Semi Automatic Capsule Filling Machine Working Principle

The first step in filling capsules is preparing the shells of the capsules. First, the machine requires someone to remove the lid from the body from each capsule. Here is a crucial step in the process, the cap being the piece at the top and the body the bottom piece where the medicine will enter. The capsules, once separated, are then put into a part of the machine called a capsule hopper. The capsule hopper acts as a large funnel, clearing the capsules so that they can be delivered to the filling station, the machine section after the hopper.

What Occurs Where There Is a Filling Station?

Now we have something very exciting going on at the filling station. As an automated machine that fills the capsules adds medicine, a part called a feeding plate maintains the alignment of the filled capsules  in the slot on the album as it inserts the filler inside of them. Now this is where it is very important, we need to make sure that the capsules will not jog around while being filled. This is a special tool that fills the medication into the filling hole of the capsule called a dosator. The dosator works for dosing the right amount of medicine for each capsule, so that each capsule contains the same amount. 

How Are Capsules Closed?

The next stop is the closing station. Here is the station where the human operator assembles the capsule for a pair. One of the most significant mechanics of a sealing process is a sealing unit that tightly seals the capsule. This seal is crucial because it protects the drug inside the capsule. They then are ejected from the capsulator after it seals the capsules. Once the capsule counting machine has been produced, a station will eject the capsule down into a receptacle to be packaged and shipped out.

Why learning how to take capsule apart and refill it is important?

Since you know about how semi-automatic capsule filling machines work, let’s discuss how to fill the capsules. This model is the tamping pin method. In this process, a tamping pin is used to push the medicine into the capsule. This allows the medicine to fit tightly in the capsule so it won’t shift. We already discussed dosator method, now another approach. 

About DAXIANG

DAXIANG is proud to produce safe, reliable and user-friendly semi-automatic capsule filling machines. Our machines help mid size to small pharmaceutical companies work efficiently. Their simple operation and maintenance means that workers can use them with relative ease.

Finally, for everyone who is keen on the medicine field, the working principle of semi-automatic powder capsule filling machine machines should be understood. It’s mind-boggling that this complicated apparatus can fill thousands of capsules in a few hours. We hope you found this topic as fascinating to learn about as we did in explaining it. See you next time, kids.