Vials Coding and Inspection

DMW Automation is a recognized supplier of custom specialty automation equipment used to code and inspect vials, and other products such as syringes, ampoules and cartridges.

We have supplied leading manufacturers of pharmaceutical products with innovative automated solutions designed to meet their specific needs for over 10 years.

DMW Automation’s vial coding and inspection capabilities enable manufacturers in the pharmaceutical packaging industry to satisfy their high speed identification and verification goals by coding unlabeled “nude” product.

Additionally, we provide a cost efficient solution for satisfying mandated product traceability and counterfeiting protection requirements.

• Primary Technologies Involved
• Types of Vial Coding and Inspection

Vial coding machine overview.

Primary Technologies Involved

Our custom-designed and fabricated equipment incorporates and integrates a variety of automation technologies including:

• Continuous-motion platforms using ACE-trac or rotary technology
• Puck carrier platforms
• Product conveyors including cleated transport systems
• Serpentine accumulation
• Parts feeding and orienting
• Alphanumeric and 2D coding of vials
• Integration of ink-jet and laser printers
• Integration of leak testing technologies
• Inspection stations
• Integration of vision systems
• Fail-safe reject stations, and
• Fully integrated programmable Human Machine Interfaces (HMI)

Types of Vial Coding and Inspection

DMW Automation offers the patented the ACE-trac™ (Articulated Carrier Element) vial handling technology that allows high speed automated vial coding and inspection at speeds of 400+ vials per minute.

We also developed a rotary dial vial handling technology that provides controlled high-speed automated pharmaceutical vial coding and inspection at speeds of 300+ vials per minute.

View vial coding and inspection in our Custom Automation Gallery.

Examples of products requiring coding and inspection include:

• Antibiotics
• Vaccines
• Insulin
• Other types of injectable medications

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For more information about DMW Automation’s custom automation equipment and systems services, please call us at 847-437-0665 or email us at sales@dmwautomation.com.