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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2025
Filed:
May. 29, 2024
Harro Hoefliger Verpackungsmaschinen Gmbh, Allmersbach im Tal, DE;
Timo Kuehnert, Allmersbach im Tal, DE;
Florian Huhnen, Allmersbach im Tal, DE;
Harro Hoefliger Verpackungsmaschinen GmbH, Allmersbach im Tal, DE;
Abstract
The capsule filling machine includes a turntable with capsule segments, at least one insertion station and at least one filling station. The capsule filling machine further includes at least one test container and a container weighing station with a weighing cell for weighing the test container. In a regular operating mode, capsule lower parts are inserted into a respective capsule receptacle of a segment lower part in the insertion station, and a product is filled in a filling station. In a testing mode, a test container is placed on a capsule receptacle, after which the test container in the segment lower part is moved to the at least one filling station and filled there with the product. The filled test container is then moved to the container weighing station and weighed there via the weighing cell. A method is for operating such a capsule filling machine.