CAM 5000/90 Compact Vertical Strip Packaging Machine
The CAM 5000/90 is an automatic, intermittent-motion vertical strip packaging machine engineered specifically to provide high-integrity, four-side sealed pouching within a highly optimized and compact footprint. Designed as the ideal solution for small to medium production batches, the 5000/90 model handles a maximum web width of 90 mm, making it exceptionally efficient for packaging tablets, capsules, and effervescent products in up to 2 parallel rows. Operating at mechanical speeds up to 250 cycles per minute, this robust system ensures an absolute airtight barrier for premium pharmaceutical and nutraceutical dose configurations.
Engineering & Design Advantages
- Rigid GMP Cantilever Frame: Built with a strict cantilever architecture that completely isolates the mechanical driving components from the film handling lanes and product feed tracking paths. This open construction maximizes operator visibility, guarantees easy cleanroom accessibility, and ensures full compliance with pharmaceutical sanitization standards.
- Positive Foil Tensioning System: Packaging materials are drawn from two independent film reels via an unwinding assembly equipped with an automatic foil tension control system. This structural choice prevents film elongation and guarantees perfect cavity alignment at the heated rollers.
- Synchronized Rotary Sealing Rollers: The integrated product infeed unit accurately spaces and aligns products, dropping them in synchronization with the cavities of the heated sealing rollers. This mechanical positioning guarantees perfectly centered, hermetic four-side seals.
- Tool-Less Rapid Changeover Logic: All specialized size-format parts are realized to facilitate quick, operator-friendly adjustments, drastically minimizing scheduled line downtime during production batch switches.
Four-Side Hermetic Sealing & Multi-Material Flexibility
Atmospheric moisture and gas ingress are critical threats to oral solid dose shelf-life, particularly for hygroscopic effervescent formulas. The CAM 5000/90 platform uses separate, precise temperature controls on the sealing rollers to manage a wide range of heat-sealable laminated materials.
Extensive Packaging Laminate Compatibility
The mechanical feed and sealing jaws are optimized to run multiple complex high-barrier webs (excluding pure polyethylene):
- Aluminum & Lidding Alloys: Ideal for multi-layer aluminum-foil structures, ensuring uniform heat transfer and strong continuous bonding.
- Coated Substrates & Laminates: Effortlessly processes cellophane, coated papers, polymer matrices, and sophisticated foil-laminate combinations.
Advanced Feeding and Orientation Systems
Achieving up to 250 cycles per minute requires continuous, jam-free product distribution into the vertical chutes:
- Vibratory Bowl Infeeds: Automatically aligns, separates, and de-dusts solid tablets or capsules before introducing them to the vertical packaging guide lanes.
- Effervescent Chute Assemblies: Specialized gentle-handling tracks prevent chipping or cracking on soft, fragile effervescent surfaces during rapid high-speed synchronization.
Quality Control Inspection & Downstream Line Pacing
The CAM 5000/90 vertical strip packer operates smoothly as an interconnected primary node, supporting robust physical matching with automated secondary setups:
- Vision Control Inspections: Pre-arranged mounting spaces support the direct integration of camera networks to verify product presence, tablet integrity, or color anomalies before final cutting.
- Online Printing & Laser Coding: Easily accommodates upstream inline printers or laser markers to print real-time batch numbers, expiration data, and regulatory barcodes onto the strip surfaces.
- Downstream Cutting & Linking: Can be configured with precise mechanical cutters to deliver single-dose pouches, predefined strip lengths, or continuous perforated sheets directly to intermediate horizontal cartoners like the CAM PMM or PMX models.
Technical Data & Mechanical Constraints
| Technical Specification Parameter | Operational Performance Limits (Model 5000/90) |
|---|---|
| Mechanical Production Speed | Up to 250 cycles / minute |
| Maximum Product Rows | Up to 2 rows parallel |
| Maximum Web Width (L) | Up to 90 mm |
| Max Electrical Power Absorption | 5.5 kW |
| Air Operating Pressure | 6 bar |
| Approximate Machine Gross Weight | ~1,200 kg |
| Air Operating Pressure | 6 bar |
| Approximate Machine Gross Weight | ~1,200 kg |
| Chassis Frame Architecture Standard | GMP Compliant Open-Style Cantilever Frame with Interlocked Safety Guards |