Examining injection instruments comprehensively: a specific fault detection.
The pulsed X-ray technology from HEUFT is ideally suited for a wide range of inspection applications as regards the quality assurance of pharmaceutical products. It is now available for directly integrating into packing machines for syringes and cannulas but also as a stand-alone solution: the HEUFT Syringer also identifies syringes with slightly pierced soft needle shields (SNS) and bent needles where conventional camera technologies could only detect complete piercing to the needle guard visible from the outside. Furthermore faulty sealing elements, not detectable from the outside, as well as canted tamper evident closures can be reliably identified. The extremely low level of radiation permits the use of X-ray technology for the first time immediately before filling the injection instruments with active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs).