Bottle Auxiliary Machine

Accelerate your upstream bottling line. Precisely unscramble empty bottles and insert desiccant pouches and cotton coils for pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, and food packaging.

Automated Bottle Handling & Preparation Machines for Solid-Dose Production

These machines include bottle unscramblers, cottoners, and desiccant inserters, which are essential to a bottling line. They help you quickly organize containers and add silica gel packets or cotton balls to protect product quality.

Anxine’s equipment makes these processes easier. Our bottle unscramblers are compatible with multiple formats, from round plastic to irregular glass. You can process up to 200 bottles per minute. Both desiccant and cotton inserters feature built-in sensors to detect missed inserts, ensuring your containers are ready for downstream processing.

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Our Range of Bottle Unscramblers & Inserters

Explore our versatile lineup of bottle unscramblers, cotton inserters, and desiccant inserters engineered to improve the efficiency of your front-end packaging line.

Bottle Unscrambler

Rapidly align containers into a single-file stream. Automate bottle sorting, feeding, and accumulation for greater efficiency and output on various filling lines.

Automatic Cotton Inserting Machine CED-MS

Handles efficient cotton insertion for various bottled pharmaceuticals, food, and cosmetics, providing reliable protection in a hygienic manner.

Automatic Desiccant Inserter Machine CSR-I

Enables precise cutting and automated dispensing of desiccant. Accommodates different desiccant sachet sizes and bottle types.

High-Speed Desiccant Inserter Machine PBGZ-160

Fast and precise desiccant inserting. GMP-compliant and compatible with different bottle types. Offers stable performance with PLC controls.

Why Choose Anxine Bottle Unscrambling & Inserting Machines

Our machines can be paired with your counting and filling systems to create a fully automated bottling line. The seamless integration helps your production run smoothly and cleanly.

Intuitive PLC & Touch Controls

All batch parameters can be effortlessly configured via responsive PLC systems and color touchscreens to simplify your daily bottle preparation workflows.

Smart Detection & Alarms

Advanced photoelectric sensors help prevent jams by pausing the machine when bottles are missing, desiccant packet supply runs low, or cotton needs replenishment.

Durable Precision Mechanics

You can achieve accurate desiccant and cotton insertions using wear-resistant cutting blades and secure pneumatic clamping, lowering your maintenance costs.

Compact cGMP Construction

Compact, energy-efficient frames save your floor space and are made from 304 stainless steel for quick and compliant washdowns.

Specifications Overview

Equipment Category	Production Speed	Container Size
Bottle Unscrambler	20-200 bpm	20-300 mL
Desiccant Inserter	20-160 bpm	15-300 mL
Cotton Inserter	10-40 bpm	D: 20-80 mm, H: 35-200 mm

Types of Bottle Handling and Preparation Systems

These three machines can be added to automate bottle preparation and protect your products before and after filling.

Bottle Unscramblers

Automated systems organize plastic or glass bottles before moving them into the filling area. They align the containers into a continuous, single-file flow to ensure a steady bottle feed rate.

Cotton Inserting Machines

Worried about your tablets or capsules getting damaged during transport? Cotton inserters are designed to place cotton coils into the bottle headspace. This cushions the content inside and ensures intact products reach your customers.

Desiccant Inserters

Bottled medicine and supplement products should not be exposed to humidity. These machines automatically insert desiccant packets or canisters into filled bottles to help absorb moisture and extend the shelf life of your product.

Applications & Industries

Need to sort odd-shaped skincare containers or protect moisture-sensitive capsules? These versatile machines adapt to your production setup. They provide hygienic, high-speed bottling handling to protect products across multiple sectors.

Pharmaceuticals

Prescription tablets, OTC capsules, coated pills and caplets, veterinary solid dose medicines

Nutraceuticals & Dietary Supplements

Vitamin gummies, chewables, softgels, probiotic capsules, herbal and mineral supplements

Food & Confectionery

Chewing gums, breath mints, hard candies, pastilles, solid granular food products

Cosmetics & Personal Care

Skincare lotion, cream, shampoo and body wash, essential oil, cosmetic products

How Bottle Unscramblers, Cotton Inserters, and Desiccant Inserters Work

These systems use distinct mechanical motions to prepare empty containers for accurate filling and automate content protection after bottling.

1. Bottle Unscrambling

Bulk containers are introduced into the pockets of a starwheel.
Centrifugal force works with mechanical guides to orient bottles neck-up.
The bottles are then discharged in a steady, single-file stream onto the conveyor.

2. Desiccant Inserting

Filled bottles arrive at the machine over the conveyor.
Sensors activate the system to pull a continuous desiccant strip.
Individual packets are cut and dispensed into each bottle below.

3. Cotton Inserting

Bottles move into the station on a conveyor belt.
Pneumatic drives pull and feed a continuous cotton sliver.
The cotton is then cut to a set length and plunged into the bottle.

Compatible Upstream & Downstream Equipment

As an integral part of a complete packaging line, bottle unscramblers, cottoners, and desiccant inserters seamlessly connect the front-end and end-of-line machines below.

Pill Counting Machine

Engineered to rapidly and accurately count tablets, capsules, and gummies. Automate your pharmaceutical packaging process with diverse solid dosage counting solutions.

Capping & Sealing Machine

Handles various caps and foil liners to produce leak-proof, tamper-evident closures for bottle packaging lines in different industries.

Induction Sealing Machine

Delivers hermetic, tamper-evident barriers for plastic or glass containers used to package medications, supplements, food, chemicals, and personal care products.

Labeling Machine

Precisely applies sticker labels onto a wide range of containers across different packaging lines. Integrates dynamic batch information coding simultaneously.

Cartoning Machine

Creates an extra protective layer for your product and makes shipping easier. Accurately inserts bottles, blister packs, pouches, and tubes into boxes for pharmaceutical, cosmetic, and food packaging.

FAQs about Bottle Unscrambling & Inserting Machines

Q: Why are unscramblers and inserters required in bottling lines?

These systems automate container feeding and insertion of moisture-absorbing desiccants or impact-absorbing cotton. This reduces manual handling and ensures strict cGMP compliance for solid dose products.

Q: Can one bottle unscrambler handle both round and square containers?

Yes. Anxine bottle unscramblers are compatible with interchangeable sorting starwheels. You can easily adjust their heights to switch between containers of different shapes and materials.

Q: What type of inserting material do pharmaceutical cottoners use?

Our cottoning machines process continuous coils of cotton, rayon, or polyester. The system cuts a preset length and inserts it into the bottle to help cushion tablets or capsules during transport.

Q: What is the typical speed of a desiccant inserting machine?

Anxine desiccant inserters can handle 20 to 160 bottles per minute. You can adjust the speed through the PLC touchscreen to match your upstream and downstream equipment.

Q: How easy is it to maintain these machines?

Highly manageable. Wipe product-contact surfaces with alcohol and check for loose screws daily. Follow our structured maintenance schedule for lubrication, replacement, and repair. For more information, talk to our engineering team.

We Offer

Explore cutting-edge pharmaceutical and packaging machinery with Anxine. Supported by expert custom solutions and a robust global service network.

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