Lab Scale Automatic Capsule Filler

A Lab Scale Automatic Capsule Filler is a compact, automated machine designed for filling hard-shell capsules with powders, pellets, granules, liquids, tablets, or combinations thereof. These machines are ideal for research and development (R&D) labs, pharmaceutical pilot batches, clinical trials, academic institutions, small pharmacies, and low-volume production. Unlike large industrial fillers, they prioritize flexibility, ease of use, and compliance with Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), while handling small batches. They automate processes like capsule separation, filling, and closing to improve accuracy, reduce manual labor, and ensure reproducibility, often with fill weight variations as low as ±2%.

Lab Scale Automatic Capsule Filler Video

Key benefits include:

• Scalability: Suitable for pilot operations that can scale up to production without major redesign.

• Versatility: Supports multiple capsule sizes (e.g., #000 to #5) via interchangeable tooling.

• Compliance and Safety: Features like vacuum systems for clean separation, dust extraction, and containment options for handling potent compounds.

• Efficiency: Outputs range from 3,000 to 24,000 capsules per hour, depending on the model and material.

Lab Scale Automatic Capsule Filler often use programmable logic controllers (PLC) with touch-screen human-machine interfaces (HMI) for precise control, and some integrate weighing systems for exact dosing.

How Lab Scale Automatic Capsule Fillers Work

The process is fully automated and typically follows these steps:

1. Capsule Loading and Separation: Empty capsules are loaded into a hopper or tray. Vacuum or mechanical systems separate the cap from the body.

2. Filling: Powder is dosed via tamping (compaction) or dosator methods; pellets/granules via vibratory feeders; liquids via pumps. Some models allow multi-product filling.

3. Closing and Ejection: Bodies are filled, caps are locked, and capsules are ejected. Faulty capsules are rejected automatically.

4. Quality Control: Integrated sensors monitor fill weight, orientation, and defects.

Maintenance is straightforward, with quick changeovers and no need for external vacuum pumps in some designs.

Salient Features of Small Capsule Filling Machine

• cGMP model.

• Small footprint occupies less space.

• Rapid fill weightage adjustments.

• Tamping principle same as of production scale machine.

• AC frequency drive for machine speed control.

• PLC HMI based touch screen control panel.

• Vacuum venture hence no vacuum pump requires.

• Dosing disc type mechanism same as of production scale machine.

• Suitable for filling powder as well as pellets.

• Compact pellet filling attachment for different pellet and capsule types.

Technical Specification of Lab Scale Automatic Capsule Filler

* Power voltage can be adjusted as per customer’s domestic power voltage requirements.
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