Sigpack provides machine for Warner-Chilcott

Warner-Chilcott, a UK-based pharmaceuticals firm, has installed a Sigpack system to meet its quality assurance needs.

Because Warner-Chilcott has increased hermetic sealing of blisters, the existing wrappers could no longer cope with increasing production demand.

Sigpack supplied Warner-Chilcott with its HBL machine as part of a complete system. Sigpack says it has increased the efficiency of operation and maintenance training through ergonomic touch screens and built in logic to enable individual operators to control the entire system. The system manages the four product components (blister, wallet holder, patient insert and desiccant) seamlessly, and can handle a consistent feed rate of 200 units per minute.

All components entering the wrapper chain are verified. The system includes a feeding control that verifies the presence of each component with an integrated latch out function to reduce waste. Sigpack Systems incorporated a 'no gap / no-seal' feature, meaning that the heads will not come down on the components should they be positioned incorrectly within the film tube. Any invalid product is rejected and the rejection is verified in accordance with pharmaceutical industry requirements.