Needle feeder

Technico Pharmaceutical Engineering develops and manufactures bespoke needle-feeding systems for the precise and reliable feeding and placement of needles within pharmaceutical and medical production and assembly lines. This solution is designed for applications where precision, continuity and process reliability are essential.

The needle feeding system accurately places needles into a holder, pocket or blister pack and can be operated both continuously and intermittently.

Depending on the application, up to 200 needles per minute can be processed. Placement is servo-controlled, ensuring high accuracy and reproducibility. The position of the needle within the pocket is adjustable laterally, and all adjustments are equipped with digital counters.

Needles are emptied from a shipping container into a needle hopper, which can easily hold an entire shipper’s load. A Jacobs ladder transports the needles to rotating shafts, where they are aligned and fed to the needle wheels. These needle wheels are fitted with servo motors that position the needles at the correct moment, synchronised via an encoder coupling with the conveyor belt, blister machine or other equipment.

The needle feeding system can be integrated into production lines with both left- and right-hand product flow and is suitable for various types and brands of needles. The complete unit can be mounted on a precision slide for exact lateral positioning. The system is GMP-compliant, ergonomically designed and easy to clean.

From engineering and construction to testing and commissioning, TechnicoPharma supplies bespoke needle feeding systems that contribute to a stable, efficient and reliable production process.