An automated system that loads vials onto the freeze dryer shelves and unloads them after the cycle. It uses a robotic and push-pull transfer mechanism, so operators do not need to handle vials by hand. It connects the filling line to the freeze dryer and protects the aseptic zone.
| Machine type | Automatic loading and unloading system for lyophilizer |
| Loading method | Robotic loading and unloading, with push-pull transfer |
| Control | Recipe-driven PLC/HMI automation |
| Integrates with | Freeze dryers, isolators and filling lines |
| Process Environment | Aseptic processing, GMP-compliant design |
| Vail Size Range | As per client requirement |
The Automatic Loading and Unloading System for Lyophilizer is designed to transfer partial stoppered vials from outfeed of Vial Filling Machine to Lyo.
Servo controlled pusher mechanism is provided with servo-controlled pusher star wheel, to transfer the vials in line with programmed matrix, from transfer conveyor into buffer table.
Ring is placed on the programmed vial matrix by ROBO.
Each of the Rings (guiding the defined vial matrix) in a Row are connected to one another before being pushed into / loaded onto the respective shelf of the lyophilizer.
During unloading, the inter-connected rings are automatically pulled out of the rings are transferred onto the outfeed) by ROBO. and are thereafter disengaged one after the other (i.e., as the vials in each
These rings are piled up in the Stacking unit for moving and make them ready for the next batch.