Orthomol Utilises Mettler Toledo Checkweighers

Orthomolecular dietetic medicine Orthomol is utilising weighing technology from Mettler Toledo Garvens to meet its quality goals. Orthomol develops and markets products - micronutrient combinations - on the basis of balanced dosage and diagnosis-based composition for special medical purposes. These balanced dosage products include vitamins, minerals, trace elements and secondary plant compounds and are produced as granules for making beverages and tablets/capsules and as ready-made drinks.

Mettler Toledo Garvens technology is said to be a key tool in Orthomol's quality efforts. Orthomol uses Mettler Toledo Garvens's S2 and XS2 checkweighers to reliably and securely verify the weight of products packaged in flat pouches. Overweight or underweight products are identified and removed by fast-action lift gate conveyors. Additionally, to ensure that the highly reflective pouches are reliably detected, special light barriers are used. A double-lane XS2 system with a weighing terminal checks the correct weight of up to 120 sachets per minute, achieving an accuracy of 30mg.

Orthomol uses this system to check up to 15 different manufactured articles in capsule form, including Orthomol Vital f. This product was developed for the nutrition-based medical treatment of women with chronic fatigue, burn-out syndrome and stress-related illnesses. Single-lane XS2 checkweighers ensure that the weight of pouches with granules and tablets/capsules is correct. One such product is Orthomol Immun, which is used for the dietary treatment of acute and chronic infections and is available as granules, tablets/capsules or ready-to-drink vials. Integrated into Orthomol's production line, the checkweigher inspects 80 pouches per minute at a conveyor belt speed of 23m per minute.

The XS2 achieves an accuracy of 30mg and can be easily switched over to a new product, enabling up to 10 different products to be checked on the production line. Across Orthomol's 10 production lines, all Garvens checkweighers are controlled by the remote access tool CW-React II and are networked accordingly to allow the monitoring and archiving of checkweigher information. The user has central access to all printable data on the checkweighers and can even centrally maintain the article master data for a comprehensive assessment of quality.

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