Medical devices are subject to extremely strict quality requirements, to protect patients’ health to the greatest possible extent. This also applies to vials that are filled with powdered medicinal products, solutions or suspensions for use in medicine and chemical laboratories. These vials or ampoules are sealed with a rubber stopper or a PTFE septum (pierceable membrane).
To ensure that only absolutely defect-free vials are used, they must pass very strict quality controls both before and after filling. A cost-effective 100% inspection to ensure the vials are in perfect condition – including correct sealing and print or labelling – requires highly efficient automated inspection systems.
With vial.inspect, customers around the world put their trust in OCTUM’s modular 360° solution for inspecting vials throughout the filling process. Safe, fast and objective. Any questions? Call us or use our contact form – we’ll be pleased to help!
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With vial.inspect, certified solution partner OCTUM offers reliable, flexible and high-performance systems for vial quality control, which have already proven their worth among numerous machine manufacturers and vaccine producers. vial.inspect therefore guarantees maximum safety of medicines.
vial.inspect examines empty vials before they are filled with medicines or vaccines and reliably identifies any defects. The system is flexible and can be used for a huge range of vial sizes.
* Special sizes possible on request
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The mouths of vials are another source of possible defects, which vial.inspect can examine with precision before vials are filled with medicines and vaccines. Only absolutely defect-free vials are released for the downstream filling process.
* Special sizes possible on request
** See list of defects
Incorrectly sealed vials can lead to contamination of the active ingredients and are a safety hazard. To prevent microbiological contamination, vial.inspect visually inspects the gap between the vial neck and stopper from two perspectives and reliably detects inadequately sealed vials.
Crimp caps are metal caps that seal the vial stoppers after they have been filled, ensuring that the stoppers can no longer become detached. vial.inspect inspects these crimp caps from up to 4 perspectives simultaneously during a 100% inspection and makes sure that only perfectly sealed vials can continue on to downstream processes and then be delivered to customers.
For clear identification, vials have variable data such as a batch or serial number printed on them, enabling reliable identification of individual batches and seamless traceability in the event of a recall. vial.inspect also covers this task, and checks the print to make sure that identification is present, legible and contains the correct information.