The company believes that these traits set it apart from traditional leak testing systems and is expecting it to attract significant interest from pharmaceutical companies.
PakScan was unveiled at Pack Expo this month, which was accompanied by the news that Sepha had secured a deal with a US distributor.
Aubrey Sayers. CEO at Sepha, said: "PakScan takes only a few seconds to detect leaks using a highly sensitive load cell test. It is easy to use but gives extremely accurate results in the form of a Pass/ Fail reading for each individual sachet.
“We're confident it will attract significant interest at the show and together with our new distributor arrangement in the States, we are optimistic of seeing further growth in that market over the coming year."
This optimism is founded on Sepha’s belief that PakScan is superior to traditional leak testing machines that use ‘blue dye’ technology, which leave the sachet and its contents unusable regardless of whether it passes the test.
PakScan uses a vacuum system that can detect leaks as small as 10µ, after which the product can be put back on the production line if it passes the test. The contents of faulty packages can be retrieved and repackaged.
This can be performed by staff without special technical skills and there is no need for operator intervention. PakScan can test four products simultaneously, which must be non-porous cavity packs containing a dry powder or solid.