Blister Handling and Cartoning Line for Pharmaceutical Tablets

The line is built as two coordinated stages: a blister handling stage that guarantees a single-file stream, and a cartoning stage that covers the whole format range with adjustable references. **Blister feeding and singulating module.** Strips leaving the blister machine are separated into a single-file stream at 250 ppm. Separation is monitored, so a double feed is detected and rejected rather than carried into the cartoner. **Cartoning machine at 70 cartons per minute.** Format size is set through adjustable references rather than dedicated change parts. Carton blank feed, forming, loading and closing are all covered by the same reference set across the sixteen formats. **Reconfigurable infeed.** Blister count and orientation per carton are recipe parameters on the infeed side, so formats that differ in arrangement do not need a mechanical rebuild. **Format recipes and documentation.** Each of the sixteen formats has a documented recipe covering reference positions and infeed arrangement. Factory acceptance testing is run across the format range, and the material certificates and change-control documentation are handed over with the line. **Adding formats later.** Because formats are references plus recipes rather than change parts, a new carton size is a documentation exercise rather than a machine modification.