Key Points
- Slat fillers must have upper and lower bottle-filling manifolds to direct tablets or capsules into the bottle accurately and efficiently.
- In the packaging industry, experienced equipment manufacturers typically invest in raw materials like plastic to produce premier bottle-filling manifolds that comply with industry standards and eliminate validation issues.
- Bottle-filling manifolds are durable, lightweight, reliable, and easy to clean.
- It’s common for suppliers to design custom manifolds to ensure accurate bottle filling, especially when the tablets are large and bottle openings are small.
What Are Bottle-Filling Manifolds?
Slat fillers must have upper and lower bottle-filling manifolds to direct tablets or capsules into the bottle accurately and efficiently. The openings at the bottom of the manifold channels must align perfectly with the bottle openings to ensure accurate bottle filling. Manifold channels act like coin slots to position the tablets vertically as they enter the bottles, allowing the tablets to flow freely to avoid decreased filling speeds.
In the packaging industry, experienced equipment manufacturers typically invest in raw materials like plastic to produce premier bottle-filling manifolds that comply with industry standards and eliminate validation issues. It’s also common for suppliers to design custom manifolds to ensure accurate bottle filling, especially when the tablets are large and bottle openings are small.
Benefits of Bottle-Filling Manifolds
Bottle-filling manifolds provide a wide range of benefits for tablet manufacturers. They’re durable, long-lasting, lightweight, reliable, and easy to clean. They also have a low part count, so bottle-filling facilities don’t have to worry about maintaining a large number of parts.
Most manifolds are made of raw materials like plastic and can be customized according to the bottle’s product. Some custom manifolds are manufactured with Delrin, a low-friction, wear-resistant plastic, and are designed for quick disassembly to make cleaning easy.
Lower Manifold Designs
Packaging equipment manufacturers can create custom lower manifolds with a unique build that adheres to good manufacturing practices (GMP).
One custom option is Extended Fill Lower Manifold Designs (EF Series). EF Series manifolds reduce cleaning and maintenance times and improve product flow and durability. Most manufacturers can create upper and lower bottle-filling manifolds for a wide range of slat filling machines.
Bottle-filling manifolds are also manufactured using stainless steel in scenarios where there are more upper manifolds than lower. For example, using 316L stainless steel dividers allows the manifold to merge a larger amount of upper channels into a smaller amount of lower channels for bottle filling.
When manufacturers create custom bottle-filling manifolds, they must be tested to ensure bottles are filled efficiently. Typically, the supplier runs initial tests and quickly arrives at an effective design that includes precise channel angles and pitches, ensuring the tablets enter the bottles in a vertical orientation without slowing down the filling process.
We Design Custom Bottle-Filling Manifolds
At Ascend, we provide high-quality bottle-filling manifolds at a competitive price and with fast lead times. As bottle-filling experts, our team customizes your parts based on application specifications. Once we’ve manufactured your custom parts, we ensure they’re successful by testing them before shipping them to your facility. Contact us today for more information on manifolds and bottle-filling equipment that result in increased efficiency, uptime, and quality.
