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X-Ray Inspection of Pharmaceuticals

Speed:

  • Conveyor Speed: up to 700 fpm (feet per minute)
  • Container: up to 2,200 cpm (containers per minute)

Typical Inspections (multiple inspections available):

  • Missing components - verification of instructions, needles, or other components
  • Contaminant - metal, glass, rock, bones, and other foreign matter
    • Fill level - fill height of individual vials
  • Void - missing or partial caplets or components, air pockets in creams
  • Density - product weight of individual components

Sample Images:

 

Drug kit
Box with caplets Drug kit

Drug kit with
missing vial

One caplet missing in
top row and one broken
in bottom row

Drug kit with
missing needle


Smallest size of contaminant possible to detect will vary based on multiple factors, including: size of item, features of glass (if applicable), glass wall uniformity (if applicable), density of contaminant, false reject tolerance, line speed etc.

InspX welcomes testing of your specific product and contaminant samples.

Recommended ScanTrac Models:

  • ScanTrac Solo - The ScanTrac Solo can verify contents and detect foreign materials at up to 2,200 containers per minute.
  • ScanTrac Piccolo - The ScanTrac Piccolo is ideally suited for inspecting small plastic and glass containers, such as pill bottles and vials.
  • ScanTrac Atempo - The ScanTrac Atempo uses top-down inspection and is well suited for content verification of blister packs.