Alu Alu blister packing machine
Configure HIJ cold-form equipment for tablets and capsules, with tooling, feeding and sealing matched to your blister pack.
Cold-form tablets and capsules
An Alu Alu blister packing machine mechanically forms an aluminium-based laminate into pockets, loads the product and heat-seals an aluminium lidding web. The equipment combines product handling with forming, sealing, coding and cutting in the selected configuration.
Choose this route when your approved packaging specification calls for an opaque, high-barrier blister. The product’s stability requirements, pocket design and material pair set the starting point. The finished pack still needs the agreed forming and seal-quality checks; a material description alone does not establish the performance of a sealed pack.
HIJ’s Alu-Alu blister machine quotation connects those pack requirements to the feeder, format tools, controls and discharge arrangement. Tablets and capsules need their own feeding and tooling assessment, particularly when one project includes several shapes or sizes.
From laminate to blister
Form the pockets
The cold-form web unwinds through the configured guiding and indexing arrangement. Matched forming tools press the laminate into the cavity shape. Pocket geometry, web direction and usable seal area are considered together before tool manufacture.
Load the product
The feeder presents the selected tablet or capsule to the formed pockets before lidding. Product dimensions, shape, fragility and flow behaviour determine the feeding arrangement and the replenishment work required from the operator.
Seal and identify
The lidding web is aligned and heat-sealed to the filled base web. The selected materials determine the sealing conditions. Batch coding and any specified print or product checks are defined alongside the seal, rather than added as an unspecified promise.
Cut and discharge
The finished format is cut or punched and delivered in the required orientation. Define which defects cause rejection, where accepted blisters are counted and how the machine responds to a blocked downstream transfer.
Configure your blister line
Use one product list and one set of pack drawings for the technical offer. The following items identify the equipment being quoted and the work it must perform.
| Product feeding | Supply representative product dimensions and samples. Define orientation, acceptable damage, operator loading and the feeding arrangement for each SKU. Include difficult products in the trial set rather than assuming one feeder covers the entire range. |
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| Cold-form tooling | Specify pocket layout, draw geometry, pitch, finished-card outline and opening method. Identify forming, sealing and cutting tools, the first format and every additional change-part set. |
| Drive and controls | State whether the proposed configuration uses mechanical or servo indexing, its registration functions and operator settings. The DPP-260 technical file describes servo feed as an option; the ordered controls belong in the equipment schedule. |
| Inspection and rejection | Specify missing, doubled, damaged or misplaced-product checks and any code verification required. Record the detection method, reject confirmation, counters, alarms and recovery behaviour included in the offer. |
| Accepted output | State good blister packs per minute at the agreed discharge, with the exact product, material and card layout. Agree trial duration, loading tasks, stops and rejects. Compare accepted blister packs per minute on the same test basis. Do not treat cycles, tablets and sheets as interchangeable output units. |
| Utilities and access | Match the electrical supply, compressed-air and other utility requirements to the offered machine. Review delivery access, operating clearance, cleaning access, roll loading, maintenance positions and downstream connections on the layout. |
The final specification follows the approved configuration. Machine dimensions, power and cold-form output are confirmed in the technical offer for that build.
Choose the material route
Cold-form aluminium
Alu-Alu provides an opaque pack route using a cold-formed aluminium-based base web and compatible lidding. Review laminate formability, pocket corners, seal land, printing and opening behaviour against the finished pack. Use the high-barrier blister equipment requirements to connect protection targets to the equipment and pack checks.
Thermoformed plastic
A thermoforming blister machine heats and forms a selected plastic web. A transparent presentation may be available with the chosen structure. Compare the approved materials and pack geometry, then consider material use, format tools, accepted output and operating tasks on the same basis.
Use the cold-form versus thermoform comparison for the detailed route decision, and the blister packaging materials guide for material terminology. Freeze the base web, lidding and cavity drawing together before the tooling order.
Review the platform options
DPP-260 configuration
The DPP-260/360K technical file includes an Alu/Alu function. Its described equipment covers forming, product feeding, flat-plate heat sealing, batch marking, indexing and cutting. Push-in, handle-lock tooling and a split-frame arrangement are described in that file. Specify the model suffix and selected mechanisms in the DPP-260 proposal.
The same file distinguishes mechanical and optional servo feeding. Ask the offer to name the actual drive, registration, tooling and inspection configuration. Use cold-form trial results for the proposed pack rather than transferring a thermoforming speed to another material route.
DPP-250 proposals
Use the DPP-250 configuration page and DPP-250F specification reference to identify the exact model and offered scope. An Alu-Alu proposal needs its cold-form arrangement, laminate and tools written into the offer; a family name is not the complete ordered specification.
Downstream cartoning
For finished tablet or capsule blister cards, review a horizontal-cartoner configuration. Agree blister direction and count, stacking or infeed, transfer height, buffering, blocked/starved signals and controlled restart. Include carton and leaflet handling where required, and test the connected boundary when the order covers an integrated line.
Price the complete project
As an Alu-Alu blister packing machine supplier, HIJ prepares the quotation around the selected product and packaging job. Compare the same scope across suppliers, including additional formats and installation work, rather than a base-machine price alone.
Machine and formats
Identify the base equipment, product feeder, forming/sealing/cutting tools, first format and extra SKU sets. List inspection, code verification, discharge and control options individually so that the inclusion boundary is clear.
Handover and service
Agree manuals, drawings, parts lists, software backup, FAT records, training, installation and requested qualification support. State the document language, review responsibilities, site work and spares included in the proposal.
Delivery and site scope
Record the destination country, receiving site, room access and utilities. Separate machine manufacture, FAT, packing, freight, import clearance, installation and site acceptance, with the delivery endpoint and responsibility for each stage. Agree any local stock, on-site service or payment arrangement in the project terms.
Use the Alu-Alu machine price and quotation-scope page for the detailed budget discussion. Current pricing follows the selected configuration and commercial terms.
Acceptance evidence
Define the factory test around your product, base web, lidding and approved tools. The test plan should establish the run duration, accepted-pack count and quality checks before the demonstration. Include feeding challenges, sealing and registration checks, the specified inspection/rejection responses, stops and restart.
Retain the material and product references, settings, counters, results, deviations and agreed open items. For a connected line, distinguish the blister-machine result from the accepted output at the end of the full line.
The Alu-Alu qualification and validation page covers document responsibilities and site work in detail. Agree the supplier deliverables and the buyer’s approval and execution responsibilities before the order. Machine supply does not replace the site’s qualification and product-release process.
Buying questions
Can we also run Alu-PVC?A dual-route proposal should name the forming arrangements, heating equipment, tool sets, material paths and control settings supplied for each route. Agree the conversion tasks and test both packs. Do not assume that changing the film roll converts any cold-form machine into a thermoforming machine.
Can we supply our own foil?Identify the base-web and lidding supplier references, roll dimensions, winding direction, print registration and relevant material records. Agree who supplies the trial rolls, how much is needed, and how unused material and trial samples are handled. Confirm compatibility using those nominated materials before release of the format.
Can formats be added later?Provide the future product and pack range during the first design review. Ask which changes need new forming, sealing, cutting or feeding parts and whether the existing web width, travel and station interfaces can accommodate them. Quote each later format after its drawings and equipment requirements are defined.
Request your Alu-Alu quotation
Share your existing URS, blister drawing or material specification and flag the decisions still open. Reuse that brief for the configuration, quotation and test plan; there is no need to enter the same pack details again here.