Brief History of Capsule Filling Machine Development

Brief History of Capsule Filling Machine Development

Capsules, as a dosage form of medicine, can be traced back to the end of the 19th century. The original capsules were handmade by doctors, encapsulating the drug in jelly. However, hard capsules are more suitable for the manufacture of preparations containing unstable pharmaceutical ingredients or large doses of drugs because of their better sealing and larger capacity. The history of hard capsule filling machines can be traced back to the 1930s.

The earliest hard capsule filling machine was developed by the Lilly Company of the United States, which was fully manual and had low production efficiency. With the increasing demand for capsule drugs and the development of automation technology, hard capsule filling machines have developed rapidly.

In the 1960s, the first generation of fully automatic hard capsule filling machines appeared, which can automatically complete multiple process steps such as capsule separation, filling, compaction and capsule discharge, greatly improving production efficiency and product quality. Since then, with the application of various new technologies, the hard capsule filling machine has gradually realized digitization, intelligence and high automation, and the production efficiency and precision have also been greatly improved.

The NJP1500D hard capsule filling machine of Guangdong Rich Packing Machinery adopts the latest modular technology, and the replacement of the whole set of molds can be completed within 15 minutes, which greatly saves the customer's time and workload. At the same time, the machine adopts a built-in cam, which runs stably and smoothly with low noise. To get more information, welcome to inquire~