Capsule filling machine and method for producing hard gelatin capsules
AssigneeI.M.A. Industria Macchine Automatiche S.P.A.
InventorRoberto TREBBI
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Abstract
A method for production of hard gelatin capsules (C) having a lid (3) and body (2) containing a quantity (1) of pharmaceutical material including feeding empty capsules along a handling line (L); separating the capsule bodies (2) from the lids (3) to form two separate rows of capsule bodies (2) and lids (3); feeding and dosing the quantities (1) of pharmaceutical material to be filled into the capsule bodies (2); and closing the capsules (C) by placing a lid (3) over each respective body (2). A mechanism (9) for detecting and volumetrically checking the quantity (1) of pharmaceutical material filled into each capsule body (2) is provided and includes a transducer (5) measuring the volume of the quantities (1) before they are filled into the capsule bodies (2).
Claims5
A method for producing hard gelatin capsules each including a lid and a body containing a quantity of pharmaceutical material, the method comprising:
- feeding closed empty capsules to an opening station where the capsule bodies are separated from the lids to form two separate rows of capsule bodies and lids;
- filling each capsule body with a predetermined quantity of pharmaceutical material;
- and closing the capsule bodies, filled with the quantities, by placing the lids over the respective bodies;
- the method further comprising measuring the height of the quantities placed inside dosing chambers by means of a volume transducer element generating a signal representative of the height of the quantity, the signal being elaborated by a control and processing unit configured to calculate a volume of the quantity of pharmaceutical material in the dosing chambers, the measuring being performed before each quantity of pharmaceutical material is inserted into the respective capsule body.
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