Product Spotlight: BPM (Bottle Packaging Machine)

tensionapdev on July 21, 2022

The online pharmacy market is set to soar to over $210 billion by 2028, presenting significant opportunities—and challenges—for mail-order and central-fill pharmacies. Tension’s Bottle Packaging Machine (BPM) is a high-output, automated solution designed to scale with demand, offering unmatched accuracy and efficiency. With a multi-stage verification process, on-demand printing, and throughput rates of 600+ packages per hour, the BPM streamlines pharmacy operations while ensuring patient safety.

The global online pharmacy market is expected to reach more than $210 billion by 2028, up from $69 billion in 2020. This significant growth represents exciting opportunities for mail-order and central-fill pharmacies yet it can also pose a sizable operational challenge as business needs are scaled.
 

What is the BPM?

The BPM or Bottle Packaging Machine is a high output bottle and vial packaging system for mail-order and central-fill pharmacies. With throughputs* of up to 10 times that of a packing clerk in a high output pharmacy, this fully automated system packs prescriptions and patient-specific documents in bags that are printed on-demand.

*Actual throughput is dependent upon multiple factors including staffing productivity and performance, workflows, data interfaces and availability of product to the system.

Automated Bottle Packaging Equipment for Pharmacy Fulfillment

The BPM offers best-in-class bottle automation and fill-pack technology for pharmaceutical filling machines with its:

  • Scan–Print–Pack–Seal™ configuration
  • Print on-demand patient documents
  • Tension’s Auto-Fold Technology
  • Power unwind feature for positive bag-web control
  • Multi-step verification

Additionally, multiple configurations for a customized BPM system are available based on your needs and configurations.

Ensure Accuracy and Efficiency with the BPM

  1. The BPM features a multi-stage scan verification process and remains the most accurate and efficient solution on the market today:
    Each patient-specific barcode is automatically scanned and matched to an order.
  2. Patient-specific documents are printed, scanned for verification and folded without human intervention.
  3. All prescriptions and documents are inserted into the printed or labeled package, and the patient’s order is sealed.

If any of the scans do not read or do not match, the system rejects the order for review by a technician.

The BPM is the Ideal Bottle Packaging Machine for Pharmacies

Tension’s BPM runs in mail-order and central-fill pharmacies at rates of 600 packages per hour and higher. Easily interfaced to single bottle lines or puck-based conveyance systems, the BPM provides the accuracy, throughput and efficiency of space to optimize your pharmacy.

Want More Information on Our Pharmacy Automation Solutions?

Give your mail-order or central-fill pharmacy operations an efficient boost with the Tension BPM. Contact us to get started today, or check our product page for more details.