Pharmaceutical bottle unscrambler
Streamline your pharmaceutical packaging process by efficiently sorting and aligning bottles from mixed batches, ensuring seamless integration and optimal productivity in high-speed production lines.

The BU 300 Bottle Unscrambler from Cremer delivers exceptional functionality for pharmaceutical packaging operations. It’s designed to handle diverse bottle types—both paper and plastic—prioritizing efficiency and smooth integration with existing production lines. With the ability to process up to 300 bottles per minute, its flexible speed options and part-free format changeovers make it a versatile addition to any packaging setup.
The BU 300 utilizes a balcony design for easy cleaning and offers a user-friendly SmartControl operating system for seamless operation, audit-trail reporting, and connectivity with other systems. This ensures that your process remains streamlined, efficient, and capable of adapting to varied production demands.
Applications for this equipment include unscrambling and aligning bottles for capsules, tablets, and various supplements. The machine meets 21 CFR Part 11 standards, emphasizing its compliance with stringent pharmaceutical regulations. Additional options such as bottle cleaning systems, coding, and quality assurance features further enhance its capability to address the sophisticated requirements of modern pharmaceutical manufacturing.
Benefits
- Enhances production efficiency with quick part-free format changeovers.
- Minimizes operational noise, contributing to a quiet working environment.
- Streamlines cleaning and maintenance through its balcony design.
- Increases uptime with a large capacity hopper for extended refill intervals.
- Ensures regulatory compliance with 21 CFR Part 11 standards.
- Applications
- Vitamins,Supplements,Plastic bottles,Nutraceuticals,Pharmaceutical packaging,Paper bottles,Pharmaceuticals
- End products
- Vitamin d drops,Softgel vitamins,Multivitamin packages,Vitamin c tablets,Paper medication containers,Herbal supplements,Omega-3 supplements,Plastic medicine bottles,Tablets,Blister-packed pills,Capsules
- Steps before
- Bottle Manufacturing,Bottle Sorting
- Steps after
- Tablet Counting,Desiccant Addition,Capping,Retorquing,Labeling,Quality Assurance,Packing
- Input ingredients
- round bottles,square bottles,paper bottles,plastic bottles
- Output ingredients
- bottles in upright position,aligned bottles,static and foreign particle-free bottles,bottles with printed bottom codes
- Speed
- Up to 300 bottles/min
- Bottle size/diameter
- 25 to 125 mm (30 to 84 mm for square bottles)
- Bottle height
- 40 to 200 mm (45 to 200 mm for square bottles)
- Bottle materials
- Paper and plastic bottles
- Base ground clearance
- 150 mm
- Machine size
- 3320 mm x 1430 mm x 2470 mm (LxWxH)
- Working mechanism
- Stand-alone bottle unscrambler
- Batch vs. continuous operation
- Batch
- Changeover time
- Tool-free,quick
- CIP/SIP
- Easy cleaning through balcony design
- Automation level
- Central intuitive HMI with SmartControl
- Cleaning method
- Easy cleanability due to balcony design
- Noise control
- Silent operation with noise-reducing covers
- Density/particle size
- 0.5–2.5 g/cm³ / 50–1000 µm
- Machine Footprint
- 3320 mm x 1430 mm x 2470 mm
- Base Ground Clearance
- 150 mm
- Hopper Size
- 700 liters
- Control Panel Type
- Central intuitive HMI with Smart Control
- Discharge Method
- Upright onto a production line
- HMI Type
- Central intuitive SmartControl
- Integration Possibilities
- Pexcite software platform
- Format Changeovers
- Part-free,tool-free
- Bottle Cleaning Option
- Triple ionized blowing air nozzles
- Code Printer and Verification System
- Domino Ax Series bottle bottom code printer
- Bottle Reject Systems
- Passive and active systems
- Market info
- Cremer is known for designing and manufacturing precision counting machines, particularly in the pharmaceutical and food industries. Their expertise lies in innovative, accurate, and reliable counting solutions for tablets, capsules, and confectionery.