The high-performance machine doses powders, pellet, tablets and liquids, as well as combinations, and can achieve output of up to 2,600 capsules per minute.
“The newly developed GKF 2600 combines proven and new technologies at higher outputs,” said Karl-Heinz Kappes, product manager at Bosch Packaging Technology. “The machine is equipped with new filling technologies for different products, an optimized drive concept, significantly enhanced sensor technology for process control, as well as a demand-oriented containment concept.”
Bosch says that due to its extended machine platform and very good accessibility, the capsule filling machine can be adapted to fill different products in a very short time and thanks to these characteristics, add-on modules can also be integrated quickly and easily.
The development of the new capsule filling machine is consistently based on the demands of the pharmaceutical industry and profits from the long-term experience of Bosch in capsule filling operations. “With its standard functions, the GKF 2600 fulfills the industry requirements regarding precise and reliable capsule filling. This includes, for instance, an automatic anti troubleshooting (ASB) function, as well as user-friendly handling with improved accessibility of the filling stations,” says Kappes.
Apart from the standard functions, numerous options are available, such as the new capsule checkweigher KKE 2600 with enhanced product control.
Additionally, the GKF 2600 can be upgraded with a feedback loop, which automatically regulates overfilling and underfilling of capsules via tendency control of the KKE. An inspection unit can further be integrated into the capsule filling machine. It conducts weight and quality inspections with x-ray technology and an x-ray sensor.
Bosch’s technologies are on display at Achema in Frankfurt/Main, Germany, from 15-19 June, hall 3.1, booth C71.
