Pharmaceutical Coils | Pharmaceutical Packaging Solution

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Pharmaceutical Coils
SAFETY BELTS FOR PHARMACEUTICAL DRUGS
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Packaging

• Packaging has been defined as the means
  economically Providing
• Presentation
• Identification
• Protection
• Convenience
• Storage

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Selection of Packaging Material

• The material selected must have the following
  characteristics
• They must protect the preparations from
  environmental conditions
• Must not reactive with the product
• Must not impart odor/taste to the product
• Must Be Non Toxic
• Must Be FDA approved

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Pharmaceutical Fillers

• Fillers are for tablet packaging to provide a
  safe, nontoxic, aesthetically pleasing, easy to
  use. Pharmaceutical light weight Fillers ensures
  freshness and stability in shipping and storing
  of ethical and generic pharmaceuticals, vitamins
  and food supplements.
• Extensively used in the pharmaceutical industry
  to fill void or as a packing material for pill
  bottles.
• Types
• gtgt Coils
• gtgt Foam Plugs
• gtgt Caps With Spring Extensions

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Pharmaceutical Coils
Purpose To prevent rattling in the Bottle
packaging. What are they? They are Cotton,
Rayon, Polyester Fibers. Why use them? When
products like tablets and capsules are packed in
the bottles, the rattling causes damage these
products, result in their breaking
sometimes. These coils fill the head space in the
bottles and prevent the occurring damages due to
rattling.
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COTTON FIBER

• Natural fiber
• Cuts easily
• Moisture content is 8.0
• Creates a dry environment inside the bottle
• Most commonly used in bottling of tablets and
  capsules
• Biodegradable

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Rayon Fiber

• Man-made fiber (cellulose)
• Uniform fiber length
• Cuts or tears easily
• Moisture content is 11
• Most commonly used in bottling of tablets
• Biodegradable

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POLYESTER FIBER

• Man-made fiber (petroleum derived)
• Uniform in fiber length
• Non-fluorescent
• Moisture content is 1
• Most commonly used in bottling of soft-gel
  capsules

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Polyester/Rayon
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Shelf life?
This is to confirm that there is no shelf life or
expiration date for the pharmaceutical coil,
Puritan Cotton supplied by Carolina Absorbent
Cotton provided it is stored in unopened cases
under standard warehouse conditions.
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