Matcon NPD 200L IBC: A Comprehensive Guide

Matcon NPD 200L IBC: A Comprehensive Guide

Pharmaceutical and medical manufacturers and distributors face relentless pressure to up their production and delivery while maintaining and enhancing operational efficiency at the same time. To add to this pressure, they are also required to adhere to stringent quality and safety standards. These companies need to audit every aspect of their operations to avoid being fined or losing their licenses. For example, pharma companies need to keep a track of the usable life and date of tablets. Tablets must be stocked, picked and shipped in a manner that complies with regulations while still adhering to the demands of pharmaceutical customers. To ease their operations, they incorporate new technologies. They are even turning to automated warehouse systems that offer real-time data on quality, inventory management, and other critical areas, helping to improve efficiency, ensure safety, and reduce costs.

Matcon’s gentle Tablet Handling system

Matcon’s gentle Tablet Handling system is designed to streamline the bulk handling of tablets and capsules in the pharmaceutical industry. When we say handling, it includes the optimisation of everything from coating, printing, inspection, and packing. With the Matcon Gentle Transfer Chute, users can be assured of efficient and gentle transfer of tablets between floors without damage. At the heart of this system is the Tablet IBC, which includes a polyethylene construction, tablet spiral, and gentle-opening Cone Valve—all specifically engineered to prevent any kind of tablet damage.

Advantages of Matcon’s gentle Tablet Handling system

The system is designed to improve the OEEE of coaters and packers. OEEE stands for Overall Equipment Effectiveness for Equipment, a term used in the manufacturing industry to measure whether the equipment is effectively utilised. The goal is to enhance the performance and productivity of the coating and packing equipment so that it can be used to the fullest. Matcon’s gentle Tablet Handling system aims to minimise downtime, reduce defects, and increase throughput, leading to better overall operational efficiency.

Reduce manpower requirement for tablet handling—Since this gentle tablet handling system takes care of most of the important processes, such as tablet collection and feed packaging, the requirement for manpower is reduced significantly. This results in overall cost savings as well.

Improve Batch time with a reduced number of bins - Matcon’s IBCs allow for an easy and secure transfer of materials between different stages of production, reducing the time spent on loading, unloading, and transporting materials. As a result, there are fewer bins, which means a simple and streamlined process.

Improve inventory control and traceability - IBCs offer a standardised and secure method for storing and transporting materials. They are also designed to accurately track contents at all stages to minimise mix-ups or contamination. Each IBC can be individually monitored and traced during an operation. All this results in efficient inventory control with reduced oversight, early identification of issues, and overall efficiency.

Improve productivity and product quality - Matcon’s IBCs are designed to reduce the need for manual interventions—they work pretty much by themselves up to a point. Since every process is decided and controlled, there is very little room for errors. At the same time, this controlled environment enables the production of good-quality tablets, that too in large numbers.

Reduce movement of tablet containers - IBCs are also considered useful because they reduce the movement of tablet containers by acting as a centralised system that can store, transfer and dispense materials within the production facility. As opposed to traditional systems that often require a number of small containers to displace materials between various processing stages, IBCs can contain large quantities. As a result, the frequency of container transfers and handling and transport of multiple containers is minimised, leading to a more efficient process.

 

Why trust Matcon?

Matcon, an IDEX brand, is known for its commitment to innovation, durability and customer satisfaction. Matcon products come with the promise of quality, efficiency and sustainability. With Matcon tablet handling systems, users can ensure up to 30% smaller footprint. The 3 level bin stacking and partial tablet discharge features further enhance the efficiency of pharmaceutical operations. The process flow is quite simple – it all starts with the tablet collection followed by feeding tablets to the coater. Once the tablets are all coated, they are collected again and packed in the packing machine. The simplicity of this process ensures a controlled production environment and minimum contamination or damage.

Another big attraction for customers is Matcon’s advanced customer experience center, which offers top-notch technology and equipment for customer testing and product development. In this experience center, customers can see the entire process of tablet handling using a Matcon IBC.

At the customer experience center, visitors will find a product display gallery, lab testing and analysis showcase, integrated production test facility, product trial, and FAT facility. The experts at the experience center will take visitors through each showcase and answer their questions.

Matcon specialises in complete materials handling solutions in the food, nutrition, pharmaceutical and chemical sectors. Matcon goes beyond IBCs as well. It offers a range of other systems for various industrial needs. To know more about Matcon’s IBCs, check out their website: https://www.idexindia.in/matcon-tablet/