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Eliminating the Risk of Glass Particulate Contamination on High-Speed Pharma Processing Lines
No one in the pharma industry wants a recall. Not only are they expensive and potentially reputation-damaging, but they mean that patients may have been put at risk. Foreign matter contamination is a leading cause of recalls for injectables. In fact, the presence of...
3 Ways Vaccine Makers Can Help Ensure the Effectiveness of Their Products
In case you missed them, here are a few recent headlines that made the rounds: Ventura County administered thousands of vaccines that may not have worked Temperature mishap at clinic means children will need second vaccination shots Tetanus vaccine delivered in Leduc...
Garvey Automatic Vial Dryer Keeps Vaccines Effective by Reducing Time Out of the Cold Chain
Unique system slashes vial drying times from 24-48 hours down to 5-15 minutes, helping pharmaceutical manufacturers maintain the cold chain during labeling and inspection BLUE ANCHOR, N.J. (PRWEB) MAY 23, 2019 The recent measles outbreaks have highlighted the...
Types of Industrial Conveyors: Table Top vs. Mat Top
Are you designing a new line or redesigning an existing one? Many food, beverage, and pharma manufacturers today are revamping their processes to boost productivity and achieve higher throughput. Obviously, the actual processing machines are important, but so is the...
How Accumulation Solves 3 Common Problems on Pharma Production Lines
If you’re a regular reader of our blog, then you know that we’re big into maximizing throughput by helping food and beverage companies unleash the hidden capacity in their production lines. The pharma industry is a bit different. Like food and beverage processors,...
In Food Manufacturing, Throughput Is King
Throughput, throughput, throughput. It’s the food industry’s version of “location, location, location.” If you look at the big trends in food manufacturing today — like automation, digitalization, and efficiency improvements — you’ll see that they’re ultimately ways...
Common Production Constraints, Part 2: Food Packaging Lines
In the previous article, we identified the main places bottling lines get hung up during beverage processing. Here, we look 5 common constraints along food packaging lines. Wrappers/baggers Like with beverages, in food manufacturing, moving from the processing to...
Common Production Constraints, Part 1: Beverage Lines
Hopefully, you’ve read our recent articles about how much production line bottlenecks cost and how to find which piece of equipment is creating the bottleneck in your facility. (If not, take a few minutes to check them out — they’ll provide context for this next...
How Much Are Production Line Bottlenecks Costing You?
$3,552,000! I know that seems like a lot. But that’s how much profit one winery was missing out on before they took steps to reduce the impact of the bottleneck on their production line. We’ve performed our Garvey Line Analysis with hundreds of companies. And, while...