Packing is a primary activity in most of the sectors ranging from cosmetics to agro-food to IT and many other such sectors. An important sector which used packing techniques is the pharmaceutical sector.
Role of pharmacy packing
Like all other sectors, the main aim of pharmacy packaging is basically to pack the product for protecting it and for facilitating its transportation. But, it’s not just this. Pharmaceutical packaging cannot be stated to be decisive as is the case for agri-food domain where the aim of packaging is mainly to allure the attention of the customers for influencing them and for choosing a product over the other.
Pharmacy packaging has a very important role to play mostly because it’s linked directly to the health of the patients. The main functions of pharmacy packaging include:
- Protection of product packaging-because of this, one that’s in contact with the syrup or the tablet is important.
- Resistance to the external agent- the product shouldn’t come in contact with air or light directly.
- Integrity of the medicine- packaging carries the proof of the medicine.
Pharmacy packaging also contains the informative functioning as it should be clearly explained to anyone using it. This information is available on the label or on the booklet which comes in the carton.
Packing machinery used in the pharmacy packaging industry
Each we visit a pharmacy we see so many medicines and generally we don’t bother about the packaging of the same. However it's extremely important to keep in mind that all such medicines are packed carefully with the help of the sophisticated pharma packaging machines.
Which machine is used for which packaging?
Medicines could be made in liquid, solid or cream form and could be packaged in different manner. The blisters are kept in the carton along with a leaflet. Then, carton goes in the bigger box which needs to be moved from one place to another. The machines which are generally used here include:
- Blister machines for putting the medicines inside the blisters. At this stage, the machine even checks the tablets which are kept inside blister and also that they are properly closed.
- The horizontal packaging machine is mainly used for inserting the blisters in the cartons along with the leaflets. This stage is extremely important due to the leaflet which is present inside. As earlier, in case there is no leaflet inside the carton, the carton is also rejected.
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