Automatic Capsule Filling Machine Is Described Station By Station
- Empty gelatin capsules are fed from a storage hopper to the rectifier, and inserted with the aid of vacuum into one of the 10 sets of carrier segments each carrier segment holds 18 empty capsules.
- The carrier segment's upper holder holding the caps is now lifted separation of cap and body is assisted by vacuum.
- The upper holder starts retracting while the lower proceeds to the dosing station.
- Complete retraction of the upper holder is done at this station.
- Powder slug is inserted into the capsule body; when there is no capsule body held at the lower holder, the powder slug will be further pushed downward and collected in a receiver tray.
- Ejection of un-separated capsule or the up-side-down capsule caps is performed with an aid of upward stroking rods.
- Upper holder starts moving outward to the position above the lower holder.
- At this station, while upper and lower holders are closely matched the capsule bodies are pushed upward into the caps by steel rods.
- Now the closed capsules arriving at this station are again pushed upward by the other steel rods and leave the carrier segment.
- Carrier segment is vacuum-cleaned and proceeds to the capsule insertion station
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