Posted to News on 27th Jun 2025, 12:00
High-precision fill quantity control in the food supplement production
When Vital Products, a leading contract manufacturer of nutritional supplements, needed a reliable solution to check the weight and completeness of its products precisely and efficiently, it turned to Minebea Intec.
Vital Products was looking to achieve high precision fill quantity control, using reliable technologies to ensure high quality standards. The production includes food supplements in the form of tablets and capsules, which are mainly filled in plastic bottles.
Minebea Intec supplied the Flexus WS 1kg checkweigher including the powerful SPC@Enterprise software solution. This combination not only enables precise weight control, but also comprehensive process monitoring and analysis. The Flexus checkweigher checks the weight of the plastic bottles highly accurately to ensure that each product meets the defined specifications.
At the same time, the check scale performs a completeness check to ensure that all containers are filled correctly. The seamless integration of the SPC@Enterprise software allows Vital Products to evaluate the required production data in detail, identify weak points and optimise processes.
The advantages for Vital Products included quality assurance and greater efficiency with simple operation and seamless integration of the software into the production process. Thanks to the detailed data analysis, quality standards can be easily met and audits facilitated. This strengthens internal process reliability and end customers confidence in the Products of Vital Products.
Vital Products was extremely satisfied with the solution supplied and particularly emphasised the reliability of the checkweighers and the quality of the Minebea Intec service and support team. This positive experience led to a further enquiry: two additional checkweighers are to be added to the production lines to ensure that the entire production is equipped with Minebea Intec's technology.
The project demonstrates how Minebea Intec creates added value through innovative solutions and customer-orientated service. The combination of precision, efficiency and process control has not only improved production quality at Vital Products, but has also laid the foundation for a long-term partnership.
Vital Products is an excellent example of how customised solutions from Minebea Intec can help to meet demanding customer requirements and at the same time secure a competitive advantage.
"The solutions of Minebea Intec, especially the Flexus checkweigher, have significantly improved our product quality and processes," said Rainer Skotnik, Managing Director at Vital Products. "Precision, reliability and excellent Service are convincing across the board."
