Bosch Packaging Technology has launched its new vial filling and closing machine MLF 5088 for the pharma industry, which can fill and close injection bottles in a processing range of 2ml to 100ml.
The company offers an output of 400 vials per minute with integrated 100% in-process control (IPC), with the new filling and closing machine, which can process pharmaceuticals in aqueous and low-viscosity solutions.
Bosch Packaging Technology product manager Dieter Bandtel said the new MLF 5088 shows that high output is not opposed to best safety standards.
"Besides the machine's high performance, we managed to integrate 100 percent in-process control," Bandtel said.
All vials are weighed directly before and after the filling station and the absolute filling weight is determined by comparing both measurements. In case of deviating quantities, the machine automatically adjusts the volume.
Due to its new slim design, the MLF 5088 is completely accessible from the front even with closed barrier. It has a container carrying and flow-friendly vial transport system, which is used in a 100% IPC machine.
The machine features a combined filling station with eight dosing heads and can work either with piston, peristaltic or rolling diaphragm pumps, or a time-pressure filling system, covering up to 99% of all filling systems in use for pharmaceutical machines.
Equipped with a continuously working stoppering station, the MLF 5088 is suited for restricted access barrier systems (RABS) and isolators, as well as closed RABS (cRABS) for toxic products and containment systems.
