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Markt Schwaben, December 2009
Seidenader support pharmaceutical companies with realization
of Annex 1 regulations
Seidenader
offer different solutions adaptable to the needs of
the customers
Thetransition period for implementing the new Annex 1 regulations regarding the provisions for capping of freeze-dried vials will end by March 1st, 2010. Point 121 says:
121.Vials with missing or displaced stoppers should be rejected prior to capping. Where human intervention is required at the capping station, appropriate technology should be used to prevent direct contact with t
he vials and to minimise microbial contamination.
Withregard to Annex 1, Seidenader Vision, one of the leading suppliers of optical inspection systems for the pharmaceutical industry, have launched a variety of solutions for the automatic inspection of caps and closures. They all comply with the new requirements and are adaptable to the individual needs of the customers:
- high-stopper detection
- crimp-cap inspection
- high-stopper detection and crimp-cap inspection combined
in one machine
- all solutions for isolators or clean-rooms
- gas-proof design (e.g. H2O2 resistant)
- customized solutions with one or more cameras
Thecost effective and reliable systems can be integrated onto new capping machines as well as existing lines. Besides, Seidenader offer the mechanical platform for a separate machine that accommodates camera station, product handling and reject system on a very compact footprint. The solutions use either the reject integrated in the existing machine of the customer or the system developed by Seidenader, and fulfill the requirements of the Annex 1 not to have direct contact with the product.
Thecamera modules are integrated before the final application of the aluminum cap, to check the proper seating of the stoppers. A second station has been developed to verify the correct crimping and seal.
Thetechnology has been well-proven in numerous cosmetic defect inspection stations that Seidenader have installed with great success on a worldwide basis.
Theadvantages of the Seidenader solutions are:
- no discussions with authorities regarding compliance with
Annex 1, point 121
- same camera module for capping or inspection machines
- experience of over hundred integrated stations in operation
documentation and testing available as to FDA expected levels
About Seidenader Vision GmbH:
Seidenader Vision GmbH has been developing and selling vision systems for all fields of industrial in-process quality inspection for almost 20 years. With more than 70 highly qualified specialists Seidenader Vision counts among the few most important companies of the machine vision business. The strict focusing on the requirements of the pharmaceutical and engineering industry has lead to the genesis of a product which offers unequalled opportunities concerning versatility and steadiness. Vision systems made by Seidenader – very well known and valued in the pharmaceutical industry – now are applied more and more often in other industrial sectors (automotive, beverage, cosmetic, glass manufacturing, etc.), too.
SeidenaderVision, former SVResearch, is part of the Seidenader Group with the head office in Markt Schwaben near Munich.
Press contact:
Seidenader Vision GmbH
Heidrun Sing
Lilienthalstr. 8, D-85570 Markt Schwaben
Tel. +49 8121 802-486
Fax +49 8121 802-100
e-mail: heidrun.sing@seidenader.de
Cap inspection
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High stopper inspection
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