The Tension Bottle Packaging Machine (BPM) is a cutting-edge, high-volume automated prescription packaging system designed for bottles and vials. Ideal for central-fill and mail-order pharmacies, the BPM streamlines operations by automating the process of packaging one to four bottles or vials into ready-to-ship polybags. It delivers superior accuracy, throughput, and space efficiency, allowing pharmacies to run orders significantly faster than manual packaging methods. Easily customizable, the BPM seamlessly integrates with your quality pharma system, making it the top choice for optimizing pharmacy efficiency with best-in-class pharmaceutical filling technology.
Automates the packaging of one to four bottles or vials, increasing speed, throughput, and efficiency for central-fill or mail-order pharmacies.
Reliable matching scans of bottle(s), patient-specific literature pack and shipping label on packaged orders to assure the accuracy.
The BPM efficiently packs single or multiple bottles into a ready-to-ship package, streamlining the fulfillment process and saving time.
High-Output Prescription Packaging
Automates the packaging of one to four bottles or vials, increasing speed, throughput, and efficiency for central-fill or mail-order pharmacies.
Fully Automated Workflow
Operates significantly faster than manual packaging clerks, automating the packing of prescriptions and patient-specific documents into bags that are printed on demand.
Multi-Stage Verification
Ensures accuracy by automatically scanning patient-specific barcodes, matching them to orders, and verifying documents and prescriptions at multiple stages.
Seamless System Integration
Easily interfaces with single bottle lines or puck-based conveyance systems, offering multiple configurations to fit your pharmacy’s unique requirements.
Automatic Document Handling
Prints, folds, and inserts patient-specific documents without human intervention, streamlining the entire fulfillment process.
Order Rejection for Errors
If scans do not match or read correctly, the system automatically rejects the order for technician review, ensuring order accuracy.
On-Demand Packaging
Creates shipping-ready, printed, or labeled packages, reducing manual labor and improving operational efficiency.
Electrical Requirements: 208 3-phase, 5 wire, 30 amps
Air Feed: 5 CFM at 90 PSI of clean, dry air
Bag Thickness: Up to 6″ thick, with a range of 1.0 to 4.0 mil
Standard Bag Dimensions: 12” width x 12” length
Multi-Vial Prescription Bag Dimensions: 12” width x 14.75” length
Right-size packaging minimizes waste by tailoring each package to its contents, reducing costs, DIM weight charges, and environmental impact. Sustainability
Tension’s polybags with recycled content offer a sustainable packaging solution that combines product protection, custom branding, and eco-friendly compliance, helping
Incorporating sustainability into packaging operations can be achieved through the “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle” approach: reduce waste with right-sized packaging, design