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 The pharmaceutical manufacturing industry used to build dedicated production lines using pneumatic cylinders with dispensers to fill capsules. This meant that the line could only be used for placing one product in one type of container. Recently, pharmaceutical engineers have adopted flexible motion control components such as servo-based dispensers (improving production throughput while adding flexibility). This Motion Control article suggests that the best way to stay competitive and fully realize ROI is to develop machines and packaging systems that can adapt to other functions as needs change. The Motion Control, Robotic Industries, and Automated Imaging Associations back that approach.
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