Advanced Vial Inspection Machines – Antares Vision Group
What is the inspection of vials?
Vial inspection is a rigorous quality control process used in the pharmaceutical industry to ensure that every glass vial containing injectable medication is sterile, accurately filled, and free from contaminants. By utilizing an automatic vial inspection machine, manufacturers can detect particles and cosmetic defects, as well as micro-cracks or pinholes in the glass that could compromise the product’s integrity. This automated process is essential for ensuring patient safety and meeting strict global regulatory standards.
As a premier vial inspection machine manufacturer, Antares Vision Group offers the most advanced vial inspection equipment available. Our solutions are engineered to ensure 100% compliance with pharmaceutical safety standards..
High-Performance Ampoules Inspection Machines
We provide a comprehensive range of vial inspection systems designed for various production speeds and container types.
VRI Series: High-Speed Precision
The VRI Inspection Machines represent the pinnacle of automated vial inspection technology, specifically engineered for high-output environments.
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The VRI solution is designed for high-speed, high-performance inspection of vials, handling up to 400 pieces per minute. This advanced system integrates Automatic Visual Inspection (AVI) with Container Closure Integrity Testing (CCIT) using high-voltage technology, vacuum decay or pressure decay. It can inspect the entire surface of each vial, ensuring comprehensive quality control
- VRI VI: A dedicated vial visual inspection machine capable of reaching production speeds up to 400 ppm.
- VRI COMBINED: A multifunctional platform that integrates Visual Inspection & High Voltage Leak Detection for total integrity testing, with speeds up to 400 ppm.
- VRI with Serialization: The ultimate inspection machine that combines visual inspection vials with primary packaging serialization to ensure full traceability, operating up to 400 ppm.
Convel Tech Series: Versatile & Reliable
Our Convel Tech inspection machine offers flexible vials inspection options adaptable to diverse line configurations.
Our Convel Tech inspection machine offers flexible ampoules inspection options adaptable to diverse line configurations.
For slightly smaller-scale operations, the Convel Tech machines provide reliable vial inspection at up to 350 pieces per minute. This solution combines Automatic Visual Inspection with high-voltage leak detection, featuring patented technology that excels in identifying microcracks or pinholes in vials containers, ensuring sterility and safety.
- Automatic Visual Inspection and High-Voltage Leak Detection (Convel Tech, CM, C2, C3): These systems provide wide-range visual inspection of vials, from compact models at up to 200 ppm to high-capacity versions reaching up to 350 ppm.
- Leak Detection (Convel Tech TS, TC): Specialised vial inspection units focused on Automatic High Voltage Leak Detection to identify micro-cracks or pinholes, ranging from up to 200 ppm to up to 400 ppm.
Semiautomatic inspection machine for ampoules vials
Automatic Inspection Machine is designed to transfer automatically the containers into an optimized viewing area, rotating the containers and sending conforming or defective ones into separate reject areas. Suitable for easy and effective cosmetics and particle inspection thanks to advanced lighting patterns and backgrounds to help the operator identify defects.
Laboratory Equipment
Easy Series laboratory equipment enables operator-performed manual vial analysis and accommodates containers of different sizes. The systems perform inspections using visual inspection, headspace analysis, high-voltage leak detection, and vacuum decay testing.
Types of Inspection
The vial inspection machine solutions are equipped to handle complex quality checks to protect your product’s integrity:
- Particle & Cosmetic Detection: High-accuracy cosmetic and particles detection for both moving and static contaminants.
- Integrity Testing: Reliable detection of micro-cracks or pinholes using Automatic High Voltage Leak Detection, HSGA, Pressure or Vacuum Decay.
- Comprehensive Checks: Includes wide-ranging cosmetic and fill-level detection, O2 Level monitoring, and specialised inspection of the crimped vial.
Products and Containers Inspected
The process of ampoules inspection plays an essential role in pharmaceutical quality assurance. Injectable medications are administered directly into the human body, which means even small contaminants or structural defects can represent serious safety risks.
- Containers: Small-volume glass containers (vials and ampoules) and small-to-medium-volume formats (up to 100ml).
- Product Types: Liquid products in glass, freeze-dried (lyophilised) products, water-based and oil-based solutions, suspensions, emulsions, and powders.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Vial inspection is a rigorous quality control process, essential in the pharmaceutical industry to ensure that every glass container intended for injectable medications is sterile, accurately filled, and free from any contaminants.
- Contaminants: Foreign particles inside the liquid.
- Container Integrity: Cracks, chips, or glass defects.
- Fill Level: Accurate verification of product volume.
- Closure Inspection: Inspection of the aluminum crimp, stopper, and proper sealing.
- Cosmetics: Printing errors, labeling issues, or color variations.
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- Computer Vision: High-resolution cameras for aesthetic and particulate inspection.
- CCIT (Container Closure Integrity Testing): Various technologies (such as High Voltage Leak Detection or vacuum decay) to check for microscopic leaks.
- Headspace Gas Analysis: To monitor gas composition inside the vial (essential for lyophilized or oxygen-sensitive products).
- AI (Artificial Intelligence): Advanced algorithms to reduce “false rejects” and improve detection in complex or dense products.
The VRI VI solution is designed for high-speed, high-performance inspection ofvials handling up to 400 pieces per minute. This advanced system integrates Automatic Visual Inspection (AVI) with Container Closure Integrity Testing (CCIT) using high-voltage technology, vacuum decay, pressure decay or HSGA depending by content features. We offer solutions for every scale, from flexible units at up to 200 ppm to high-speed vial inspection systems reaching up to 400 ppm.