Ackley Machine Corporation’s feeding and sorting systems keep your tablets and capsule production lines moving with quality output

Ackley Angle Ramp Printer with Bulk Hopper Vibratory Feeder on left and Tablet Sorter on right

Ackley offers a complete line of feeding systems, including tablet conveyors, tablet elevators, and vibratory feed systems to keep production moving smoothly. In addition, Ackley has a complementary line of machinery for tablet, caplet, capsule and candy sorting. These units offer a cost-effective and efficient system for removing dimensionally reduced tablets such as chips, shorts, and capped or broken product, twinned products and oversized or malformed products.

Some of these products include:

A Bulk Hopper Feeder

– The Ackley Bulk Hopper Feeder with level sensor control will maintain a constant amount of product in the ramp printer hopper, which is necessary for obtaining throughput and pocket occurrence rates. It features:

• 7.68 bulk hopper
• Vibratory feed system
• Casters for portability
• Level controller to ensure optimum product hopper level
• All stainless steel construction

A Flighted Conveyor

– The Ackley Flighted Conveyor is custom designed to fit production requirements, and is easy to operate. It features:

• A removable belt and casters for easy mobility and cleaning
• All stainless steel construction
• A polyurethane with Kevlar® flighted belt
• A Tablet/Capsule Sorter – The Ackley Tablet/Capsule sorter is intended for inline or standalone use prior to or after printing or other production states. It features:
  • Plates designed for a wide range of sizes and shapes
  • Efficient sorting removing up to 99% of dimensionally reduced tablets due to chips, shorts, capped, broken, oversize or particles
  • A production rate of 300,000 to 1,000,000 tablets/hour
  • Quick release sorting that automatically sorts compressed sugar or film-coated tablets.