Artificial intelligence (AI) is a core branch of computer science that has permeated beyond core engineering into other industries such as marketing, transportation, and food. Gradually, AI has developed more and more applications and technologies in medicinal chemistry and healthcare, such as detecting diseases, drug discovery, medicine quality control, and providing personalized treatment plans.
More and more pharmaceutical companies have been cooperating with AI suppliers in recent years. Some AI technology can help them in the manufacturing process, such as production and inspection, and even packaging in the later stage. This article will introduce two advanced pharmaceutical equipment, inspection machine and counter, and briefly describe the advantages of these two kinds of equipment in pharmaceutical packaging.
General overview of inspection machine and counter
- Inspection machine
Drug and packaging defects can directly affect the medicines and containers. These defects reduce the quality of medications and lead to bacterial contamination, which poses a severe threat to patients. Additionally, damaged medicines and containers can cause many troubles for manufacturers. When it comes to pharmaceutical packaging, a product defect that results in the entire package being discarded can result in serious financial losses for the manufacturer.
Manual inspection is a traditional method to detect visible particles and other defects. However, it is a slow, labor-intensive process unsuitable for high-volume production. Therefore, pharmaceutical companies need an automated system to reduce the impact of defective products on their packaging lines to meet the vision inspection requirements.
AI inspection machines can be a tool to help pharmaceutical companies solve these problems. It has more advantages than the traditional manual inspection method. For example, the inspection speed can be increased when using this type of AI equipment to inspect tablets. Also, the inspection machines can work long hours, helping manufacturers maintain a correct and consistent value for the number of pills in each container. Moreover, inspection machines can help pharmaceutical companies maintain high-quality drug packaging standards, ensuring that defective medicines are not packed into vials.
- Counter
A counter is a machine that strictly controls the number of pills without investing time, supervision, or calibration. This equipment facilitates fast and accurate charging of charges. Before counters became familiar to pharmaceutical companies, medicines had been counted manually. However, there may be counting errors or restarts after the interruption in manual counting, which seriously affects work efficiency and working time.
With the advancement of technology, the counter invention has provided convenience for many pharmaceutical companies. These machines have a solid design and construction that can remain stable during counting. A counter can identify pills of different types and surfaces and accurately pack the same number of medications into each container.
Although the initial cost of such equipment can be high, but its operating prices are relatively low. From a long-term perspective, labor costs can be significantly saved. Finally, using a machine to count pills keeps the entire operation clean and prevents medications from being contaminated during filling.
Best product of inspection machine and counter
The main goal of pharmaceutical inspection technology is to achieve quality assurance of the final product through meticulous inspection. Pharmapack Technology Corporation is committed to providing pharmaceutical companies with cost-effective packaging machines.
Pharmapack’s product LFIM-72 Continuous Inspection Machine is a camera inspection used to detect whether there are foreign objects, cracks, or liquids in the bottle. If the medicine bottle meets the requirements, it will be sent to the receiving tray for qualified products or to the following equipment for other medicine-filling processes. A microcomputer controls the system of this product with a touch screen for easy operation. Additionally, all parts of this inspection machine are made of stainless steel and aluminum that comply with GMP regulations, and its system control components meet international standards.
Another automatic counting machine, LFM-32 Modular Counter, adopts Pharmapack PP-Modular series continuous motion counting. Its function is to count and bottle at the same time, and the highest efficiency can reach 400 bottles per minute. In addition to increased production efficiency, the rejection mechanism of this equipment is also very precise. It can handle tablets or capsules ranging from 1.5mm to 21mm in length. In addition, this equipment uses a servo control system that complies with GMP specifications, which can reduce production noise and operating costs. Furthermore, the LFM-32 Modular Counter can be customized to provide customers with individual solutions.
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