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Markt Schwaben, February 2010
Higher Standard of Security by New Check of Syringes for Pierced Needle Shields
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voltage – Seidenader’s new inspection process, developed as module to be integrated onto proven high performance inspection machines.
SeidenaderMaschinenbau GmbH, one of the leading suppliers of automatic inspection machines for the pharmaceutical industry, has developed a method to verify pierced needle shields inline and at full production speeds up to 600 syringes/min.
Needlesof pre-filled syringes, penetrating the needle shield, put sterility of needle and product at risk, as well as endanger medical staff. A pierced needle shield cannot reliably be verified by vision systems and even less by operators.
Applyinghigh voltage to the lower section of the syringe – using the conductivity of the protruding needle – allows detecting these defects with high reliability. Tests have shown that even defects hidden by rigid plastic shields (RNS) can be detected.
Theinspection station can be integrated in a star wheel on Seidenaders standard VI-S inspection machine. The defects detected can be separated in a dedicated reject channel.
About Seidenader Maschinenbau GmbH
Formore than 110 years Seidenader has been committed to manu-facturing high quality equipment for the pharmaceutical industry. Expertise on material handling and inspection of a vast variety of pharmaceutical containers filled with liquid and dry sterile products, combined with the experience and feedback of our customers has helped us to create a full line of automatic inspection machines for parenteral products.
Thewhole product range of machines manufactured by Seidenader fulfil the most stringent requirements of the pharmaceutical industry in their reliable detection of particles, cosmetic and functional defects in the rough environment of 24 hours production per day.
Press contact:
SeidenaderMaschinenbau GmbH
Heidrun Sing
Lilienthalstr. 8, D-85570 Markt Schwaben
Phone +49 8121 802-486
Fax +49 8121 802-100
e-mail: heidrun.sing@seidenader.de
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