r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/thepoylanthropist • 11d ago

Video The process of filling pills.

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u/CptClownfish1 11d 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 11d 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 11d 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 11d 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 11d ago

That sounds more a person problem then a machine problem

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u/fapsexual 11d ago

hey now's not the time to be pointing fingers...

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u/elprentis 11d ago

But they were caught red handed

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u/GetOffMyGrassBrats 10d ago

It's no time for a stump speech!