A machine to manufacture cartridges for electronic cigarettes comprising a casing made of plastic material; the manufacturing machine comprises a drum rotating at a predetermined pitch around its own vertical rotation axis, which receives an orderly mass of empty casings from a feeding conveyor, in correspondence to a collecting station, and feeds them through a succession of processing stations; in which, the first drum is provided with a plurality of peripheral seats, each designed to receive a respective casing and which are divided into groups comprising the same number of seats arranged substantially in line so as to form, in plan view, a polygon on the surface of the first drum; in which the casings of the seats of a same group are simultaneously subjected to the processes in correspondence to the succession of processing stations.

A covered container manufacturing device for manufacturing a resin covered container that includes: a container main body; an outer cover portion that opens and closes the container main body; and a hinge portion that couples the container main body with the outer cover portion, and wherein the container main body, the outer cover portion and the hinge portion are integrally formed, the covered container manufacturing device including: an angle regulator that regulates a relative angle of the outer cover portion with respect to the container main body to a predetermined angle of less than 180 degrees, wherein the angle regulator comprises: a heater that comprises a heating portion that generates heat and heats the hinge portion; and a bender that bends the outer cover portion relative to the container main body at the heated hinge portion, wherein the heater heats inside of the hinge portion.

A blister packaging machine that manufactures a blister pack, wherein the blister pack comprises: a lidded container that includes a container main body and an outer lid portion; and an inner cover film attached to close the opening of the container main body, the blister packaging machine comprising: a conveyor; a molding device that executes a molding process to a strip-shaped container film and form a lidded container-corresponding part corresponding to the lidded container; a placing device that is disposed downstream of the molding device and places the article in a container part; a sealing device that is disposed downstream of the placing device and attaches the inner cover film to close an opening of the container part; and a punching device that is disposed downstream of the sealing device and punches out the lidded container-corresponding part along with the inner cover film to produce the blister pack.

An inspection device used in manufacture of a Press Through Package (PTP) sheet includes a container film including a pocket portion in which a content is placed and a cover film closing the pocket portion. The inspection device includes: an illumination device that irradiates the content with near-infrared light; a spectroscope that disperses reflected light from the content irradiated with the near-infrared light; an imaging device that takes an image of an optical spectrum of the reflected light dispersed by the spectroscope and acquires spectroscopic image data; and a controller that obtains spectral data of the content based on the spectroscopic image data, executes an inspection of the content based on the spectral data of the content, and executes good or poor quality judgment of the content.

Provided is a medicine feeding apparatus including: a medicine feeder body configured to feed medicine; and a medicine passage configured to guide the medicine fed by the medicine feeder body to a packaging material configured to package the medicine. The medicine passage includes: an inlet that is configured to allow the medicine to enter from above therethrough; an outlet that is configured to allow the medicine to exit downward therethrough; and a communication part that is configured to communicate the inlet and the outlet with each other. The inlet and the outlet are provided as separate bodies from each other. The communication part is provided as a separate body from the inlet and the outlet and is connected to the inlet and the outlet so as to be positionally adjustable.

A self-service kiosk is disclosed. The self-service kiosk may have a housing, including a user interface. The user interface may receive from a user a selection of an item. The user interface may also receive from the user a payment for a purchase of the item. The self-service kiosk may include a fabrication system disposed within the housing. The fabrication system may fabricate the item selected by the user. The self-service kiosk may also include a packaging system. The packaging system may sealingly enclose the item in a package. Further, the self-service kiosk may include a bin that may dispense the package, including the item, to the user.

An inspection device performs an inspection in manufacture of a Press Through Package (PTP) sheet, and includes: an illumination device; a spectroscope that disperses reflected light from the PTP sheet; an imaging device that takes an image of an optical spectrum of the disperses light and acquires spectroscopic image data; and a controller. Before the inspection is performed, the controller grasps disturbance data that is one of either spectral data of a predetermined content placed in the pocket portion and attributed to ambient light, or approximate spectral data approximate to the spectral data of the predetermined content attributed to the ambient light, and corrects either spectral data of the content as an inspection object obtained based on the spectroscopic image data acquired by the imaging device, or a reference value used for determining the spectral data of the content as the inspection object.

An inspection device for inspecting an inspection object of a PTP sheet including a pocket portion formed in a container film, and a cover film mounted to the container film to close the pocket portion, or a portion of a PTP film forming the PTP sheet, includes: an irradiator that irradiates the inspection object with a predetermined light; an imaging device that takes an inspection image of the irradiated inspection object and a peripheral portion of the inspection object; and a processor that: determines whether the inspection object is defective or non-defective based on inspection image data of the inspection object taken from the inspection image. The inspection image data includes data of respective pixels corresponding to an inspection target area subjected to the defective/non-defective determination, and data of respective pixels corresponding to a non-inspection target area that excludes the inspection target area.

The method for producing blister packs for medicinal products comprises the steps of forming blister pockets in a bottom film, wherein each blister pocket has an at least two-level shape with a first recess and a second, lower recess, filling the second recesses of the blister pockets with the medicinal products, placing a strip of active material in the first recess of each blister pocket above the medicinal product, wherein the strip of active material rests on at least one support surface of the first recess next to the second recess, sealing a lidding film to webs of the bottom film arranged around the blister pockets and simultaneously to the strips of active material, thus forming a sealed blister web, and stamping out individual blister packs from the blister web.

In the method for automatically controlling the feed of a film web in a packaging machine, the feed length is controlled on the basis of specific measurements in such a way that, during following forming cycles, the acquired second distance corresponds to the first distance or deviates from the first distance by a defined amount.