Clamshell & Blister Loading Equipment
(12 companies)Machinery dedicated solely to depositing or placing of wet or dry products into a pre-made clamshell or blister package. Are you looking at new tray, blister, or clamshell equipment? Here are some best practices on what to look for.
Ascend Packaging Systems, LLC.
The Argentecnica S-100 continuous blister machine is intended for small-scale, continuous blister packaging batches of up to 10,000 packs. Designed for companies that need blister packaging and have limited space in their facility, this system offers a small footprint for small R&D labs or production rooms while still operating like a larger production-sized unit. The S-100 provides multiple benefits including its balcony-style configurations for accessibility and its capability to run with all types of film and foil materials, including thermoform and cold form packs. It is ideal for small to medium production batches.
Aylward Enterprises, LLC
Aylward’s dedicated blister feed systems for blister thermoforming machines have been installed throughout the world. Aylward designs systems for the most complex and challenging applications, including Cube Feed System for solid-dose blisters, the XYZ Feed System for complex blister layouts, and the Compact Feed System for unusual tablet shapes and sizes, featuring simplified operation and a lower entry cost.
BluePrint Automation (BPA)
Vision robotic loading for raw and packaged products into clamshells include the Spider 100. The system offers full automation of bag handling and horizontal loading process of boxes and/or trays. This solution includes the BPA robotic platform that features targeted processing components to fully suit specific applications, including the patented SmartTrak system for high-speed precollation and end effectors.
Graphic Packaging International
Graphic Packaging has several machine models that handle picking and placing of clamshells, picking, labeling and restacking of clamshells or cartoning of blisters of tablets.
Marchesini Group USA Inc.
Robotized blister lines represent the top of the range of Marchesini mechanical innovation. Ideal for packaging products of all sizes, they combine blister packaging and cartoning sections thanks to directly integrated robotized systems and can reach speeds of up to 720 blisters and 500 cartons per minute. On request, the machines can be equipped with systems for control of shape and size of tablets and with NIR systems for identification of the active ingredient of individual products in the blister.
Precision PMD
In addition to its line of denesting equipment, Precision PMD offers customized blister and clamshell filling and closing equipment that can integrated into lines. The Precision PMD Clamshell Packaging System consists of two-head VH Series Denesters, an integrated net weigh filler, and a two-head clamshell closer. This clamshell packaging system handles 50 containers/min.
Remtec Automation, LLC
Robotic retail blister pack machine loading and unloading system runs at speeds over 90 ppm. Blister machinery handles randomly fed bulk product with vision guided picking.
Rinco Ultrasonics
RINCO ultrasonic welding machines feature minimum welding times, high precision and low maintenance requirements. RINCO manufactures welding machines in three product series that meet every requirement from welding the very smallest components to large-area elements, including blister welding machine offering solutions for film packaging.
Romaco Group
Romaco offers the Noack brand of robust, flexible blister machines for small to medium batch sizes. Contract packaging companies and generics manufacturers particularly appreciate short retooling times that speed up product changeovers, high level of reliability and availability, short machine and line length and line competence in combination with Romaco’s cartoner family.
Starview Packaging Machinery
Starview designs and manufactures a large selection of standard and custom sealing equipment for blister clamshell, skin, food trays, medical device trays and pharmaceutical wallet packaging. Models include shuttles, rotaries, carousel and inline machines ranging from manual to fully automatic. Integrated systems with robotic in-feeds and pack-off systems are also available.
Uhlmann Packaging Systems
Uhlmann manufactures pharmaceutically compliant blister machines, ranging from small and flexible for fast batch changeovers, to universal machines offering mid-range performance, to high-speed blister machines for mass production. All blister machines are designed for fast format changeovers and a straightforward user interface that promotes short setup times and allow ergonomic, uncomplicated operation. Uhlmann offers a wide product line of blister machines, ranging from the B 200, an entry-level price blister system offering flexibility and efficient packaging of small batches to the B 1880, running at a maximum of 1,300 blisters/min.
Volm Companies, Inc.
The Volmpack DLM Clamshell Filler was designed with cherry, cherry tomato, and small produce packers in mind. Packing facilities interested in automating clamshell and punnet filling will benefit from this packing machine, which works gently and efficiently with small products. And, at rates up to 44 packages per minute, it is an excellent addition to any facility looking to reduce labor and increase production.
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