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Automatic Visual Inspection and Sorting of Tablets, Capsules and Softgels
All-in-one inspection machine for tablets, capsules and softgels with inspection capacity up to 830.000 products / hour.
- All-in-one visual inspection machine for tablets, capsules and softgels
- High speed inspection of up to 830.000 products/hour
- Extensive range of product sizes from 2 mm up to 28 mm
- High colour sensitivity with 3D inspection for low contrast surface defects
- User autonomy for outstanding flexibility to new product introduction with general inspection solution
- Reliable active sorting with verification failsafe ejection control system
- No defects needed for machine training
- Intuitive user-friendly graphical interface
- Ergonomic design and simple changeover
- Scalable machine design enables functional upgrades for new requirements throughout machine life cycle
- Local and global support
FUNCTIONALITY
100% surface inspection of each product
- Six inspection units, one for each side of product
- Colour, backlight and 3D images are acquired simultaneously for each side of product
- Totally 18 images per product are used in inspection
Reliable mechanical manipulation
The product flow in Sensum SPINE starts by feeding of products from the input container to a filling unit. The filling unit fills the products into pockets of an upper inspection cylinder, where the products are held in defined, stable and repeatable position by vacuum. The rotating upper inspection cylinder transfers the products to the first inspection unit, where the top surface of the products is imaged. The products are then transferred to the lower inspection cylinder to the five additional inspection units where all remaining surfaces are imaged. The acquired images are then analysed and each product is classified as good or defective. The sorting unit actively sorts individual products into bins for good and defective products and verifies if the sorting was performed correctly. The inspection process is monitored and controlled by graphical user interface.
Autonomy for new products
General inspection solution for standard products
- Full user autonomy for introduction of new products
- Standard pre-manufactured mechanical and software tooling for round, oblong & oval tablets and for capsules & softgels
- Controlled procedure for creating new inspection solution
- Simple machine operation with:
- intuitive and easy to use operation
- transparent and well-defined process steps
- effective performance, powered by AI for defect identification
Dedicated inspection solution for specific requirements
- Interchangeable with general inspection solution
- Dedicated plug & play tooling for special types of product shapes and sizes, or specific requests on enhanced throughput and particular quality demands
10 minute machine set up
- No defects needed for training
- Computer assisted setting procedure
- Intuitive sensitivity setting with immediate feedback on detection performance and yield
10 minute machine cleaning and changeover
- Ergonomic tool-free design
- Easy cleaning
- No adjustment of optical system needed
TABLET INSPECTION
Applicable tablets
• plain (uncoated)
• sugar-coated
• film-coated
• multilayer
Applicable dimensions
Round
Oblong
Other non-specified or special types of products have to be checked if applicable.
Indicative inspection speeds
Round tablets
| Ø (diameter) in mm | Tablets / hour* |
| 13 – 18 | 210.000 |
| 10 – 12 | 420.000 |
| 8 – 9 | 520.000 |
| 7 – 5 | 630.000 |
| < 5 | 830.000 |
Oval and oblong tablets
| L (length) in mm | Tablets / hour* |
| > 18 | 150.000 |
| 14 – 18 | 230.000 |
| 11 – 13 | 310.000 |
| 8 – 10 | 390.000 |
| < 8 | 470.000 |
*Actual inspection speed depends on the shape, size and type of tablets, and on the number of inspected features. In special cases, even higher inspection speeds might be possible with dedicated solution.
Typical defects
CAPSULE INSPECTION
Applicable capsules
• Opaque
• Bicolour
• Transparent
• Empty
Applicable dimensions
Capsule
Other non-specified or special types of products have to be checked if applicable.
Indicative inspection speeds
| Capsule sizes | Capsules / hour* |
| 000 & 00 & 0 & 1 & 2 | 200.000 |
| 3 & 4 & 5 | 300.000 |
*Actual inspection speed depends on the shape, size and type of capsules, and on the number of inspected features. In special cases, even higher inspection speeds might be possible with dedicated solution.
Typical defects
SOFTGEL INSPECTION
Applicable softgel
• Opaque
• Bicolour
• Transparent
• Seamless
Applicable dimensions
Softgel
Other non-specified or special types of products have to be checked if applicable.
Indicative inspection speeds
| L (length) in mm | Softgels / hour* |
| > 15 | 160.000 |
| 14 – 15 | 280.000 |
| 11 – 13 | 380.000 |
| 8 – 10 | 470.000 |
| < 8 | 570.000 |
*Actual inspection speed depends on the shape, size and type of softgels, and on the number of inspected features. In special cases, even higher inspection speeds might be possible with dedicated solution.
Typical defects (opaque products)
Typical defects (transparent products)
Advantages
- All-in-one machine for tablets, capsules and softgels
- Can inspect various colours, shapes and sizes up to 28 mm
- Can inspect transparent products (capsules, softgels)
- General format parts for standard products (oblong & oval tablets, capsules, softgels)
- Machine autonomous inspection
- High speed inspection of up to 830.000 products/hour
- Standardized inspection quality among different products
- High quality inspection including 3D surface inspection
- Entire product surface inspected by six colour cameras
- Optimal illumination ensured by controllable LED
- Image analysis based on the latest scientific developments
- AI supported inspection solutions
- Visual defect detection feedback on graphical user interface
- Statistical distributions of all inspected features
- Batch reports in electronic and/or printed form
- Compliant with FDA 21 CFR Part 11
- Training done within 10 minutes
- No defects needed for machine training
- Computer assisted setting procedure
- Intuitive sensitivity setting with immediate
- feedback on detection performance and yield
- Active sorting of each individual, good or defective product
- Optical sorting verification of each sorted product
- Fail-safe sorting design in case of media failure
- Touch-screen based intuitive user graphical interface
- Efficient self-cleaning system for active dedusting
- Easy cleaning and maintenance
- Fast changeover to other products within 10 minutes
- Ergonomic tool-free design
- No adjustment of optical system needed
- Regular and responsive customer support
- Local and global service support
- On-site & on-line extended support in validation, troubleshooting and training
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