What Are The Pharmacy Capsule Machines?

Today, many kinds of pharmaceutical capsule machines are used to produce different types of medical & pharmacy products.

Here are some following pharmacy capsule machines that are widely used for the production of different items.

• Capsule filling machine
• Hard capsule liquid filling machine
• Softgel encapsulation machine
• Capsule counting machine
• Capsule polishing machine

Capsule Filling Machine

APK NJP-7500C automatic capsule filling machine

Capsule filler or capsule filling machine is a technical device used to fill powder and granules in the empty capsules for medicine purpose.

Capsule filling machine works as a packing machine to pack the dosage inside the capsule body to protect the inner dosage from harmful bacteria and save the nutrition level of the dosage.

Working Principle

Capsules are first enter the capsule chamber in a vertical order then sent onward to the separation unit for the purpose to separate body and head of the capsule.

After body and head of capsules are separated from each other then, filling of capsules take place up to specific weightage. After filling the dosage inside a capsule the packing of capsule comes into action.

During packing of capsule the separated body and head of the capsule comes together to pack the medicine inside a capsule that is how the capsule filling machine perform filling & packing task.

Applications & Uses

Capsule filler is used in many industries for packing different products in empty capsules that are as follows.

• It is used to fill different types of dosages in capsules.
• Useful to fill nutrients and vitamins in capsules.
• You can also fill different food elements in capsule like spices in powder form.
• Useful for Powder & granule filling.

Advantages

Capsule filling machine is very beneficial in packing multiple dry powder and granule medications inside an empty capsule.

• Cost-effective & it can provide you quality production.
• Flexible working tendency to fill and pack multiple size capsules.
• Capsule filler can assist you with mass production, you can produce large amount of products in less time range.
• AIPAK pharmacy capsule machine provides visual PLC screen to make the user interaction easy with minimum effort.

Hard Capsule liquid Filling Machine

AIPK NJYF 300c automatic hard capsule liquid filler

Hard capsule filling machine defines as a liquid capsule filling machine that can fill liquid & semi-liquid in an empty hard gelatin capsule.

The basic and main idea of this machine is to be adjustable with the filling unit to derive different capsules easily for filling purpose.

Hard capsule liquid filler is not only limited to deal with liquid items filling instead it can also fill different kinds of dry items as well for example granules, pellets or a small capsule inside a large one.

Working Principle

Firstly, the hard capsule is divided into two halves accurately then the liquid filling is done inside the capsule after which the sealing takes place.

During the sealing process a soft gelatin alloy is used to pack the filled capsule to make inner medication secure & safe.

It can also take small capsules and pack them in a large one for double dosage purpose.

Application & Uses

Hard capsule liquid filling machine used in many applications to fill different products and here are the uses of this machine.

• Multi-filling for double dosage.
• It is also comfortable to fill pellets in hard capsules.
• Mix or combine filling of pellets and liquid.
• You can also fill oil liquid and water liquid in the same hard capsule.
• You can fill dry hard granules inside a capsule with hard liquid capsule filling machine.

Advantages

Hard capsule filling or packing machine is a beneficial device in many ways and some of its filling & packing benefits are as follows.

• Flexible and precise in filling different types of dosages.
• Smooth filling with noise free working ability.
• Seal the capsule from outer side with gelatin alloy to make it leakage proof.
• Standard quality production to work with multiple size capsules.
• Easy to operate & easy to maintain the machine.

Softgel Encapsulation Machine

AIPAK SEM-250B softgel encapsulation machine

Softgel encapsulation machine or softgel capsule filling machine is a technical well manufactured device used to fill soft gelatin capsules as well as hard gelatin capsules.

Softgel capsules are filled with different types of products for example dry and hard material, oil based liquids and semi-liquid material.

Working Principle

In a softgel encapsulation machine the first step is to make a soft gelatin shell which is also called as the body of softgel capsule. After the shell making the capsule is ton or divided into two pieces and then filled with the prior material up to the required volume.

In the final processing step softgel encapsulation comes in action where the filled capsule is locked in a proper way with a gelatin alloy.

Outer shell of the softgel capsules is monitored and maintained within the process in order to get right thickness in capsule shell.

Application & Uses

Softgel encapsulation machine is widely used in soft gelatin capsules filling and its uses in different industries in given below.

• Useful to make instance absorption medicine.
• It is very useful in Nutraceutical industry.
• Useful to fill animal medications in a softgel capsule.

Advantages

Here are sofgel capsule filling machine benefits.

• Softgel filling machine can work to produce different shape and size capsules.
• You can fill soft gelatin capsules with liquid material or semi-liquid material.
• Softgel filler provides patient friendly dosage which is easy to digest for quick relief.
• There will no taste while swallowing the capsules made with soft gelatin filling machine.

Tablet Counting Line

AIPAK Capsule counting line

Capsule counting machine is another precise equipment used in pharmacy to count the number of filled capsules and tablets so that you can fill known number of capsules and tablets in a bottle, wrap or container.

This machine is highly used in pharmaceutical industry for the calculation of different tablets after the filling.

Working Principle

The machine works through counting discs when the filled capsules went through the counting discs they precisely calculate the filled capsules & unfilled capsules are not calculated.

You can usually install this machine along with a tablet or capsule production line for counting the production without any manual effort.

 Application & Uses

The main usage of capsule counting machine in pharmacy is to get precise and accurate counting of filled tablets and capsules.

• Precise & accurate counting of such small objects without any outer effort.
• Highly usable in pharmaceutical industry for example hospitals, health care products etc.
• Not that expensive as compared to other machines.

Advantages

Capsule counting machine can provide you some following benefits.

• Quick and accurate in counting different size tablets & capsules.
• Tablet counter is designed in a modern way to accomplish greater counting abilities.
• You can easily maintain and clean this machine with the help of user guide.

Capsule Polishing Machine

Polished capsules

Capsule polishing is a technique in pharmaceutical capsule processing used to make the capsules dust free & neat to give a clean look.

After the filling of capsules they are polished with the help of capsule polishing machine in which combination of brushes rotate around the capsules that entered the polishing unit.

Working Principle

Capsule filling machine is not a complex equipment instead easy to work with & make sure your product remain safe with complete care during the polishing process.

Number of vertical & horizontal brushes installed in the cleaning area make sure that every single capsule passing by must be cleaned properly.

After the polishing process this machine carefully moves your capsules with conveyors towards the packing stage.

Application & Uses

Some major applications and uses of capsule polishing machine are as follows.

• Useful to make your capsules look appealing & dust free.
• Useful to make Hygienic & smooth capsules.
• It gives shinny look to attract your customers.

Advantages

Capsule polishing machine gives some following benefits when you use it your pharmacy production unit.

• Precise & accurate polishing without any damage.
• Capacity to work with multiple size capsules.
• High cleaning rate with less time consumption.
• Smooth & flexible working performance.