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On a pharmaceutical line, the quality record matters as much as the inspection.
JM Automated Solutions builds camera stations for pharmaceutical packaging lines that read and check serialized codes, verify labels, inserts, and cartons against the batch, find missing or damaged product in blisters, and log every reject with its image and reason. The stations are designed for use in DSCSA and Part 11 environments. They support your quality program; they do not replace FDA-mandated testing.
Based in Carlsbad, we work on pharmaceutical and supplement lines across North County San Diego, San Diego County and Southern California. For bottled supplements and nutraceuticals, see supplement lines.
On the line
The camera reads and checks each code. Tell us how your serialization system takes results, and we plan the hand-off with your team. Aggregation is checked at the case and the pallet. Rejects and rework stay matched to the record, so the case record matches what shipped.
Round bottles in any orientation. The bottle label and serial are read all the way around, however the bottle arrives.
Where this fits: Barcode station · Barcode tunnel
The check is tuned to that product's color, shape, and surface, with a recipe for the changeover. A reject names the blister and the pocket.
Blister foil lot and expiry. Both are read from the foil and matched to the batch.
Where this fits: Single-camera station
Label, insert, and carton are checked against the batch in one decision. Barcode and text have to agree. Any mismatch holds the line.
Line clearance and packaging material. Label rolls, cartons and leaflets are checked against the batch before the run starts.
Where this fits: Barcode station
Every reject is logged with the image, the reason, and the time before the reject fires. Changes to inspection settings are recorded, and access is controlled. The customer validates; JM supports validation.
Where this fits: How the system works
The station confirms the desiccant and the cotton are present, and only once, before the cap. A bottle that is missing one, or that has two, is rejected. The check is recorded with the batch. The same check runs on supplement and nutraceutical bottles.
Where this fits: Single-camera station
See these on the problem finder · What the station records on each line
Inspection jobs
Service
A fixed-fee gap assessment of the vision stations on one line, plus a review of user access, audit trails, recipe control, and reject records.
See the service →Solution
Each code is read and checked on the line, and aggregation is checked at the case and the pallet.
See code reading →Solution
Every reject logged with the image, the reason, and the time, in a searchable record.
See traceability →Solution
Missing or damaged product in blisters, and label, insert, and carton checks in one decision.
See vision inspection →Guide
What drives the price of a label inspection system, the cost tiers, and how each station is quoted.
Read the guide →Tool
Work out the GS1 check digit for a GTIN before it goes on a serialized label.
Open the tool →Adding DSCSA serial numbers to pre-printed pharma labels walks through printing and verifying serialized codes on labels that arrive pre-printed, from the printer and the camera to the record that goes with each code.
For the basics behind any pharmaceutical station, read How machine vision works.
Next
Tell us the dosage form and what is getting into the wrong pack. If a station is already rejecting and the log cannot show why, start there.
Other lines: Food · Beverage · Packaging · Medical devices · Supplements
Also: Upgrades for existing vision systems · Machine vision in San Diego County
