Bosch
The new filling and closing machine MLF 5088 offers an output of 400 vials per minute with integrated 100% in-process control.With the new filling and closing machine MLF 5088, Bosch Packaging Technology offers an output of 400 vials per minute with integrated 100% in-process control (IPC). The newly developed member of the proven MLF series is able to fill and close injection bottles in a processing range of 2 to 100 ml. The machine is suited to process pharmaceuticals in aqueous and low-viscosity solutions. All vials are weighed directly before and after the filling station. By comparing both measurements, the absolute filling weight is determined. The machine automatically adjusts the volume in case of deviating quantities.
A new method, patent pending, places the containers very gently on the IPC scales. Due to the new slim design, the MLF 5088 is completely accessible from the front, even with closed barrier. Pumps, for instance, can be safely and easily inserted at the filling stations. This leads to improved handling as well as outstanding product safety. Another development is the MLF 5088’s container carrying and flow-friendly vial transport system, which is used in a 100% IPC machine for the first time. The vials are transported through the machine with format cells, which guarantees a safe handling of the containers.
The MLF 5088 features a combined filling station with eight dosing heads. This enables the machine to work either with piston, peristaltic or rolling diaphragm pumps, or a time-pressure filling system, thus covering up to 99% of all filling systems in use for pharmaceutical machines. A combination with different barrier systems is also possible; 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.
The MLF 5088 is the first machine of its series that is equipped with a continuously working stoppering station. “We traditionally use these for our FLC filling and closing machines,” said Dieter Bandtel, Product Manager at Bosch Packaging Technology. “The experience of more than 200 machines showed us that this kind of stoppering is particularly reliable and safe.” The transfer from intermittent to continuous transport is accomplished with the help of a segment wheel. This transfer is essential for the use of this kind of stoppering station. The MLF 5088 is suited for line integration. It can be combined with an upstream washing machine and sterilisation tunnel and a downstream capping machine.
Robert Bosch GmbH, Bosch Packaging Technology, +49 7951 402 362, www.boschpackaging.com.