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Selcting the Optimal Automation Technologies

For Siemens, optimal solution also means standardization. This includes, re-useable standard software library templates, standard hardware, a common industrial communication protocol serving as a backbone for the entire network, well defined and approved validation documents in line with the GAMP5 (V lifecycle model) etc. Bosch Packaging Technology too provides adequate solutions to their customers and this can be found in the area of inspection technology.

Quality control is essential for liquid and solid pharmaceuticals such as syringes, ampoules, vials, as well as tablets and capsules. One of the most common and reliable methods for particle inspection is the ‘static division‘ (SD) technology. It derives its name from the ability to differentiate static from moving objects, using light transmission to detect moving particles by measuring dynamic light fluctuation.

Methods of Quality Inspection

Projecting light through the liquid pharmaceutical onto an optical SD sensor enables the differentiation between particles contained in the liquid and immobile objects. The SD technology is also suited for inspecting filling levels. Ultramodern high-speed cameras in turn allow for the reliable detection of particles and cosmetic container defects. The combination of these two inspection methods provide for best inspection results.

Elucidating on the same, Senior Vice President-Business Unit Pharma, Bosch Packaging Technology, Uwe Harbauer avers, “Machines based on X-ray technology serve as systems for comprehensive quality and weight control of capsules. These technologies are advancing rapidly due to software development and new imaging capabilities

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