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Pharmaceutical & specialty blister packaging

Blister Packing Machines Built Around Your Product and URS

Choose a standalone blister machine or an integrated blister-cartoning line by matching your product, forming material, blister drawing, sustained output, inspection strategy and validation plan.

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Operating demonstration. Final configuration, speed and documentation scope are confirmed against your URS and contract.

Start with the pack, not a model number

Which Blister Format Fits Your Product?

A blister packing machine forms a cavity, loads the product, seals the web with a lidding material and cuts the finished pack. The correct platform depends on your barrier requirement and production method—not on the highest catalog speed.

Thermoforming

Heated plastic forming web

Common for tablets, capsules and other products where a clear formed cavity is appropriate. Confirm PVC, PVDC-coated PVC, PET or another specified web against your stability and sealing data.

Alu-PVC / Alu-Alu

Match material to the barrier study

Alu-PVC combines a formed plastic web with aluminum lidding. Cold-form Alu-Alu is considered when moisture or light protection demands a higher-barrier structure. Your material specification remains the controlling input.

Integrated line

Blister through cartoning

When the project includes inspection, rejection, transfer, leaflet insertion and cartoning, define one line-level acceptance test and every upstream/downstream interface in the URS.

Procurement rule: ask suppliers to calculate sustained output from your blister drawing, cavities per pack, product feeding method and agreed operating window. “Cycles per minute” and “finished packs per minute” are not interchangeable.

Application routes

Explore Blister Packing Solutions by Product

Use these application pages to narrow the feeding, tooling and pack-format questions. Model, output and compliance scope are confirmed only after HIJ reviews your samples and URS.

Alu-Alu cold-form blister packing machine

Alu-Alu Blister Packing

Cold-form configurations for products requiring a high-barrier pack.

Compare Alu-Alu options

Verified model reference

DPH380B Alu-PVC / Alu-Alu Machine Specifications

These values come from the DPH380B product document and apply to this model only. They are not a portfolio-wide speed or utility promise.

MachineDPH380B high-speed roller-plate intelligent blister packaging machine
Packaging structureAlu-PVC / Alu-Alu
Blanking frequency40–180 cycles/min
Feed stroke40–240 mm
Maximum forming area260 × 240 mm
Maximum forming depth14 mm
Power supply / total powerThree-phase five-wire 380 V, 50 Hz (220 V, 60 Hz option); 25 kW
Overall dimensions5400 × 1380 × 2100 mm, with hopper
Machine weight4500 kg
What the specification means

Calculate output from the blister layout

A cycle rate is not the finished-pack rate. Your usable output depends on cavities per pack, packs across the web, feed performance, material behavior, inspection and rejection logic, and the agreed sustained operating window.

  • Provide a dimensioned blister drawing.
  • State product shape, size, weight and fragility.
  • Define sustained output and batch duration.
  • Confirm electrical frequency before layout approval.
Source boundary: HIJ DPH380B product specification document. Final tooling, material width, product feeder, inspection and documentation are confirmed in the project specification and contract.

Verified integrated project reference

PBL-400S/400SF Blister-to-Carton Line

One documented project integrates blister forming, product loading, inspection, sealing, punching, leaflet handling and cartoning for glass pre-filled syringes and glass ampoules.

Project product

Glass PFS & ampoules

Feeding and tray loading were engineered around the documented products.

Target output

8,000 pcs/h

This is the project target, not a universal line rating.

Blister material

PVC / ALU

Material and dimensions are confirmed per project.

Integrated process

Blister through cartoning

Includes inspection, transfer, leaflet insertion and cartoning.

PBL-400S high-speed blister packaging and cartoning line
PBL-400S/400SF project reference. Your line layout, interfaces and acceptance criteria require a new URS review.

Before quotation

Eight Inputs Your Blister Machine URS Should Lock

A useful quotation starts with controlled inputs. Send these items together so the machine, tooling, inspection and downstream line are sized against the same basis.

1. Product

Product name, dosage form, dimensions, weight, fragility, orientation and samples for a trial.

2. Finished blister

Dimensioned drawing, cavities per pack, pitch, perforation, coding area and acceptable cosmetic criteria.

3. Forming and lidding material

Material construction, thickness, reel width/diameter, print registration and supplier specification.

4. Output basis

Sustained packs or pieces per hour, batch size, shifts, planned OEE basis and permitted rejection method.

5. Inspection and rejection

Missing-product, cap, print, code, seal or vision checks; reject confirmation and batch-record expectations.

6. Line interfaces

Upstream feeder or labeler, downstream cartoner, conveyors, handshakes, accumulation and fail-safe states.

7. Site and utilities

Available floor space, access route, voltage/frequency, compressed air, chilled water, environment and cleanability constraints.

8. Documentation and acceptance

Required DQ/IQ/OQ support, drawings, manuals, certificates, FAT/SAT tests, languages and approval responsibilities.

Validation support

Define the Documentation Package Before the PO

HIJ engineers equipment and project documentation to support your plant’s validation. The customer remains responsible for site approval, qualification strategy, executed records and regulatory submissions.

URS and design review

Agree the intended use, product/material range, controls, alarms, interfaces, data requirements and acceptance tests.

DQ support

Map the agreed design back to the approved URS and record deviations or open items before manufacture proceeds.

FAT and document review

Run agreed samples, challenge critical interlocks and rejection logic, and close the punch list against the approved protocol.

SAT, IQ and OQ support

Confirm installation, utilities, safety, functions and operating ranges using the project-specific protocol scope.

Customer PQ

Your quality unit defines and approves performance qualification under routine site conditions using your products, people and procedures.

Contract rule: DQ, IQ, OQ, FAT, SAT, material certificates, calibration records, software functions and 21 CFR Part 11-related requirements are included only when named in the agreed scope. Do not rely on a supplier’s general website statement.

Documented engineering functions

Controls That Protect Product Flow and the Process

The functions below are documented on the DPH380B or PBL-400S/400SF sources. They must still be confirmed on the exact machine configuration you purchase.

PLC control system used on a blister packaging machine
DPH380B

Material and temperature protection

The source document describes automatic stop on missing PVC or aluminum foil and heating-system cut-off when temperature exceeds the limit.

Servo drive technology in a blister packaging system
DPH380B

Servo-controlled motion

The documented platform uses a nine-axis servo drive with servo traction and positioning functions across critical stations.

Visual inspection equipment on a blister packaging line
Project option

Inspection and rejection

The PBL project includes forming inspection, product-presence checks and rejection logic. Exact defects, cameras, sensors and reject confirmation belong in your URS.

Blister packaging molds and tooling
Project tooling

Format-specific tooling

Forming, sealing and punching parts are designed around the approved blister drawing. Ask for a format-parts list and a witnessed changeover test.

Acceptance before shipment

Use the FAT to Test the Contract, Not a Showroom Demo

Your FAT protocol should convert the URS into observable tests with agreed samples, materials, quantities, evidence and acceptance limits.

Before the FAT

Freeze the test basis

  • Approved product and blister drawings
  • Agreed forming and lidding materials
  • Sustained-run duration and output basis
  • Inspection defects and reject challenges
  • Named documents and responsible reviewers
During the FAT

Challenge the real process

  • Forming, feeding, sealing and cutting
  • Alarms, interlocks and emergency stops
  • Missing-product and empty-pack handling
  • Line stop/restart and interface signals
  • Documented format change and cleanup
Before release

Close every open item

  • Signed punch list with owners and dates
  • Approved layout and utility schedule
  • Manuals, drawings and spare-parts list
  • Backups, access levels and alarm list
  • Shipment, installation and SAT plan
Red flags: a speed claim without a blister layout; “GMP/CE certified” applied to every configuration; a documentation package not named in the contract; or an FAT that does not use your agreed product and materials.

HIJ Knowledge Center

Technical Guides for Your Internal Review

Use the guide that matches the decision currently on your desk: packaging principle, machine selection, material, validation, mechanism or unit cost.

Fundamentals

What Is Blister Packaging?

Process, pack structure and common production decisions.

Read the complete guide

Procurement FAQ

Questions to Resolve Before You Approve a Blister Machine

How do I choose the right blister packing machine?

Start with your product, stability data, forming and lidding materials, dimensioned blister drawing, sustained output, inspection requirements and line interfaces. HIJ then calculates a configuration against your URS. Do not select a model from maximum catalog speed alone.

What information does HIJ need for a quotation?

Send product dimensions and samples, the blister drawing or target pack layout, material construction and reel data, required packs or pieces per hour, batch pattern, inspection and rejection needs, site utilities, downstream equipment and the documentation required by your quality unit.

What is the verified speed range of the DPH380B?

The DPH380B document specifies a blanking frequency of 40–180 cycles per minute. Finished packs per minute depend on the blister layout, cavities per pack, product feeding, material behavior and the agreed operating window, so HIJ calculates project output from your drawing and samples.

Can HIJ integrate a blister machine with cartoning?

Yes, when integration is defined in the project scope. The documented PBL-400S/400SF project combines tray forming, product loading, inspection, heat sealing, punching, leaflet insertion and cartoning for glass pre-filled syringes and ampoules, with a project target of 8,000 pieces per hour.

Which validation documents are included?

The exact document package is project-specific. Your URS and contract should name the required DQ, IQ, OQ, FAT and SAT protocols, drawings, manuals, certificates, calibration records and software records. HIJ supports the agreed scope; your quality unit owns site approval, execution and PQ.

How much does a blister packing machine cost and what is the lead time?

There is no reliable universal price or lead time. Tooling, feeder design, forming material, output, inspection, controls, documentation and cartoner integration change both. HIJ provides an itemized quotation and project schedule after reviewing your URS, samples and acceptance requirements.

Which blister materials can HIJ machines handle?

Material capability is confirmed by model and project. The verified DPH380B document covers Alu-PVC and Alu-Alu packaging, while the documented PBL-400S/400SF project uses PVC/ALU. Submit the exact forming and lidding material specifications for compatibility and tooling review.

One engineering team, one project scope

Discuss Your Blister Line with HIJ Machinery

HIJ Machinery (Wenzhou) is a pharmaceutical packaging machinery manufacturer based in Rui’an, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China, formerly operating under the TRUSTAR brand. HIJ supplies model- and project-specific compliance documentation and engineers equipment to support each customer’s own cGMP and WHO GMP validation and regulatory submissions.

Founded in 2004 by Forester Xiang, HIJ develops standalone machines and turnkey packaging lines from URS review through FAT/SAT and site qualification support. Forester has 20+ years of machinery experience and has audited 100+ pharmaceutical factories across 30+ countries.

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Forester Xiang with the HIJ engineering team
Forester Xiang and the HIJ engineering team.

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