BellatRx Packaging Machines: Counting, Filling, Capping, Labeling

BellatRx is a Canadian manufacturer of packaging lines based in Pointe-Claire, Quebec: Rx-12 tablet counters, Aries liquid fillers, B-400 auger fillers, Aquarius monoblocs, cappers and Notaris labelers.

Rx-12 and Rx-Fill PLUS electronic tablet counters

The Rx-12 combines the high speed of a slat filler with the flexibility of an electronic counter: up to 60 cpm at 100-count and 240 cpm in the Rx-12 Quad. The Rx-Fill PLUS counts in manual, semi-automatic and automatic modes at up to 25 cpm.

Rx-12: up to 60 cpm
Rx-12 Quad: up to 240 cpm
2 to 40 mm product range
Tool-less changeover in 15 min

Gemini vision-based gummy counter

The Gemini is a high-speed vision-based counter for gummies and candies. A dual lane conveyor, floor-level bulk feed hopper and cleated elevator untangle sticky product before the counting head. Part size 3 to 35 mm, up to 600 PPS and up to 120 PPM.

Part size 3 to 35 mm
Up to 600 parts per second
Up to 120 packs per minute
Dual lane conveyor

Rx-Desiccant inline desiccant inserter

The Rx-Desiccant inserts canister desiccants into containers, on a benchtop in manual or semi-automatic mode or mounted to a conveyor for fully automatic work. A vibratory tray separates the desiccants and an infrared counting unit counts them. Speeds up to 140 cpm.

Speeds up to 140 cpm
Canister desiccants
Manual or automatic insertion
Infrared counting unit

Aries inline fillers and VP-1 piston fillers

Aries inline fillers handle liquids, creams and hot products: the Aries S with 2, 4 or 6 filling stations and the Aries X with 8 or 12. Servo-driven diving nozzles fill bottom-up. VP-1 and VP-1S piston fillers dispense 5 to 1,000 ml at up to 20 CPM.

Aries S: 2, 4 or 6 stations
Aries X: 8 or 12 stations
VP-1: 5 to 1,000 ml fill
VP-1: up to 20 CPM

Aquarius and Constellation monoblocs

The Aquarius is a Fill-Plug-Cap-Torque monobloc with volumetric piston or peristaltic pumps, a 16-pocket starwheel and 55 cycles per minute. The Constellation uses robotic pick and place stations to fill unstable microtubes, vials and cartridges at 60 vials per minute.

16-pocket servo starwheel
Aquarius: 55 cycles per minute
Constellation: 60 vials/min
Cap torque 2-30 inch lbs

B-400 and B-500 auger fillers, Hydra monobloc

The B-400 single auger filler fills rigid containers at up to 60 cpm; the twin auger B-500 reaches 90 cpm. Both dispense powders, granules, creams and pastes with stainless steel contact parts. The semi-automatic Hydra Monobloc serves small batches and samples at up to 20 cpm.

B-400: up to 60 cpm
B-500: up to 90 cpm
Hydra: up to 20 cpm
Stainless steel contact parts

Secure Chuck, Prime, Magna and rotary cappers

Secure Chuck, Prime and Magna inline chuck cappers apply and torque closures at up to 60 cpm with reject rates typically 0.5% or less. The Magna handles large containers and 22–120 mm closures. The continuous motion rotary capper has four, six or eight heads with magnetic clutches.

Inline cappers: up to 60 cpm
Magna: 22–120 mm closures
Rotary: 4, 6 or 8 heads
Magnetic clutch per head

Notaris labelers and SL banders

Notaris labelers apply pressure sensitive labels: the Wrap model labels round containers at up to 100 cpm, the Front & Back model labels two sides with two synchronized heads. SL banders apply shrinkable neck and full body bands at up to 200 cpm.

Notaris Wrap: up to 100 cpm
Herma 500 servo head
SL banders: up to 200 cpm
Stepper motor band feed

Selecting a BellatRx packaging line by product and container

Machines are chosen by product form. Tablets and capsules are counted by the Rx-12 (up to 240 cpm in the Quad version) and the Rx-Fill PLUS for small batches; gummies by the vision-based Gemini.

Liquids and creams are filled by the Aries S and Aries X inline fillers or VP-1 piston fillers; vials and microtubes by the Aquarius and Constellation monoblocs. Powders and granules go to the B-400 and B-500 auger fillers, small batches to the Hydra.

Further down the line come the Secure Chuck, Prime, Magna and rotary cappers, Notaris labelers and SL banders; at the start of the line, the Bellsort-100 (up to 100 cpm) and Taurus (up to 200 cpm) bottle unscramblers.

Turnkey lines and factory support

BellatRx designs and integrates turnkey lines for liquids, solid dose and powder: line speed balancing, buffers and accumulation, and a factory acceptance test of the complete line at one source. In 2015 the company installed a turnkey pharmaceutical packaging line in Indonesia.

The manufacturer supports its machines with field service, remote service using augmented reality and preventive maintenance schedules, and fabricates parts in-house on CNC milling and lathe equipment.

BellatRx and model names are trademarks of their respective owners and are used only to identify the equipment for which we source parts. SpareX is not an official dealer, distributor or representative of BellatRx and is not affiliated with the trademark owner. Origin, documents and warranty are stated for each item in the quotation.