses liquid filler.
All type of powder products can be filled using powder filling machine.	Every type of liquid & semi-liquid can be filled using liquid filling machine.
Enclosed system is used to do dust free filling of powder because it is necessary.	Entrance of external material in the production unit made hard somehow some small dust particles may enter the machine.

8.What are the Benefits of Powder Filling Machine?

Use of powder filling machine for your business and personal use will be very beneficial for you in many ways when dealing with the powder filling.

Here are the benefits while working with powder filling machine.

• Multi type of filling with multi type of products can be done with the use of powder filling machine, so it is not hard to set the machine according to your product type.
• It is hard for many industries to reach the new market values these days, so powder filling machine will provide you very appealing platform to overcome your effective powder filling.
• Precise & accurate filled products will be more demanding in the market & will help you to build best business relationship with your customers.
• Powder filler will give you efficiency in your production & less wastage of product will happen during the powder filling.
• You will achieve greater rate of production by consuming less time.
• Instead of doing manual filling on powder, automatic powder filling machine will make it easy for you to overcome powder filling problem with simple & effective solution.
• When you fill powder manually, it will be hard to maintain efficiency of the product, so powder filler will give you greater efficiency in terms of its cost effectiveness.
• Every type of functionality is almost done automatically by the machine, so it will be beneficial for you in terms of saving labor expenses.
• When filling of powder is done precisely, it will increase market value of your product.
• Powder filling machine is not limited to pharmaceutical industry, and there are many other types of industries where you can use this machine.
• If the product is packed accurately after the filling, it will increase the life of your product.
• Powder filler is an authentic & much reliable solution for you to overcome any type of powder filling problem.
• Every type of functionality can be controlled via control screen present in the machine, so you will not need to operate the single function manually.
• Quality product will be easy for you to get with multiple product capacity.

9.What is the Different Working Parts of Powder Filling Machine?

Every powder filler machine is based on some working components to perform the powder filling process according to the shape and design of the powder filler.

Packet Opener

Different packing packets and containers along with the machine

This unit in the powder filling machine is very important for filling process because every type of product like pouch or packet is opened with the help of this part then filled with the powder.

Packets came in a closer manner like they are enclosed from the mouth to the end first opening of packets is done and then further processing is made.

PLC Control

PLC control panel

Every motion and every type of functionality of the machine is controlled with the help of PLC system as it provides you the UI to interact with the powder filling machine in an easy way.

It gives you flexibility to easily control and handle all the working aspects of the filling process with much ease according to your product type.

Some of the powder fillers have touch screen PLC system that makes it more comfortable to do the specific task during the filling process. So, you do not need to manually operate any operation of the powder filler.

Dosing Unit

Dosing unit in the powder filler contain all the dosage inside of it like powder or powder granules to fill in the products. This is the first main part of the powder filler that comes into action.

You just need to fill this unit with the dosage or some of the machines have automatic dosage loader to load dosage in it and then it distributes the dosage into the packets with the help of other working components.

Loading System

As the filling material is hold in the dosage unit just like that the packets or products in which the filling of powder is done is loaded in the loading unit.

Loading unit holds every type of product or material to get filled with the help of rollers that feed the dosage in it and arm grips to hold the packet during the filling process.

Loading of the packets or a product towards the machine is controlled by loading unit as all type of filling products like plastic bags and vials can be handled in this unit.

Driving Unit

Every type of driving process is done by the driving unit as it holds all the major parts of the powder filling machine that provides energy or power to the machine to operate the other working parts.

Motor & Power Unit

Motor in a powder filler works as a power provider to the whole machine working components. So, that all the working parts of the machine perform their specific operation without any problem.

It generates enough power to distribute it to all the parts of the filler without any power problem. It is a major component in almost every type of machine to convert electrical energy into mechanical one.

Conveyor System

Conveyor system in a powder filling machine holds conveyor belts to help the movement of the product and dosage from one part to another inside the machine.

In the powder filling line conveyor unit plays a vital role to transfer the products before and after the filling process to get product out from the machine for further processing.

Dusting Unit

As you know the powder is very sensitive material in terms of mixing with dust for that reason machine is developed in a tight air situation so, that no air can go inside of it holding the dust.

There is a specific unit in powder filling machine called dusting unit to collect every type of dust particles when they enter inside the machine. It holds different type of nozzles or hoods that collect the dust particles in it depending up on the type of machine.

Discharging Unit

When the process of powder filling is done, then the powder filled products removed from the machine for further packing and this is done by the discharging unit.

When powder filling machine fill the powder into the products, then they are moved towards the discharging unit and then discharging unit handles every type of their motion.

These are some of the main working components of the powder filling machine that works hand in hand to complete the powder filling mechanism.

10.What is the Working Principle of Powder Filling Machine?

Working methodology of powder filling machine depends on the type and model of the machine. Besides that every machine has a common working way to fill the powder.

Phase-1

In the beginning phase, powder filling machine power button is pressed by checking all the power connections and measuring the working components movement to kick off the powder filling process.

Dosing is filled in the dosing container and product container that holds the pouch and packets is also filled up to the required level with packets. After that powder filling machine started drawing dosage towards the conveyor unit along with product for filling.

Phase-2

When product started moving towards the filling line via conveyor belts along with product that is going to be filled in the form of packets or pouch.

Dosage is held in the dosage tube which is present inside the filling unit. Two jaws present in the opener that came in front of each other help to open the packet and then air pressure is applied inside the plastic bags to open them at their full extension.

Phase-3

When the packets are opened then powder is filled inside the packets that packet is held on to the desired position during the filling process.

And during the filling in powder filling unit a sensor system checks the level of powder filling into the product at the real time if the product is having more or less amount of powder then weighing on the packet is done and then dealt with the product accordingly.

Phase-4

Accurate amount of dosage when filled into the product then that product is released by the filling unit for further processing. And all the movement of product from one phase to the other is controlled by conveyor belts.

When the filling is done, the sealing at the top of the packet is done via heating if you are using the pouch or packet made up of plastic only in that case that will be valid.

Phase-5

When the powder filling is done filled products are collected into a collector for further packing. Collector collects the filled product and checks every single packet if it is filled or empty.

If the packet is filled, then it is send for more processing and if there are ant empty packets then these packets are collected in a tray.

That is the common working principle of every Powder filling machine that fills the powder in different type of products without any error.

11.What Type of Items Can be Filled by Using Powder Filling Machine?

Home kitchen ingredients are also filled in pouch and packets with a perfect seal as these ingredients would be harmful if they remain open.

There are various sorts of products that can be filled with the help of a powder filling machine depending upon the type of the machine.

Different type of plastic and other raw material based packets can be used for filling powder in them until you know they are in desired position to handle the filling material inside them.

Many of the food items in the form of powder are often filled in the plastic pouch, bags, bottles, vials or packets, like flour and milk powder.

Different types of packets like stick packets for packing tea powder in them are also used for filling process.

Different size of bottles that we see like detergent bottles containing powder detergents can be used in the powder filling machine for filling powder in them.

Sugar grains in the form of powder and granules when need to fill in the bulk amount then plastic bags of large size are used for filling process.

12.What are Different Types of Powder Filling Machine?

According to the automation level of the powder filling machine, there are some of the basic types of the filler.

Fully Automatic Powder Filler

Automatic Double Head Powder Filling Machine

Modern based technology is used during the development of fully automatic powder filling machine. All the filling operation is controlled automatically by the machine itself as it uses the up to date technology to work with the powder filling process.

All the type of operations including filling powder in packets, measuring the weight of the filled product, and accuracy in filling is controlled automatically.

Less labor cost for you to work with fully automatic powder filling machine as all the operations performed automatically. It is not limited to just powder filling you can fill granules of small size in different type of packets and pouches using this machine.

You will get more flexibility and ease in powder filling while working with the fully automatic powder filler.

So, these are some of the types of powder filling machine according to their automation level.

Manual Powder Filler

Manual sugar powder filler

In manual powder filler, most of the powder filling operation is controlled manually or it will require human effort to fill the powder in different products.

In the first manua,l you will require to fill the dosage container first to dealt with the filling process after that the container the holds the product for filling are filled manually by the labor to get on with the further filling process.

During the dosage filling in the packets, it will be hard for you to get accurate and precise filling of powder using manual powder filling machine.

Manual filler will increase your labor expense as you will require more labor for your production line to specifically handle the filling operation.

Semi-Automatic Powder Filler

Semi-Auto powder filler

Semi-Auto powder filler works similar to the automatic powder filler, but some of its operations will require human effort to deal with the powder filling process. These powder fillers are not that modified like fully automatic powder filling machine.

In semi-automatic powder filler, it is easy to control all the operations as it holds the PLC system with a touch screen to handle the powder filling process which makes it easy for to know how the specific operation is performed and how to handle any problem during the powder filling.

As compared to manual powder filler, semi-automatic powder filler is quite easy and modern.

It is easy for you to control the filling operations according to product type and weight of powder during the filling.

13.What are the Key Things to Consider When You are Buying Powder Filling Machine?

When you are considering of buy a powder filling machine for your production line, there are some important factors that you should keep in mind while buying the filler.

Property of Your Product

Powder & Granules-Photo Credits: Cooking At noon

Considering all the properties about your product will help you to find the best powder filler for your production line. It includes the type of product that you want to get as an output and what is the behavior of your filling material is it in pure powder form or is it in granules form.

It will help you to decide your powder filler as per the product demands and what will be the size of your filled product before and after the production.

Product Filling Type

Powder in vial-Photo Credits: fill in & co

The decision about your filling product will be very beneficial as all the machines are designed for some specific product type.

Choose the product type for filling or packing like plastic pouch, bags, containers, vials or bottles. Decide the product type before buying the powder filling machine.

For example, if you select container as your filling product try to select the machine that can handle different size of containers while dealing with the filling process.

Automation Level

Automation level in powder filling machine will provide ease to your work and save your labor cost as well it is easy to work with the fully automatic powder filling machine as all the operations are performed automatically.

Selecting the powder filler according to the automation level will help you to know the working of the machine and you can interact with the machine in a friendly manner.

Filling Precision & Accuracy

Powder in bottles-Photo Credits: Thermco products

Filling of powder manually into the pouches or packets will not provide you accuracy in filling as handling the powder manually is very hard and intense.

On the other hand, powder filling machine will work with the sensor system to measure the filling level and accuracy of the filled powder inside the packet.

Quality Standardization

ISO standard logo-Photo Credits: Logo Makers

There are some quality standards that are set by European Union that needs to be fulfil during the development of the powder filling machine which makes your filler secure to use in every type of environment.

Quality standards like ISO, GMP, CGMP, etc will tell you about the type of your machine and how secure & safe it is to work with your powder filler. Under what circumstances you can use the powder filling machine.

Controlling Mechanism

Most of the machines are controlled by using the PLC system to manage all the operations as you need to check is this this specific machine is providing you PLC touch screen to manage all the filling operations.

Interaction with the machine feels comfortable when there is a PLC control available in the powder filling machine.

14.How Maintenance of Powder Filler is Done?

Well maintenance of a machine will help you to give perfect output even when the machine is no longer a new one.

Cleaning

Cleaning of the machine plays a vital role for well-being of the machine as it provides the smooth working flow to the machine parts.

Always work to clean your machine when you are done with your filling process to maintain the shape and quality output of your powder filler.

Cleaning will give you top not notch in terms of operating the machine without any external material interface.

Lubrication & Oil

To get the smooth working from the different working components of the machine,you should try to use the lubricants & oil to give a flawless working to your powder filling machine.

When the oil or any kind of lubricant is applied on the moving parts of the filler, the pressure on these parts will be released and they will start working in a smooth manner.

Try to check the broken parts or the parts who are not working properly try to replace these parts on time to get away from further error.

So, that is the complete guide for you to know about the Powder Filling Machine for your business.