Robert Boschgmbh

Syntegon Technology Gmbh

Werner Runft

Jens Schlipf

Walter Boehringer

Martin Vogt

Ralf Schmied

Thomas Franck

Iulian Maga

Reiner Wurst

Manfred Kuhnle

Joachim Frangen

Markus Hanisch

Ulrich Krauss

Sebastian Gran

Werner Arleth

Stefan Pfeiffer

Jochen Ziegler

Stefan Junker

Jochen Peters

Joshua Windsheimer

Albert Eberhardt

Walter Böhringer

Oliver Ullmann

Dieter Bandtel

Andreas Rappold

Wolfgang Wick

Thomas Brinz

Eberhard Krieger

Walter Bauer

Torsten Grass

Bernhard Wagner

Fabian Werner

Guenter Liebhart

Andreas Braito

Florian Bessler

Ulli Winter

Martin Wunderlich

Timm Sattler

Jarle Boee

A capsule filling machine () for filling a capsule, which has a capsule upper part and a capsule lower part, includes a conveying device (), a filling station () and at least one station () for closing a filled capsule lower part with a capsule upper part and for transporting a filled capsule. The station comprises a closing element which can be moved along the joining axis and which is driven by a closing drive, and which cooperates with a lower face of the filled capsule lower part, and a counter holder which cooperates with an upper face of the capsule upper part. The counter holder can be arranged in a stop region which is spaced apart from a conveying region by the interposition of a transport region. A transport sleeve which fixes and transports the filled and fully joined capsule outside the conveying region is arranged in the transport region.

Capsule filling machine for filling a capsule and method for operating a capsule filling machine

An isolator system, having an isolator (), which has an interior space () for processing a substance, the interior space being delimited by a base-side mounting surface () for the arrangement of a substance-processing unit () and by an isolator cabin () with at least one access opening (), the access opening being assigned at least one closure device for optionally opening up or blocking the access opening. The isolator cabin can be placed or is placed onto the base-side mounting surface, and wherein the isolator system has at least one quick-change interface () for exchanging the isolator cabin () for an additional cabin with a different protection level and/or for exchanging the closure device for an additional closure device with a different protection level.

Isolator system

A device for dosing a product in capsules () or similar, comprising at least one dosing disc () which has dosing openings (), and at least two filling stations (-) with which groups of dosing opening () are associated, wherein each filling station (-) comprises at least one tamping pin (-); the tamping pin (-) can plunge to a specified depth (h-h) into the dosing opening () to compress the product (), and said tamping pin has at least one pressing means () for producing a variable pressure (p-p) with which each tamping pin (-) elastically deflects into the dosing opening (); and at least one adjusting means, in particular an adjusting drive (-), is provided in order to adjust the depth (hto h) for each of the two tamping pins (-) independently of one another.

Device for dosing a product

The invention relates to a device (to) for determining the weight of a capsule () arranged in a receptacle () of a capsule holder () of an incrementally rotated conveyor wheel (), comprising a transfer device (to) for transferring at least one capsule () from the capsule holder () into a capsule receiver () having a plurality of receptacles () for respectively one capsule (), and back again, wherein the capsule receptacle () has a movable arrangement in a plane parallel to the conveyor plane of the conveyor wheel ().

Device for determining the weight of a capsule arranged in a capsule holder of an incrementally rotated conveyor wheel

The invention relates to a device for filling containers with filling material in powder form, comprising: at least one metering wheel (); a metering chamber (); at least one container () for discharging into the metering chamber () a filling material () to be metered; at least one filter () which is mounted on the metering chamber (), the filter () being non-permeable to the filling material () and permeable to a gaseous medium; at least one feed () for the gaseous medium, to influence the filling material () to be metered in the metering chamber () by means of the gaseous medium via the filter (), at least one transport means () being provided to displace the filter () such that a new region of the filter () reaches the underside of the metering chamber ().

Device for metering filling material

Disclosed is a device for filling a receptacle, comprising at least one filling station () for filling at least one receptacle (), and at least one receptacle holder () for conveying the receptacle () relative to the filling station (), characterized in that at least one driving surface () and at least one mover () which can be coupled to the driving surface () especially in a magnetic manner are provided, the mover () being arranged so as to be movable and/or rotatable on the driving surface () in at least two degrees of freedom, and in that the receptacle holder () is disposed on the mover ().

Device for filling a receptacle

A device and a method for determining a closing force, the device including at least a lower part segment () for receiving at least one capsule lower part (), at least one upper part segment () for receiving at least one capsule upper part (), at least one closing means () that acts upon the capsule lower part () and/or the capsule upper part () for closure, wherein at least one force sensor () is provided for absorbing a force (F) that acts upon the capsule () during closure.

Device and method for determining a closing force during the closure of a capsule

The present invention relates to a capsule filling machine for filling a capsule (), which comprises an upper capsule part () and a lower capsule part (). Said capsule filling machine comprises a plurality of separate stations for handling the capsules () and a capsule separation device () and a capsule presence device (), the capsule separation device () and the capsule presence device () being integrated into a common station ().

Capsule filling machine

The present invention relates to a capsule-weighing device () comprising a capsule holder () for receiving at least one capsule lower part (), preferably for medical preparations, a weighing unit () that can be positioned independently of the capsule holder () and that has at least one first electrode () for weighing the capsule lower part () in the capsule holder (), a transport device () for moving the capsule holder (), independently of the weighing unit (), to different stations (S-S), and at least one second electrode (), wherein an outer wall () of the at least one capsule lower part () is exposed in the capsule holder (), or is only thinly enclosed by the capsule holder (), such that, by means of an electric field between the first and second electrodes (), the capsule lower part () can be weighed without moving the capsule lower part () in the capsule holder ().

Capsule-weighing device, capsule-filling machine, and method for weighing a capsule

The invention proposes an apparatus for transporting a container relative to a filling station, comprising at least one filling station () for filling at least one container (), and also comprising at least one container mount () for transporting the container () relative to the filling station (), characterized in that at least one drive surface () and at least one mover (), which can be coupled in particular magnetically to the drive surface (), are provided, wherein the mover () is arranged on the drive surface () such that it can be displaced and/or rotated in at least two degrees of freedom, and in that the container mount () is connected to the mover ().

Apparatus for transporting a container relative to a filling station

The present invention relates to a device for introducing filling material () into capsules (), comprising a filling device () for feeding filling material () to the capsules (), a capsule holder () with at least one row of seats () in which the capsules () that are to be filled are arranged, a station arrangement with several stations arranged one after another, wherein the station arrangement comprises at least one filling station () and a synchronously operating drive, and a movement device which, at the capsule-filling station (), executes a relative movement between the filling device () and the capsule holder (), wherein the filling device () adopts, relative to the capsule holder (), at least a first filling position for filling a first capsule and a second filling position for filling a second capsule.

Device for introducing filling material into capsules

The invention relates to a control device () comprising a radiation source () which is embodied, in particular, as an X-ray source for irradiating a pharmaceutical product () embodied, in particular as a capsule, a detector () for detecting radiation after irradiating the pharmaceutical product (), a tube or shaft-shaped supply device () which is preferably arranged vertically at least in the region of the beam path () of the radiation source () for feeding the pharmaceutical product () into the beam path () of the radiation source (), and means () for positioning and releasing the pharmaceutical product () in the region of the radiation beam () of the radiation source (). According to the invention, the tube or shaft-shaped supply device () has a cross-section in the region of the beam path () which is greater than the cross-section of the pharmaceutical product (), and that during irradiation, respectively only one pharmaceutical product () is arranged in the region of the beam path () of the radiation source ().

Control device

The invention provides an apparatus for metering pulverulent filling material, comprising at least one metering wheel with a plurality of metering chambers for accommodating filling material, wherein a plurality of metering chambers are formed by means of a common component, and the common component can be displaced in the radial direction of the metering wheel using an adjusting means in order to change the volume of the metering chambers.

Apparatus for metering pulverulent filling material

The invention relates to a device () for controlling pharmaceutical products () in particular, hard gelatin capsules, by means of a radiation source () preferably designed as an X-ray source, comprising a storage device () which receives the products () in an uncontrolled manner, and from which the products () are transferred to a transport element () in which the products () are arranged such that they form at least one row. The products () are transported in a clocked manner in the radiation area () of the radiation source () which exposes the products () to radiation, preferably perpendicular to the longitudinal direction thereof. A first stopping device () for separating the products () in the row is arranged upstream of the radiation source () in the direction of transportation () of the products (), and at least one sensor element () coupled to an evaluation device () captures the radiation which passed through the products (). According to the invention, at least two products () are separated from the row by means of the first stopping device () and are simultaneously positioned in the radiation area () and the image of the product () is captured by means of the at least one sensor element ().

Device for controlling pharmaceutical products

The invention relates to a sensor device () for a packaging machine () designed as a capsule filling and sealing machine or for a capsule control device (), said device having a positioning element () for positioning a container (c) having a longitudinal axis () and filled with a filling material in the region of the sensor device () and at least one radiation source () and at least one detector () for detecting the radiation after said radiation radiates through the container (c). According to the invention, the at least one radiation source () radiates through the container (c) perpendicular to the longitudinal axis () thereof and the positioning element is designed as a tubular or shaft-shaped conveying element () which can be penetrated by the radiation in a radiation cone () of the radiation source ().

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