Food & Pharma Packaging Technology

Encapsulators, also called capsule fillers, capsule filling machines or encapsulation machines are mechanical devices commonly used for industrial and pharmaceutical purposes. These machines are used to fill empty soft or hard gelatin capsules of various sizes with powders, granules, semi-solids or liquids substances containing active pharmaceutical ingredients or a mixture of active drug substances and excipients. This process of filling empty capsules with substances is termed encapsulation.

Types of capsule filling machines

Various types of encapsulation machines are available and these machines are selected based on
The requirement of the manufacturer/nature of the capsule (hard capsule or soft capsule).
The quantity of capsule to be manufactured.

Encapsulators used in encapsulation of hard gelatin capsule can be classified or said to be of three types.

Manual /hand operated capsule filling machine.

Semi-Automatic capsule filling machine.