Uhlmann Pac-Systeme relies on an innovative cartoning line
With its Parenteral Tray Center PTC 200 cartoning line, Uhlmann Pac-Systeme offers an innovative solution for safely packaging ampoules, vials, syringes, pens and other devices in cardboard or plastic trays and folding cartons. The system offers a high degree of flexibility when processing different packaging formats. Uhlmann Pac-Systeme will present the PTC 200 in live operation at Achema 2024.
Flexible line design with up to six feeders
Werner Blersch, Strategic Product Manager Parenteral Packaging at Uhlmann Pac-Systeme, says: "The aim of product development at Uhlmann is to make our packaging solutions highly flexible so that our customers can process different parenteral product shapes and sizes as well as different packaging materials and shapes reliably and efficiently. With the Parenteral Tray Center PTC 200, this can be easily implemented, with a high degree of automation and digitalization."
Thanks to the modular machine concept, the PTC 200 is able to produce a wide range of product configurations highly efficiently. With up to six feeders, syringes, ampoules, vials and associated accessories such as adapters or package inserts are packaged quickly and reliably. With optimum settings, small formats are possible at up to 200 trays or folding cartons per minute thanks to Twin Speed Capability. Large formats can be processed at up to 120 folding boxes per minute. An efficient stacking unit makes it easy to stack several trays and insert them into a carton from the side. This makes the PTC 200 particularly space-saving and efficient.
Cardboard trays for parenteral products
Parenteral products are typically packaged in sealed blisters or unsealed plastic trays as secondary packaging and then inserted into folding cartons together with the package leaflet. However, the growing importance of parenteral products and increasing demands for efficient material use and recyclability call for alternative packaging solutions. One option is versatile mono-material packaging made from materials such as cardboard.
With the PTC 200, Uhlmann offers a flexible “Direct in Carton” solution that can package products in both cardboard trays and conventional plastic clamshell blisters. By processing a wide range of product formats and pack sizes, pharmaceutical companies can adapt their production specifically to market requirements. In addition, the intelligently designed changeover process enables particularly fast batch changes.
Integrated track & trace and gentle product handling
Especially with parenterals, seamless monitoring and gentle product handling are indispensable. The PTC 200 is controlled via a human/machine interface that uses the SmartControl operating system and can be integrated into the Pexcite software platform. Using the platform, which also offers special Track & Trace-solutions, each individual product can be tracked seamlessly via a UDI code (unique device identification) – from production to the pallet – in the interest of patient safety. The UDI code also ensures the detection of a defective product. In this way, instead of the complete packaging unit, only individual products are disposed of thereby reducing waste. Furthermore, gentle product handling across all machines enables high machine availability and low downtimes.
