Vitamin and supplement manufacturers often package tablets, capsules, and softgels into bottles at production scale. Natronics Equipment provides industrial automatic counting machines designed for vitamin, supplement, nutraceutical, and pharmaceutical production environments.
Automatic counting equipment can help manufacturers automate the process of feeding, counting, and filling tablets, capsules, and softgels into bottles. The lineup includes 16-channel, 24-channel, and 32-channel configurations.
Discuss Your Vitamin or Supplement Application →Counting tablets and capsules manually becomes increasingly difficult as production volume grows. An automatic counter can combine product feeding, individual counting, and bottle filling into a continuous production process.
For vitamin and supplement manufacturers, the equipment-selection process should consider more than simply the number of counting channels — product type, product size, bottle size, count per bottle, required production output, number of products or SKUs, and integration with the rest of the packaging process all matter.
Natronics automatic counting equipment is designed for applications involving tablets, hard gelatin capsules, softgels, and round pills. The specific product dimensions should be compared with the specifications of the selected machine.
For example, the UAC-16 and UAC-32 are listed for tablet diameters of 5–22 mm and capsule sizes #00–#5. The UAC-24 is listed for tablet diameters of 5–25 mm and capsule sizes #00–#5.
Natronics offers three automatic counting configurations: UAC-16 (16 channels, up to 80 bottles/min), UAC-24 (24 channels, up to 110 bottles/min), and UAC-32 (32 channels, up to 120 bottles/min). The correct configuration depends on the production requirements of the application — a manufacturer producing a lower volume may not need the same channel configuration as a high-volume production operation.
The UAC-16 provides 16 counting channels and is listed at up to 80 bottles per minute. The machine uses three-stage vibration feeding and dual diving nozzles to position bottles during filling. The UAC-16 is listed for vitamin and supplement applications.
View UAC-16 →The UAC-24 provides 24 counting channels and is listed at up to 110 bottles per minute. It uses dynamic photoelectric sensors, three-stage vibration feeding, and dual diving nozzles. The UAC-24 provides an intermediate configuration between the UAC-16 and UAC-32.
View UAC-24 →The UAC-32 provides 32 counting channels and is listed at up to 120 bottles per minute. The machine combines two 16-channel counting units into one 32-channel configuration. For manufacturers evaluating higher production output, the UAC-32 provides the highest listed bottle throughput in the current Natronics lineup.
View UAC-32 →Product: What are you counting — tablets, capsules, or softgels?
Product Dimensions: What are the diameter and dimensions of the product?
Bottle: What bottle size and format are being used?
Count: How many pieces need to go into each bottle?
Production: How many bottles need to be produced per minute?
SKUs & Packaging Line: Will the machine handle one or multiple products, and how does it fit into the rest of the bottling operation?
These questions help determine which equipment configuration should be evaluated. See our full how to choose an automatic tablet counter guide for a detailed walkthrough.
An automatic counter is typically one part of a larger packaging process. A vitamin or supplement bottling operation may also include equipment for bottle unscrambling, bottle filling, capping, induction sealing, labeling, conveying, and product accumulation.
Natronics Equipment provides equipment across multiple stages of the packaging process. Each piece of equipment should be evaluated according to the actual production requirements of the line. Natronics also provides automatic tube filling equipment for manufacturers packaging products in plastic tubes.
Explore Vitamin & Supplement Equipment →The number of counting channels affects how many products can be processed simultaneously. A 16-channel machine has 16 counting lanes, a 24-channel machine has 24 counting lanes, and a 32-channel machine has 32 counting lanes.
As the number of channels increases, the machine can process more simultaneous counting streams. However, channel count should be evaluated together with the actual product, bottle count, and desired production output — more channels are not automatically better for every application.
There is no single machine that is automatically best for every manufacturer. The UAC-16, UAC-24, and UAC-32 provide different channel configurations and production capacities. The appropriate model depends on the product, count, bottle, and production requirements.
Yes. The Natronics machines are designed for tablets, hard gelatin capsules, and softgels, depending on the model and application.
The UAC-16 and UAC-32 are listed for 5–22 mm tablet diameters. The UAC-24 is listed for 5–25 mm tablet diameters.
The current Natronics specifications list up to 80 bottles/min for the UAC-16, up to 110 bottles/min for the UAC-24, and up to 120 bottles/min for the UAC-32.
These machines are positioned as industrial production equipment for manufacturing and packaging facilities.
Tell us what you're producing, how many pieces go into each bottle, and what production output you need. Natronics Equipment can help you evaluate the appropriate automatic counting configuration.
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