Crimping machines for the laboratory and production
This company recently introduced a lineup of semi- and fully automatic vial-crimping machines. Offering a clean, consistent crimp for the full range of manufacturing applications — from R&D through scaleup and large-batch production — the CrimpTech series utilizes a four-jaw collet approach to ensure safe, dependable sealing. The crimpers can handle vials in a wide variety of shapes and sizes, and feature easy, toolless changeover for simplified operation and minimized downtime. The fully automatic version can process up to 50 containers per minute, with caps fed via a stainless-steel vibratory feeder. The unit’s novel approach to cap placement and crimping ensures each item is stopper-tamped prior to crimping for a reliably level seal. The CrimpTech Benchtop (photo) is a semi-automatic unit whose ability to be placed under laminar flow hoods makes it suitable for aseptic and cleanroom applications. The portable unit is suitable for R&D and pre-production efforts. It is simple to maintain and exceedingly cost-effective, the company says. The CrimpTech Standalone is an automatic tabletop module where pre-stoppered vials enter and exit via tray. The reliable unit offers fast, simple collet changeover for different cap styles or, for vials of various diameters, fast star wheel replacement.— TurboFil Packaging Machines LLC, Mount Vernon, N.Y.