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#SuccessStory #Inhalers Reliable and Safe
Assembly and Packaging

  • Reliable packaging process thanks to buffer/storage capacity
  • Ready-to-ship packaging
  • Cartoning machine also compatible with top-load carton blanks
  • Data archiving via LMS (Line Management System)
  • Dependable process control
  • Integrated Line Management System

80

Inhalers per minute

 

10

minute accumulation

 

Requirement

Schubert-Pharma provided a pharmaceutical manufacturer with a secure and reliable system for assembling and packaging inhalers in sachets.

The highest standards of reliability and safety are the norm when it comes to packaging pharmaceutical devices. In this case, Schubert-Pharma was tasked with delivering a dependable and secure packaging line that also enabled product traceability for the inhalers.

Solution

With the packaging line supplied by Schubert-Pharma, the manufacturer can temporarily store products from production for up to ten minutes as needed. This ensures a reliable and secure assembly and packaging process.

In addition to the integrated line management system for job-specific data generation and archiving, Schubert-Pharma developed a flexible final packaging solution to allow easy conversion to other formats in the future. If the patient information leaflet integrated into the pre-glued folding carton is to be omitted, the cartoning machine can also process Topload blanks.

 

The flexible final packaging allows for easy conversion to other formats later on.
 

 

Labeling and storing the inhalers

The complete system takes over the assembled inhalers and packages them ready for shipment. A subunit with an F2 robot serves as storage for loaded and empty product carriers, ensuring a continuous assembly and packaging process. The storage capacity is approximately ten minutes at a throughput of 80 inhalers per minute. Afterwards, labeling systems print and apply round labels on both sides of the inhalers with millimeter precision. The data on the labels is verified by a camera after application.

Airtight sachets and pre-glued folding cartons

Another subunit with an F2 robot loads the product chain of the sachet machine and transports the emptied product carriers back into the cassette loop. The aluminum-coated foil is labeled before the actual sachet process to ensure a crease-free result. The inhalers are then airtight packaged in the sachet foil.

The primary carton packaging uses pre-glued folding cartons. These are taken from the magazine, opened, and presented to the robot, which inserts the products along with a leaflet into an erected sideload folding carton. The folding cartons are then closed, labeled on the corner, and finally palletized.