UK machinery manufacturer Packaging Automation has launched a machine targeted at laboratories involved with packaging samples for clinical trials.
The compact and easy-to-use PA201 is designed to carry out a variety of heat sealing processes specifically for laboratory testing, formulation development and market testing purposes. It is said to be highly versatile and ideal for use in pharmacies, hospitals and r&d labs for clinical trials, small batch and special production runs.
The single station machine has a high quality stainless steel construction, can be bench- or floor-mounted and is fitted with a sliding base. It is suitable for forming, sealing and cutting pharmaceutical tablet and capsule blister and strip packs, and can also be used to cut, form and seal fully representative blisterpacks as well as heat sealing all conventional materials.
It is primarily designed to seal aluminium or Tyvek lids to PET-G blisters but is also suitable for sealing rigid plastic, aluminum and board containers.
Among the key features of the PA201 are seal force control and simple change of tooling size, allowing the operator to quickly change from one pack format to the next. It is also fitted with a temperature controller, a variable air pressure indicator and a seal dwell timer for use in heat seal trials, all of which allows full monitoring of the process.
'The PA201 will appeal to those looking for a compact but versatile machine to cost effectively produce a variety of packs for clinical trials or other small batch requirements,' said Packaging Automation sales manager Neil Ashton.