TurboFil Packaging Machines LLC, an equipment specialist dedicated solely to the design and development of liquid filling and assembly machines, has enhanced its recently introduced TipFil™ Syringe Filling & Assembly Machine, which automates the company’s popular TipFil™ syringe filling process. Equipped with an updated platform to achieve throughput speeds up to 80 syringes per minute, the next-level machine was supplied to a customer filling pest control product in 30ml syringes.

TurboFil’s TipFil™ Syringe Filling & Assembly Machine automates all processes – from syringe loading, filling and capping through inspection, labeling and printing. The servo-driven intermittent motion machine incorporates a racetrack indexing system for rapid, reliable throughput; for multi-product manufacturers, the system also can feature interchangeable pucks to accommodate syringes with fill volumes from 1-60mls. The system can handle a wide range of product viscosities.

For the enhanced version, loading is performed via elevator hopper to a vibratory bowl, which transfers four syringes at a time to a tracked placement mechanism. Next, pistons are placed into all four syringes simultaneously, and advanced to the bottom of each. Dosing is performed through-the-tip via ceramic pump, with a no container/no fill sensor preventing product wastage. Metering occurs via plunger positioning sensors, with a plunger pullback mechanism reducing drips and assuring exacting fill levels.