BLU 400

BLU 400
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BLU 400

Product catalog summary
Introduction
The BLU 400 is a cutting-edge packaging machine by Uhlmann, tailored for the pharmaceutical industry, specifically for liquid products. It leverages over 65 years of expertise in pharmaceutical packaging, offering exceptional flexibility and efficiency.

Specifications and Features
The BLU 400 is versatile, handling various liquid packaging needs such as ampoules, syringes, vials, bottles, cartridges, and pens. It features a modular design for customized configurations. Key specifications include:
  • Maximum output of 400 blisters per minute.
  • Innovative blister transfer system with product and blister rotation.
  • Integrated forming material unwind function for quick reel changeovers.
  • Servo-regulated feeders (LiPro and SyPro) for different product types.

Efficiency and Flexibility
Designed for optimal efficiency, the BLU 400 includes:
  • Optimum format utilization to minimize material wastage.
  • Consistent processing times for high-quality forming and sealing.
  • Fast format changeovers with lightweight parts.
It supports both single and multi-lane operations, accommodating a wide range of blister formats.

SmartControl System
Equipped with SmartControl, the BLU 400 offers a user-friendly interface with web-based technology and Uhlmann apps, ensuring FDA compliance and providing 3D visualization for intuitive operation.

Feeding Systems
The machine includes specialized feeders:
  • LiPro Feeder: Handles ampoules, vials, cartridges, and bottles with a maximum output of 1,665 receptacles per minute.
  • SyPro Feeder: Designed for syringes, with a maximum output of 350 syringes per minute.
Both systems ensure gentle handling and precise placement in blister pockets.

Cartoning Options
The BLU 400 can be paired with various cartoners, offering continuous or intermittent operation modes with outputs ranging from 150 to 500 cartons per minute. These cartoners are equipped for Track & Trace options, ensuring comprehensive packaging solutions.

Conclusion
The BLU 400 represents a new dimension in liquid packaging, combining flexibility, efficiency, and advanced technology to meet the diverse needs of the pharmaceutical industry.

Overview of BLU 400 Blister Machine
The BLU 400 is designed for forming blisters with depths ranging from 12 to 42 mm, suitable for various liquid dose formats. It operates without compensation loops, ensuring reliable guidance of large blisters with deep pockets.

Format Changeover
The machine allows for quick format changeovers without special tools, with automatic adjustments at heating, forming, sealing, and punching stations. Integrated batch management ensures product-related data is entered once and readily available.

Line Clearance and Maintenance
Smooth surfaces and a cantilever design facilitate easy cleaning and line clearance. Accessibility is optimized from the operating side.

Heating and Forming Station
The station features gradual heating in three stages with format-free heating plates, each with adjustable temperatures. It ensures high-quality blisters at various speeds and allows fast format changes.

Platen Sealing Station
Sealing times remain consistent, with immediate cooling to protect contents. The modular design allows optional installation, and the machine length varies based on specifications.

Punching Modes
Three punching modes (single cycle, double cycle, staggered) reduce waste and increase output. Laser monitoring ensures precision positioning.

Blister Transfer to Cartoner
A rotary table aligns blisters with cartons, and stacking arms place them in cassettes.

Uhlmann's Commitment to Quality
Uhlmann offers comprehensive services to ensure maximum uptime and efficiency, including global on-site services, original quality tools and parts, and tailored training programs.

Technical Data
The BLU 400 can produce up to 400 blisters per minute, with a maximum blister size of 195 x 284 mm and forming depth of 42 mm. It processes materials like PET, PET/PP, and PVC for forming, and Al, PET, and paper for lids.

Cartoner C 2305
The cartoner operates continuously, handling up to 300 cartons per minute with various closure types.
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Catalog excerpts

BLU 400-1

BLU 400 THE PACKAGING OF LIQUIDS ATTAINS A NEW DIMENSION

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BLU 400-2

Anyone wishing to achieve top performance must focus passionately on a goal. True to this maxim, Uhlmann has concentrated for over 65 years on highly efficient packaging systems for the pharmaceutical industry – and that alone. An Uhlmann embodies not only out­ tanding s technology, but also amalgamated knowledge of the needs and market requirements of the pharmaceutical sector. The outcome is the assurance of having a partner at your side who fully understands all aspects of your business. And who masters the pharmaceutical processes along the entire value-added chain like no other. Our leading...

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BLU 400-3

AN UHLMANN IS UNMISTAKABLE. SPECIALIZED IN PHARMACEUTICAL PACKAGING, IT ALSO PROVIDES DISTINCTIVE ADDED VALUE DAY IN, DAY OUT.

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BLU 400-4

CAN LIQUID PACKAGING \\ BE AS FLEXIBLE AS THE PRODUCT?

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BLU 400-5

In view of pharmaceutical product diversity and equally varied primary packaging, secondary packaging must be correspondingly flexible. At the same time, it must combine productive factors: gentle handling of the fragile |'|"'|||' Is llii"ii:.'li"iil lh" "Mill" pi ■■■■. Ih" p-1 I"' I inl-gMili-n of all components, and modular design for optimum configuration in every case. Uhlmann has applied these and other aspects, based on daily packaging experience, to a blister machine that is extremely flexible. It sets new standards in the packaging of liquid dose products - with multilane operation, fast...

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BLU 400-6

BLU 400. THE PACKAGING OF LIQUIDS IN A NEW DIMENSION. Ampoules, syringes, vials, bottles, cartridges, or pens: the BLU 400 meets all needs when it comes to the packaging of liquids. The machine is based on a flexible modular design principle, which allows appropriate configuration depending on the product. Gentle product handling throughout the entire process, as well as the innovative transfer system, using product and blister rotation, ensure maximum productivity. Other features of the BLU 400 include the processing of a wide range of products and formats at a maximum output of 400 blisters...

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BLU 400-7

Unsurpassed in its flexibility. • Integrated forming material unwind function with fast reel changeover from the operating side – option: positioning at the front end of the machine with double reel support to enable changeover preparation during ongoing production • Modular, future-proof concept with diverse options for a tailored configuration • Innovative transfer to the cartoner: alignment of the blisters using a rotary table, accurate stacking and insertion into the product

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BLU 400-8

LiPro: the high-performance feeder for upright receptacles. • Servo-regulated system for liquid products such as ampoules, vials, cartridges, bottles, and atomizers in all standard German (DIN) sizes • Automatic “run empty” function • Maximum output: 1,665 ampoules per minute • BLU 400 with LiPro feeder and punching station (overall machine length 7,340 mm) BLU 400 with LiPro feeder and punching station, plus C 2305 (overall machine length 12,898 mm) Exceptional with its gentle product handling. • Integrated position control in the press-in station – • Maximum machine output on account of product...

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BLU 400-10

BLU 400. THE PACKAGING OF LIQUIDS IN A NEW DIMENSION. Ampoules, syringes, vials, bottles, cartridges, or pens: the BLU 400 meets all needs when it comes to the packaging of liquids. The machine is based on a flexible modular design principle, which allows appropriate configuration depending on the product. Gentle product handling throughout the entire process, as well as the innovative transfer system, using product and blister rotation, ensure maximum productivity. Other features of the BLU 400 include the processing of a wide range of products and formats at a maximum output of 400 blisters...

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BLU 400-11

SyPro: the gentle feeder for syringes. • Servo-regulated system for syringe products such as fragile glass or plastic syringes in all common sizes • Fast format changeovers due to few format parts • Maximum output: 350 syringes per minute BLU 400 with SyPro feeder, sealing and punching station, plus C 2305 (overall machine length 14,997 mm) Unsurpassed in its flexibility. • Integrated forming material unwind function with fast reel changeover from the operating side – option: positioning at the front end of the machine with double reel support to enable changeover preparation during ongoing production...

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BLU 400-12

Exceptional with its gentle product handling. • Integrated position control in the press-in station -product damage, downtimes, and cleaning are reduced to a minimum • Careful handling avoids product damage, e.g. minimum feed heights and alternating press-in function for secure placement in clamp packs • Thermal product protection after blister sealing and in the event of a machine stop Remarkable in its efficiency. • Maximum machine output on account of optimum format utilization - both the products and the blisters can be rotated to ensure the best possible positioning to suit the forming material...

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BLU 400-14

Touch & Teach. line command with smartcontrol. Uhlmann radically simplified the operation of packaging lines with the introduction of SmartControl. The convenient and functional SmartControl user interface leads the operator through processes using production assistants. They provide step-by-step assistance to ensure standardized procedures, as in the case of a product changeover, for example, so operation can be resumed quickly. The swivel-mounted panel allows the operation of all stations from various positions. This reduces walking distances and lends the entire process greater transparency....

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BLU 400-15

reddot award 2014 winner industrial design J Everything at a Glance. I he nil Mlllve opeiallon o| I he M 4mm v I, I a Slim k ontrol panel simplifies Mionlloilng and operatlon of the entlre Ilne. Mounted on an adjustable suppor t an, the panel c an be moved to suit the position .f the operator.

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