Page 63 - Glass Machinery Plants & Accessories no. 2/2018

PRODUCTION PROCESS
FOR TUBULAR GLASS

- A full range of products avail-
able from 5 ml to 100 ml suc-
cessfully embraced by biotech
and pharma labs.
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low aluminium level
- On the market since 2000
after 10 years of development
by SGD Pharma R&D team.
- New packaging possibilities
for use with sensitive prod-
ucts : Blood derived prod- 1
ucts including albumen, Step 1: Tube feeding
The raw materials are glass tubes supplied by globally renown
Nutritional products (inject- manufacturers such as Schott and NEG.
able), Biological products, Clear or amber, the tubes are made of neutral borosilicate glass (5.0
Medication from genetic expansion range) with a high degree of hydraulic resistance.
engineering… The tubes are loaded by robot onto a rotative machine.
- Approved by 100% of cus-
tomers, SGD Pharma delivers
today 1 million vials made of
Alsovex glass per day.

Social and environmen-
tal stakes leads SGD Pharma
to build and set up its strategy
taking into account sustainable
development.
SGD Pharma commits to
reduce its impact on the society
and on the planet. Th company
can rely on a corporate iden-
tity, strong values and employees’
2 Step 2: Forming
The tubes are heated, shaped and cut to give the dimensional
parameters in three main steps:
1. Shoulders and neck forming (including 100% on-line dimensional
inspection)
2. Tube parting – heating and cutting to set vial height
3. Bottom glazing – heating, glazing and cooling