Inspection Machines for Pharmaceuticals
Fully Customizable and Innovative Pharmaceutical Inspection Machines
Our innovative pharmaceutical Inspection Machines are unparallel to any other on the market, due to their manufacturing excellence: quality is guaranteed by components, by architecture solutions that include advanced connection systems and by compliance with the highest standards. Our fully customizable Inspection Machines are a reference point for vision technologies, through the development of smart cameras, capable of acquiring high-quality images at high speeds for the accurate detection of the presence of possible defects. This new generation of vision technology allows the product to be tested during different phases of the production process, in order to eliminate defects. The command graphic interface; simple and intuitive, makes management operations quick and efficient. The modern architecture of all Antares Vision systems makes them "Industry 4.0 ready".
Which products
do we inspect?
OUR INSPECTION TYPES
Today Antares Vision provides different Inspection solutions for:
We provide different solutions for visual inspection, to cover the widest range of pharmaceutical products.
TOTAL DEFECT
DETECTION
FOR ALL TABLETS
AND CAPSULES
The Antares Vision Tablets and Capsules Inspector is an automatic standalone machine designed to inspect pharmaceutical products at a high throughput with resolution up to 50 μm. An eight channels rotary double-drum system, handles products by holding them in position by means of a vacuum system which enables the images to be acquired on the entire surface. Detection of even the smallest defect or imperfection is guaranteed by up to 8 color high resolution cameras acquiring up to 16 high resolution images per product.
FEATURES:
- High throughput: it inspects up to 300.000 products/hour
- Accurate: identification of defects up to 50 μm with a very low false reject rate
- Wide range of feature controls: size discrepancies; shape defects; dots; dirt; cracks; color differences; embossing; coating imperfections; chipped products; printing; holes/drill; dents; joints; star end
- Continuity: Mechanical handling is not sensitive to dimensional variations, providing continuous automatic inspection even in case of highly variable products
- Easy to use and user friendly: quick format changeover, manageable by up to 5 user login levels, easy cleaning procedure and maintenance
- Efficient: provides advanced statistical analyses with visual defect-detection feedback, and detailed reject typology to help identify the reject causes.
WIDE INSPECTION
POSSIBILITIES FROM
THE SMALLEST TO THE
BIGGEST VOLUME
Our Visual Rotating Inspection are inline and standalone machines designed by Antares Vision to inspect a wide range of glass or plastic medical containers for liquids (such as solutions, suspensions, emulsions and oil-based products), powder or lyophilized drugs.
Our Visual Rotating Inspectors are made of four product families and ten different models to cover all inspection needs. The vast set includes machines able to inspect volumes from 1 ml to 1000 ml, ranging from the inspection of Small Volume Parenterals (vials, ampoules, cartridges, syringes) to Large Volume Parenterals (such as medical bottles or Blow Fill Seal), the change of container gripper pads can be done without using tools and height adjustment of carousel is fully automatic.
FEATURES:
- High throughput: it inspects up to 24.000 containers/hour
- Accurate: it detects reflective and opaque particles inside the products up to 20 μm of dimension
- Wide range of feature controls: presence of particles inside the product, inspection of foreign bodies, filling level checks, container cosmetic and functional faults detection, application and verification of the label
- Reliable: the machine is equipped with high resolution cameras with a high speed vision capturing and processing system and a double independent particle inspection to provide redundancy
- Smart: the machine is equipped with an automatic rejection system with various outlet channels depending on the nature of the defect
- Efficient: it provides advanced statistical analyses with detailed reject typology to help detect the reject causes in the upstream production process
THE ONLY INSPECTION
IN CLASSIFIED AREAS
We have developed a stand-alone machine to detect raised stoppers on Lyophilized vials under Laminar Flow conditions, ranging from Grade-A in Grade-C cleanrooms, or sterile product manufacturing environments. It is a unique, compact, stand-alone solution, designed to be either installed in a new line or retrofitted on to an existing one.
Stoppers can either be insufficiently pushed-down or, they can pop-up later, this results in a stopper that is not properly seated on the vial collar with the risk of air-inflow and contamination of the vial’s inner air space. Our AV Raised Stopper Inspection machine addresses this «uncontrolled area» for a lyophilized product between stoppering and capping, mitigating this issue by rejecting poorly stoppered vials just before capping.
FEATURES:
- High throughput: it inspects between100-300 units/min
- Accurate: it is equipped with 2 high resolution cameras based on tested and well proven Antares Vision Technology
- Wide range of feature controls on the stopper: missing or raised stopper, wrong position, presence of any damage.
A PATENTED SOLUTION
TO MEET THE FUTURE
OF PHARMACEUTICAL
PRODUCTS
Equipped with innovative technological patents, our AV LYO-CHECK allows the perfect inspection of lyophilized tablet thanks to lighting systems, to a dedicated verification of the integrity of the container and to the use of a spectroscopic technology that guarantees the perfect sterility of the bottle contents. The inspection carousel of the LYO-CHECK machine is designed according to a patented “column-free” system, which ensures greater freedom of positioning of the inspection stations and easy maintenance.
The machine belongs to a range of equipment exceeding up to 600 containers/minute. The reject verification system is based on “fail-safe” principle which ensures that containers recognized as defective will not reach the exit channel of good products.
FEATURES:
- Wide range of features controlled: particles inspection over the product and from a side and bottom view; filling level; state of matter; flip-off cap; glass and crimps defects
- High throughput: it inspects up to 600 containers/minute
- Accurate: it is equipped with a multiple high resolution camera inspection system with high speed image processors and a handling system with grippers that allows easier bottom inspection as well as higher diffusion of light
- Smart: the rejection system is automatic and has various outlet channels depending on the nature of the defect
- Easy to use: the carousel has a fully automatic eight adjustment and is designed with external telescopic columns to allow easy access for both maintenance and cleaning
NOT JUST A MACHINE: THE LYO-CHECK PROJECT
In 2017 Antares Vision was awarded an important grant from the European Commission, within the EU Horizon 2020’s SME instrument framework, to develop a new technology for the inspection of lyophilized pharma products for injection: the LYO-CHECK machine project.
Since the lyophilized form is set to become the most widely used in the production of high added-value preparations for injection, the increase in product quality and production output is a current top priority, that can be achieved only by the combination of different factors and improvement strategies, which are being taken into account in the development of the LYO-CHECK machine. The quality-control inspection of products in lyophilized form poses anyway peculiar challenges, thus creating the need for an innovative dedicated system which is totally different from the ones so far commonly applied to inspect parenteral products in liquid form.
NOT JUST A MACHINE:
THE LYO-CHECK
PROJECT
In 2017 Antares Vision was awarded an important grant from the European Commission, within the EU Horizon 2020’s SME instrument framework, to develop a new technology for the inspection of lyophilized pharma products for injection: the LYO-CHECK machine project.
Since the lyophilized form is set to become the most widely used in the production of high added-value preparations for injection, the increase in product quality and production output is a current top priority, that can be achieved only by the combination of different factors and improvement strategies, which are being taken into account in the development of the LYO-CHECK machine. The quality-control inspection of products in lyophilized form poses anyway peculiar challenges, thus creating the need for an innovative dedicated system which is totally different from the ones so far commonly applied to inspect parenteral products in liquid form.
The most effective solution to ensure the container closure integrity.
WIDE INSPECTION
POSSIBILITIES
FROM THE SMALLEST
TO THE BIGGEST VOLUME
Our Rotating CCIT Inspection Systems (ICON) are inline and standalone machines designed by Antares Vision to inspect a wide range of glass and plastic medical containers for liquids (water-like, suspensions, emulsions and oily products), powders and lyophilized products, covering the full range from Small Volume Parenterals (ampoules, vials, cartridges) to Large Volume parenterals (glass or BFS bottles).
Throughput is up to 24.000 units/h.
MULTIPLE LEAK DETECTION TECHNOLOGIES AVAILABLE:
- Vacum decay leak detection VDLD – it complies with all containers and product contents;
- Pressure decay leak detection PDLD – same compliance as VDLD, it is privileged for oily products;
- Head space analysis HSA – it applies to products with a modified atmosphere in the headspace (Vacuum, Nitrogen), using a Laser and a Receiver. Typically on glass containers in the Pharma industry;
- High Voltage Leak Detection HVLD – it is actually available in COMBO MACHINES (EVO).
Combined solution for a 360° check and ensure the safest pharmaceutical products.
A TAILORED SOLUTION FOR A COMPLETE AND EFFECTIVE VISUAL AND CCI INSPECTION OF STERILE PARENTERAL PACKAGING
Our combo solution owns to a family of automatic inspection machines which are designed to inspect pharmaceutical sterile injectable products at different throughputs of up to 600 units/min, which meet the widest range of requirements and regulatory obligations. Every machine is widely configurable for off-line or in-line operations. The visual inspection technology is well proven, based on high resolution, high speed digital CMOS color or b/w cameras, integrated with the ultimate performances of AV VisionBoxes and LightBoxes.
A TAILORED SOLUTION
FOR A COMPLETE
AND EFFECTIVE
VISUAL AND CCI
INSPECTION OF
STERILE PARENTERAL
PACKAGING
Our combo solution owns to a family of automatic inspection machines which are designed to inspect pharmaceutical sterile injectable products at different throughputs of up to 600 units/min, which meet the widest range of requirements and regulatory obligations. Every machine is widely configurable for off-line or in-line operations. The visual inspection technology is well proven, based on high resolution, high speed digital CMOS color or b/w cameras, integrated with the ultimate performances of AV VisionBoxes and LightBoxes.
Combo machines provide, in addition, the most suitable CCI technology to detect inappropriate container sealing in compliance or even exceeding the obligation of GMP regulations, we provide the widest range available on the market:
- Vacuum decay monitoring (VDLD). Probably the only one applicable to almost all primary packaging and products, grant a perfectly uniform testing of 100% the container surface
- Pressure decay leak detection (PDLD) – similar to VD, is based on pressure decay monitoring, typically used for oily products
- High voltage leak detection (HVLD) – Based on high voltage, is applicable to small volumes mainly and typically to glass ampoules
- HGA – A process analytical technology providing the most effective control of the O2 content in the head space of lyophilized products
KEY FEATURES:
- Compact and effective. A single machine provides a solution for all the inspection needs: Product Inspection, Container cosmetic inspection, Container Closure integrity inspection
- High throughput: it inspects up to 400-600 units/minute, depending on the technology and performance required
- Accurate: identification of visible defects with the required accuracy, detection of micro-holes and leaking points whose size is greater than 10 μm
- Continuity: Well proven and rugged mechanical modules, servo driven by the ultimate automation technology and supported by failsafe operation, provide the most reliable solution for a complete inspection
- Easy to use and user friendly: quick format changeover, easy cleaning procedure and maintenance, 21CFR11 compliant HMI, easy communication to upper level, efficient remote servicing
- Efficient: provides real time live-images and detailed information of the rejection causes, allowing easy re-tuning
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