Maruho Hatsujyo Innovations (MHI), the U.S. subsidiary of Maruho Co. Ltd, upgraded its EAGLE-Omni blister machine with a new printer configuration. Designed for packaging development, materials testing and production, the unit performs forming, sealing and punching operations at sequential stations.

The EAGLE-Omni measures just over two meters in length and is 1.6 meters tall, and offers a format area of 150×95 mm, and a forming depth of 30mm (3cm) with an upgrade available to 40mm. The machine handles a range of forming materials, including PVC, PVDC, ACLAR, PP, PET and ALU, and all typical lidding substrates including ALU, paper, PVC, PET, and laminates. The EAGLE-Omni can produce up to 20 blisters per minute, and is suitable for packaging solids, powders, liquids or devices.

The thermoformer can be outfitted with an upgraded printing setup, whose attributes include a print area of 75X128mm. This allows you to cover the majority of your blister with pertinent information, such as lot codes, batch numbers, expiration dates and more.

The deep-draw EAGLE-Omni is capable of manual prototyping to fully automated operation. The option of a 40mm forming depth makes it ideal for nutritional products larger than traditional tablets or capsules, such as gummies, devices and other delivery formats. The machine allows seamless development and production combined with rapid, low-cost prototyping, and features recipe-driven format change, easy changeover, and various feeding solutions, according to the company.

Among the Eagle-OMNI’s features is the ease and expediency with which prototypes can be produced, with the company’s recently launched 3D-printed blister tool prototyping capabilities.