Hull has supplied patented, highly efficient, totally automated vial handling systems for sterile product freeze drying.
The Hull Autoload System is engineered to maximize product handling efficiency, eliminate operator intervention and associated contamination risks, and contribute to higher product quality.
Benefits
• Simple operation
• Reduced vial handling
• Product quality improvement
• Reduced bio-burden in Class 100 environments
Basic System Operation
• Infeed collator receives vials from conveyor and groups them as rows in single shelf batches for transport vehicle pickup
• Transport vehicle cage contains vial batch during trip to freeze dryer
• Dryer subdoor opens, shelves are indexed and transport vehicle docks with shelf
• Transfer of vials to shelf, transport vehicle retracts and subdoor closes.
• Transport vehicle returns to infeed collator for next batch of vials.
• Reverse process for unloading.
