How do you prevent the products from foaming? Here at Filamatic, we can solve your foaming problems with our bottom-up filling technique. This technique can be used on both semi-automatic and automatic equipment. Bottom-up filling allows the nozzles of each… Read More
Archive for the ‘Machine Capabilities’ Category
Advantages of Quick Change Tooling
Changing configuration to accommodate various bottle sizes and shapes and different liquid products on a liquid filling machine tool is often a long and difficult procedure that can easily take 30 minutes, or more. Because adjusting and settings can be… Read More
Heavy Duty Semi-Automatic Benchtop Filler for Hair Care Products
Hair care products are just one of the many types of personal care products that Filamatic, a division of National Instrument LLC, can fill. Whether it is gel, shampoo, or conditioner, the Filamatic machines can tackle just about any type… Read More
Embracing Changes; Overall Equipment Effectiveness
A long time ago, during a Lean Manufacturing Training Session, I was taught that if you change something before measuring it, you won’t be able to tell whether or not the change actually improved it. The ideal situation is… Read More
Filamatic to Demonstrate Integrated Inline Filling and Capping System
Pack Expo International will be October 28th-31st this year at the McCormick Convention Center in Chicago, IL. We will be showcasing a variety of the liquid packaging machines, both automatic (integrated) and semi-automaticsolutions and attendees are encouraged to bring any… Read More
Filling & Closing Equipment for Pre-Sterilized Containers
Filamatic has developed a liquid filling system to uncap, cap, and recap pre-sterilized containers that are most commonly seen in the Pharmaceutical and Diagnostic industries. Using the pre-sterilized/capped containers and Filamatic’s Monobloc Fill/Finish packaging system, eliminates the need for washing/sterilizing… Read More
Filamatic Expands Monobloc Filling Capabilities — Continued
Filamatic’s Monobloc is equipped with movable trolley assemblies, and a chuck-style capping system. The capabilities it has ranges anywhere from filled containers of 10mL to 1000mL, larger than the normal range of 0.5mL to 500mL. This integrated liquid packaging system… Read More
Filamatic Expands Monobloc Filling Capabilities
The Monobloc is ideal for the Pharmaceutical industry since it is engineered to perform multiple tasks within a compact footprint. These systems can perform a wide range of tasks such as sorting, feeding, filling, plugging, stoppering, crimping, capping, induction sealing,… Read More
After-Sale Service Contracts for Liquid Fillers
When Celsis In Vitro, a Baltimore based Biological products company, purchased their Monobloc Fill/Finish System, they knew that it was necessary to add on the Filamatic Service Contract. Dan Dryden, Director of Product Operations, believes in being proactive opposed to… Read More
Communicating with Your Liquid Filling Machine
Would it be helpful…to “see” the HMI from a remote location? If the machine automatically emailed or text-messaged service personnel? If your recipe files were automatically backed-up? If the machine automatically supplied your ERP system with real-time data? Knowledge is… Read More