Method and apparatus for controlling the filling of containers under aseptic conditions
AssigneeProbitas Pharma, S.A.
InventorsJavier Jorba Ribes, Jose Ramon Sanchez Sabate, Ramon Morales Perez
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Abstract
The method comprises viewing by means of a magnetic recording camera the zone for the opening of vials and for metered filling thereof and continuously recording said zones visually during the operation of the installation and simultaneously carrying out the identification marking of each full glass container, with indelible marking means, at the outlet of the installation.
Claims5
A method for controlling filling into containers under aseptic conditions, in which, in a first step, the containers to be filled, together with their lids, are sterilized, then passed on to a step of opening and subsequent metered filling of the containers, which then pass to a re-capping zone prior to the emergence of the full containers, characterized by two stages simultaneous in time which consist respectively in:
- viewing by means of a magnetic recording camera the zone for the opening of vials and metered filling thereof and continuously recording said zones visually during the operation of the installation, and simultaneously proceeding with the identification marking of each full glass container, with indelible marking means, at the outlet of the installation.
A method according to the preceding claims, characterized in that in the indelible marking of the full containers, the batch number, the time in hours, minutes and seconds at which marking is carried out, and a sequential order number are marked.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.