Pharmaceutical Production
Optimize Pharmaceutical Production with F.N. Sheppard’s Belting Solutions
F.N. Sheppard is committed to delivering reliable, hygienic, and efficient belting solutions for the pharmaceutical industry. Our range of timing belts, conveyor belts, and accessories are designed to meet the stringent requirements of pharmaceutical production, ensuring product quality, safety, and regulatory compliance. From high-speed production lines to sensitive cleanroom environments, we offer the expertise and products to optimize your operations.
Belting Products for the Pharmaceutical Production Industry
Timing Belts
Timing belts are essential in pharmaceutical production for ensuring precise synchronization in automated processes and reliable performance in high-speed environments.
- Anaconda Belts: Durable and resistant to wear, these belts are ideal for high-speed production lines handling tablet pressing and capsule filling, ensuring consistent movement and alignment of materials.
- High Temp & Silicone Belts: Perfect for sterilization processes and high-temperature operations such as autoclaving, freeze-drying, and drying powders or liquids into granulated forms.
- Neoprene Timing Belts: These belts provide consistent performance in equipment like pill counters, blister packaging systems, and conveyorized inspection systems, helping ensure products meet quality standards.
- Profile Belts: Custom profiles enhance grip and precision for tasks like positioning syringes during filling operations or transporting ampoules for sealing and labeling processes.
- Urethane Timing Belts: FDA-compliant and resistant to chemicals, these belts are ideal for transporting vials, IV bags, and other sensitive pharmaceutical products through cleanrooms while maintaining hygiene.
- Additional Options: Specialized belts can be used in tablet coating systems or precision testing equipment for pharmaceutical diagnostics, ensuring synchronized movement and accuracy.
Conveyor Belts
Conveyor belts streamline pharmaceutical manufacturing by ensuring smooth, hygienic transport of materials, reducing manual handling, and maintaining production efficiency.
- Belt Types: General-purpose conveyor belts are used to transport pills, blister packs, or vials across production lines, ensuring smooth and uninterrupted material flow.
- Custom Fabricating: Tailored belts are ideal for handling delicate materials like glass ampoules or small components such as caps and seals, preventing breakage and ensuring precise alignment.
- TPE Food Grade Belting (Blue Belt): These belts meet stringent FDA compliance and are ideal for cleanroom environments where contamination control is critical, such as during tablet pressing or primary packaging.
- PTFE & Silicone Belts: Excellent for high-temperature processes like curing gel capsules, sealing blister packs, or drying coated tablets. Their non-stick properties reduce residue build-up and ensure consistent quality.
- Screen & Filter Belts: Used in filtration systems for separating liquids and solids during pharmaceutical production, such as centrifuge processes or fine particle sieving for powder blending.
- Wound Endless & Specialty Belts: Designed for high-tension, continuous-operation processes like precision die-cutting of blister packaging or continuous tablet coating applications.
- Thermoplastic Round V Flat Belts: These belts provide reliable transport for smaller components like syringe barrels, closures, or medical stoppers, ensuring accurate positioning and assembly.
- On-Site Belt Installation: Minimizes downtime during production line upgrades or maintenance, ensuring seamless integration of new conveyor belts into pharmaceutical manufacturing systems.
Timing Hardware & Accessories
Timing hardware and accessories improve the performance and longevity of timing belts, ensuring consistent operations in pharmaceutical production.
- Belt Covers: Protect timing belts from contamination by powders, liquids, or other materials, particularly in cleanroom environments where maintaining sterility is crucial.
- Timing Pulleys: Ensure precise belt alignment and synchronization in high-speed filling lines, enabling accurate dispensing of liquids, powders, or tablets into packaging.
- Flat Rollers & Idlers: Support belt tension and alignment in processes like tablet sorting and inspection, where consistent belt performance is critical to maintaining throughput.
- Timing Clamps: Secure belts in applications requiring synchronized motion, such as tablet blister packaging machines or precision mixing systems for pharmaceutical formulations.
- Custom Machined Parts: Designed to integrate seamlessly with pharmaceutical equipment, addressing specific challenges like adapting belt-driven systems for unique product sizes or production methods.
Other Belting Products & Services
F.N. Sheppard offers additional belting solutions to address specialized needs in pharmaceutical production, from custom parts to advanced coatings and monitoring technologies.
- Molded Urethane Parts: Used to create durable seals, gaskets, or rollers in pharmaceutical machinery, ensuring contamination-free operation and long service life.
- Precision Die Cut Parts: Provide exact solutions for intricate components like gaskets, spacers, and filters used in drug delivery devices or sterile packaging.
- Engineered Surface Solutions: Optimize belt surfaces to handle delicate materials like glass vials or soft gel capsules, reducing the risk of product damage or contamination.
- Plastic Modular Belting: Flexible and hygienic solutions for assembly processes, such as blister pack assembly lines or automated inspection systems for ampoules and syringes.
- Specialty Release Coatings: Reduce sticking and wear, making them ideal for belts used in adhesive applications or for transporting products with sticky coatings, such as lozenges or coated tablets.
- Wireless Conveyor Smart Sensors: Monitor belt performance in real time, providing proactive maintenance alerts to prevent production delays in pharmaceutical manufacturing environments.
Why Partner with F.N. Sheppard?
F.N. Sheppard’s belting solutions are custom-engineered to meet the stringent requirements of the pharmaceutical production industry. From FDA-compliant materials to precision-engineered components, our products ensure seamless operations in your manufacturing processes. With services ranging from initial design to on-site installation, F.N. Sheppard delivers reliable and innovative solutions for pharmaceutical production.
Contact F.N. Sheppard today to discover how we can optimize your pharmaceutical manufacturing operations.