Capsule Loading Device

A Capsule Loading Device typically refers to equipment used in the pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, or supplement industries to efficiently load empty capsules (such as gelatin or vegetarian capsules) onto trays or into filling machines. This process orients the capsules correctly—usually with the cap facing up—for subsequent steps like powder filling, tamping, and sealing. It’s an essential accessory for manual, semi-automatic, or automated capsule production lines, helping to increase productivity while reducing labor and errors compared to hand-loading.

Automatic Capsule Loading Device Video

Manual Capsule Loading Device Video

Key Features and Types

Capsule loading devices come in various forms, from simple manual loaders to fully automated orienters. Here’s a breakdown:

• Manual Capsule Loaders: Basic trays or holders that allow users to load capsules by hand into a grid. These are affordable for home or small-scale use and often pair with a separate filling machine.

• Automatic Capsule Loaders/Orienters: Advanced machines that automatically sort, orient, and load capsules into trays. For example:

  • They use vibration or mechanical feeding to align capsules cap-up.

  • Compatible with standard sizes like “00” (largest common size) or “0”.

  • Often integrated with manual filling machines to boost output by 2–3 times.

Common capacities include 24, 100, or 300 capsules per load, depending on the machine size.

How It Works

1. Feeding: Empty capsules are poured into a hopper or vibratory feeder.

2. Orientation: The device separates caps from bodies (if needed) and aligns them vertically, cap-up, using channels or rails.

3. Loading: Capsules are ejected into a tray or directly into a filling station. For instance, in a 300-hole loader, each stroke might fill 12 capsules across rows.

4. Integration: The loaded tray then moves to a filling machine for powder addition, followed by capping.

This setup minimizes spillage and ensures uniform loading, making it ideal for herbs, vitamins, or pharmaceuticals.

Applications

• Home/Small-Scale: For DIY supplement makers (e.g., filling custom herbal capsules).

• Commercial: In labs or factories for batch production of pills without additives.

• Industrial: Paired with fillers for high-volume output, supporting gelatin, HPMC, or pullulan capsules.

Salient Features of Automatic Capsule Loader

• Compact-Sized Equipment.

• Appropriate for GMP productions.

• When the third tray in the capsule filling machine is in operation, two loading trays can be filled in the loader machine.

• Since the loader has a single-phase power source, even domestic electricity functions.

• Both devices are capable of handling capsules of various sizes.

• Working numerous filling machines with a single capsule loader will maximize manufacturing output.

• Machines capable of processing HPMC, veg, and hard gelatin capsules.

• Even a semi-skilled individual can run the machine thanks to its simplicity.

• Documentation on IQ, OQ, and DQ is available.

Process Operation of Automatic Capsule Orienter Machine

Adinath is one of the leading capsule filling machine manufacturers in India. We are giving here below step-by-step process guide of Capsule Filling Machine with Loader:

• By pulling the lever, slide the rail further.
• Place the loading tray from the capsule filling machine onto the loading area of the capsule loader automatically.
• Attach the guiding plate to the loading tray’s four top legs.
• Slide rail is pushed within.
• Launch the device.
• Once the machine is running, the loader will automatically fill the rows one at a time.
• It will fill 12 capsules in the loading tray with each stroke.
• The machine will automatically stop once all 300 holes have been filled with capsules.
• Now remove the loading tray and the guide plate.
• Add the properly filled loading tray to the capsule filling machine.
• Verify that the front knob is turned to the right.
• Now further steps will be performed in the manual capsule filling machine.

Technical Specification of Capsule Loading Device

* Power voltage can be adjusted as per customer’s domestic power voltage requirements.
* Rights of technical improvements & modification reserved.
* Illustrations & dimensions are shown for information purpose only.