Valco Melton has developed a complete hotmelt-based solution for tamper-evident pharmaceutical packaging. The specialist for adhesive application and quality assurance systems is thus presenting a technology for securely sealing pharmaceutical packaging and reliably protecting it from counterfeiting before it reaches the end customer.
According to the company from Cincinnati, Ohio, the Hot melt technology the most reliable method for the Tamper evidence of products. Once sealed, glued flaps on a folding carton would have to be broken in order to access the packaged product.
Adhesive consumption reduced by up to 75 per cent
The tamper-evident sealing solution from Valco Melton consists of various modules. The basis is the Kube melt-on-demand unit. This ensures maximum bonding performance because it only ever delivers the amount of adhesive required at any one time and prevents burnt Adhesive residues contaminate the bonding surface.
The following is applied Hot glue with an electronically controlled EcoStitch hot-melt applicator. This applies the adhesive as an exact dot matrix. This reduces adhesive consumption by up to 75 per cent.
Each adhesive bead is inspected
The adhesive application is checked with the VD2 control unit. This allows the Adhesive pattern can be customised. The adhesive application itself is controlled by a „PackChek Vision Inspection System“ that monitors the correct positioning and the length of each Glue bead and issues corresponding messages in the event of an error.
The hot melt tamper-evident solution from Valco Melton can be integrated into any Packaging line can be retrofitted, the manufacturer emphasises. Even in High-speed production lines it works accurately without affecting the higher-level processes. The systems are available in various configurations, all of which are optimised for low maintenance and minimal downtime.
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Valco Melton was founded in 1952 and has been operating under its current name since 2008. The company specialises in hot melt and cold glue application and quality assurance systems for the packaging industry. In particular, the supplier develops solutions for packaging materials made of cardboard and corrugated board. Further direct sales, research and production facilities exist in North America, Europe, China and India.
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