Aseptic BFS system fills 9,000 ampoules per hr

Blow-fill-seal (BFS) technology expert rommelag will exhibit the following developments at the forthcoming interpack:

• The bottelpack 321M aseptic system, complete with electric servo drives and including the internal ampoule punch — entirely without hydraulics — for the filling of unit dose ampoules made from LDPE plastic, with an output of approximately 9,000 ampoules per hour in 3 x 10 ampoule blocks. The system is equipped with dark/white side separation, a remote maintenance modem and ROVIS.

• The VIM942 ampoule test system for the fully automated in-process control of ampoule blocks with manual or automatic infeed directly from the bottelpack systems. The container engravings for LOT/EXP, ampoule separation and twist-off torque, empty container and product bottling weights and the wall thickness measurements in the container body are tested. The measurement data stored in long-term memory is displayed as tables of value and trend curves and also stored as an electronic log and printed out. The filling volume of each cavity of the bottelpack system can be automatically corrected using this information. A system can test various types of ampoules if it has the corresponding qualifications and validations.

• A head camera system with eye monitor with image and audio transmission system in a vest, battery-operated with WiFi VPN connection for the online support of operating and service personnel at the customer site, directly at the bottelpack system. The system makes it possible to communicate with the rommelag service personnel at the manufacturing plant and to display information on an eye monitor.

Hall 14/Stand C29, interpack 2014, 8–14 May, Messe Düsseldorf, Germany.

rommelag ag, www.rommelag.com.