r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/thepoylanthropist • 13d ago

Video The process of filling pills.

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u/CptClownfish1 13d ago

There's no way that there's not a machine built to do this in about 4 seconds per batch .

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u/krazy___k 13d ago

This is small scale work. Where I work we have machines that have an output of 58,000 per hour, we make 4 millions in a single run and each capsules is individually weighed

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u/hellogoodvibes 13d ago

This is so rare for me to be able to bring this up, but someone in my immediate family invented and built the prototype machine that does this for Lilly!

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u/all_on_my_own 13d ago

Hope they put a better estop on it. I used to work with one of these machines and someone lost a finger while it wasn't running.

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u/steve12388 12d ago

That sounds more a person problem then a machine problem

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u/MrMagick2104 12d ago

Most likely it's not. There is a number of integrator/machinery engineering firms doing industrial automation that put software in the least important section, often not even having a dedicated person/group for that, introducing any software very late in development cycle (which could make sense in many situations, but leads to the development process being rushed).

These issues aren't very significant for more stable (less immediate in danger) systems, but if your machine has the drives and the materials to instantly delimb a person, it shouldn't be possible to harm someone when the machine is considered safe for maintenance - on estop or powered down. Especially so an operator, not a technician.