Hygiene is the greatest challenge facing the design development of the FEC40, the first capsule filling machine from Fette Compacting. In the pharmaceutical industry, the utmost care is required; consequently, a capsule filling machine is completely dismantled every time the substrate is changed.

The design therefore focuses on making the machine relatively easy to clean by reducing the number of components and crevices: at the same time, for the FEC40, we use components made from the plastic Corian, in contrast to other stainless steel capsule filling machines. This solid surface material allows for high-precision milling and virtually invisible bonding.

Studio F. A. Porsche is also responsible for developing the associated user interface. The detailed understanding they have gained of the complex functionality of a capsule filling machine enables them, at this stage, to design a terminal linked to the machine that offers a high level of intuitive user-friendliness.

The FEC40 sets new standards in industrial capsule production. As the first machine of its kind, it produces up to 400,000 capsules per hour, thereby raising efficiency and productivity to a new level. At the same time, the innovative technology enables production costs to be reduced by up to 30 per cent.