Compact X-Ray Unit Simultaneously Checks All Capsule Quality Features

Based on X-ray technology, the inspection unit KKX 3900 for capsules serves as a system for comprehensive and 100% weight and quality control. It is equipped with soft X-ray technology and a sensor for image creation.

“The KKX 3900 is universally applicable and apart from filling weight control provides further advantages,” said Melanie Beck, Product Manager at Bosch Packaging Technology. “For the first time, an inspection unit is capable of simultaneously checking all quality features like weight, foreign particles, deformation of capsule top and bottom as well as length.”

The KKX 3900 is used for the inspection of filled hard capsules. It can be installed downstream of any capsule filling machine and achieves an output of up to 220,000 capsules per hour. Besides filling weight information, the system also measures the length of capsules. Additionally, foreign particles in the filling product or capsule material are detected. Therefore, capsule quality is examined comprehensively and in one single process step. Capsules that are not in line with desired requirements are discharged individually. The real-time image evaluation resists vibration, air flow and dampness.

The KKX 3900 is reportedly the first capsule inspection unit to check different, process-relevant data in real time.

Bosch Packaging Technology, +49 711 811 57255, melanie.beck@bosch.com, www.boschpackaging.com.