CCD Vision High Speed Bottling Counting Line for Pharmaceutical Tablets & Capsules

CCD Vision High Speed Bottling Counting Line for Pharmaceutical Tablets & Capsules
Our high-speed bottling counting line equipped with advanced CCD vision inspection system is a fully automatic pharmaceutical packaging solution for counting tablets, capsules, softgels and gummies. Different from traditional infrared counting machines, the 16-channel CCD visual counting technology achieves ultra-high precision detection, effectively solving miscounting, overlapping materials, broken residue mixing and dust interference problems. With 99.98%–99.99% counting accuracy, full automatic rejection system and GMP/FDA compliant design, this bottling counting line is ideal for medium and large pharmaceutical and health product factories.
1. Complete Production Workflow of CCD Bottling Counting Line
The fully automatic bottling counting production line features reasonable layout and smooth operation, realizing one-stop processing from bottle sorting, cleaning, desiccant inserting, counting filling, inspection, capping, labeling to finished bottle collection.
- Bottle Unscrambling: Automatic bottle sorting and orderly feeding to ensure stable bottle supply.
- Air Rinsing Cleaning: Negative ion blowing removes internal dust and contaminants to meet pharmaceutical hygiene standards.
- Desiccant Inserting: Automatic desiccant sachet placement to keep bottled products dry.
- CCD Vision Counting & Filling: Core 16-channel CCD high-precision counting, accurate filling according to preset quantity.
- Multi-Stage Quality Inspection: Weight checking + metal detection double inspection to eliminate unqualified products.
- Capping & Labeling: Automatic screw capping, round bottle labeling and neck banding for complete packaging.
- Finished Bottle Collection: Rotary collecting table realizes continuous finished product output.
All supporting units adopt unified control logic, ensuring seamless connection, stable operation and high continuous production efficiency.

2. Core Advantage: CCD Vision Counting System vs Traditional Infrared Counting
The core competitiveness of this bottling counting line lies in the upgraded CCD visual counting technology. Traditional infrared counting only has 10–15 detection points per channel and is easily affected by material stacking, adhesion and workshop dust, resulting in counting errors. Our CCD vision system completely solves these pain points.
2.1 Ultra-High Detection Precision (0.12mm Tiny Particle Identification)
Each channel of the CCD system is equipped with about 250 independent imaging points, far exceeding traditional infrared sensors. The detection precision reaches 0.12mm, which can accurately identify ultra-fine particles, tiny fragments and irregular coated tablets, greatly improving counting stability.
2.2 Intelligent Identification of Overlapped & Broken Materials
Powerful image recognition algorithms analyze the projection area, thickness and falling trajectory of each material in real time. The system can automatically distinguish stacked, double-layered and deformed products, and accurately screen broken fragments as small as one-third of standard pills. The recognition accuracy is more than 10 times higher than traditional infrared counting equipment.
2.3 Professional Dust-Proof CCD Design for Continuous Production
The CCD cameras are installed far from the dust-generating feeding area to avoid lens contamination. Equipped with automatic air-blowing dust removal mechanism and adjustable high-brightness backlight system, the machine automatically compensates brightness according to dust accumulation, ensuring clear imaging all the time. It avoids frequent shutdown cleaning and maximizes continuous production capacity.
3. Key Technical Parameters of CCD Vision Bottling Counting Line
Item
Specification
Counting Method
16-channel CCD vision intelligent counting
Counting Accuracy
99.98% – 99.99%
Detection Precision
0.12mm tiny particle identification
Filling Quantity Range
1–1000 pcs per bottle
Applicable Bottle Volume
15ml – 650ml
Main Material
SS304 body + SS316L material contact parts
Compliance Standard
GMP, FDA, Food Grade, CE
Operation Mode
Automatic / Manual, 3-level authority management
Data Storage
32G memory, 1-year full-process data & video recording
Optional Functions
Weight checking, metal detection, automatic rejection, remote upgrade
4. GMP-Compliant Structure & Tool-Free Maintenance Design
The entire counting line adopts modular integrated structure, which fully conforms to pharmaceutical clean production standards. All material contact parts are made of SS316L stainless steel, corrosion-resistant, no dead corners, easy to clean.
The tool-free disassembly design allows feeding trays, guide parts and sensing components to be disassembled and assembled quickly without tools. It greatly simplifies model replacement, deep cleaning and daily maintenance, and avoids hidden risks such as loose screws and falling parts caused by long-term operation vibration.
5. Intelligent Control & Full Production Traceability System
Equipped with industrial HMI touch screen, the machine supports real-time imaging preview, production data monitoring and fault alarm display. The system records full-process particle images and production data for up to one year, realizing complete product traceability, fault analysis and parameter optimization.
Reserved remote upgrade interface supports remote vision algorithm update and program maintenance, greatly improving after-sales efficiency and reducing on-site maintenance costs.
6. Stable Feeding & Multi-Safety Interlock Protection
The three-stage vibration feeding structure disperses tablets, capsules and gummies one by one, effectively preventing material stacking and overlapping. The dual-axis cylinder driving feeding unit runs smoothly without crushing or damaging materials.
Equipped with photoelectric interlock protection system, the equipment automatically pauses for empty bottles, bottle jams and material shortage, and resumes operation after troubleshooting. The whole line realizes synchronous start-stop and linkage fault protection, reducing material waste and equipment loss.
7. Flexible Matching With Full Packaging Line Equipment
This CCD vision counting machine features standardized signal interfaces and strong compatibility. It can be freely combined with bottle unscramblers, air rinsers, capping machines, labeling machines, neck banders, weight checkers and metal detectors to form a complete automatic bottling packaging line.
It supports both compact semi-automatic production layout and large-scale fully automatic integrated production line, meeting customized packaging demands for different factory output and product specifications.
8. Application Industries & Packing Materials
The high-precision CCD bottling counting line is widely used in pharmaceutical industry, dietary supplement factories, nutraceutical production and food packaging industry. It is suitable for counting and bottling all kinds of solid materials:
- Hard capsules, softgels
- Tablets, coated tablets, effervescent tablets
- Gummies, candy particles
- Various irregular granular health products
9. FAQ – Frequently Asked Questions
Q1: What is the main difference between CCD counting machine and infrared counting machine?
A1: CCD vision counting adopts 250+ imaging points per channel with 0.12mm ultra-fine detection, which can identify overlapped pills and broken fragments. Infrared counting can only simply sense material passing and cannot distinguish defective products, resulting in high error rate.
Q2: Can this CCD bottling line work with my existing capping and labeling machines?
A2: Yes. The equipment reserves standard signal interfaces and unified control protocol, supporting synchronous linkage with most mainstream capping machines, labelers and packaging line devices.
Q3: Does the system automatically reject wrong-counted or defective bottles?
A3: Absolutely. The built-in full automatic rejection linkage system will instantly eliminate bottles with wrong quantity, missing pills or broken residues to ensure 100% qualified finished products.
Q4: Is the CCD counting equipment easy to clean and change models?
A4: Yes. Tool-free disassembly design makes cleaning and model replacement fast and convenient, suitable for multi-product flexible production.
Q5: Does this machine meet GMP and FDA standards?
A5: All material contact parts adopt food-grade SS316L stainless steel, with dust-proof structure and clean-grade design, fully compliant with GMP, FDA and CE certification requirements.
10. Conclusion
The high-speed bottling counting line with advanced CCD vision inspection system solves the core pain points of traditional counting equipment such as low precision, poor stability, easy dust interference and difficult defect screening. With ultra-high counting accuracy, intelligent detection, convenient maintenance and strong line compatibility, it has become the preferred automatic counting and bottling solution for modern pharmaceutical and health product packaging factories.