Case Study: Checkweighers Help AstraZeneca Ensure Accuracy In A Tight Spot

The Investigational Products group, part of Pharmaceutical and Analytical R&D function located at the AstraZeneca plant in Newark, DE, has a bottle-filling line that is utilized for the packaging of clinical trials. Prior to installing the Mettler-Toledo Hi-Speed checkweighers, bottle count verification was performed by 100 percent visual inspection and by manually checkweighing in-process samples. This process required a high amount of resource and at times affected the efficiency of the bottle-filling operation.