Machine and method for filling and checking capsules

摘要

A machine for dosing a plurality of products in capsules, or similar containers, includes a plurality of dosing units for filling the capsules with respective products and a turret arrangement that rotates intermittently and is arranged for housing and moving the capsules in sequence through the dosing units. The machine further includes a plurality of checking units, each of which is located downstream of a respective dosing unit for measuring a quantity of product dosed in the capsules by the respective dosing units.

主权项

1. A machine for dosing a plurality of products in capsules, or similar containers, comprising a plurality of spaced dosing units for filling said capsules with respective products, said dosing units each inserting a dose of product within respective capsules, a turret that is intermittently rotatable and arranged for housing and moving in sequence said capsules through said plurality of dosing units, and a plurality of spaced checking units, each of which is arranged downstream of and adjacent to a corresponding dosing unit and stationary with respect to said turret to measure, as said capsules are still open, a quantity of product present in a bottom of said capsules and dosed by each of said corresponding dosing units, each dosing unit and each checking unit being positioned in succession around the periphery of said turret outside said turret, at least one checking arranged between first and second dosing units of said plurality of dosing units and upstream of said second dosing unit.