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Tablet bottle filling line from China

Two quotes called tablet bottle filling line can contain different machines, and the line only runs as fast as its slowest station, which is rarely the one on the front page of the offer.

Ask about this machine ↗Where the numbers come from

Written and listings checked 30 September 2026. Every figure on this page names its source.

What you are actually comparing.

Two quotes, one machine name

What hides inside the price

Which stations are in the price

A line can mean a counter and a conveyor, or unscrambler, counter, desiccant or cotton inserter, capper, induction sealer and labeller. Write the station list and make every supplier price it.

The slowest station

Ask each station's rate at your bottle and count. The line rate is the lowest of them. Counters often limit it; on large bottles, the capper or labeller can.

Who owns the interlocks

When the labeller stops, the counter must stop or buffer. Ask if all stations share one control and one emergency stop circuit, or are separate machines joined by a conveyor.

Change parts per bottle size

Every station has size parts: unscrambler guides, capper chucks, star wheels, label guides. Count them per bottle size across the whole line, not only for the counter.

Capping torque and seal checking

Ask how cap torque is set and checked, and whether a missing induction seal is detected and rejected.

Before you ask for a price.

Send these with the enquiry. Without them, any number a factory gives you is a guess dressed as a quotation.

The full station list you want, in order, and which stations you already own.
Every bottle and cap size, with samples, and your induction seal liner type.
Count per bottle for each product, with a product sample.
Floor plan with the space for the line, doors and where people stand.
Target bottles per minute at your largest count, and whether you are a food supplement maker or a licensed medicines maker.

Turn the claim into a demonstration.

Require this	A pass looks like
Run the complete joined line on your bottle and product for one hour at the rate you are buying.	Finished bottles counted at the end of the line over the hour match the quoted rate.
Stop the labeller mid-run.	Upstream stations stop or buffer without jamming or spilling, and restart cleanly.
Feed bottles with no seal, a loose cap and a wrong count.	Each one is rejected at its station and none reach the finished output.

The documents that must arrive with it.

One EU Declaration of Conformity for the line as an assembly of machines, or a clear statement of who integrates it and signs, under 2006/42/EC or Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 depending on delivery date.
Electrical drawings for the whole line, including the shared stop circuit.
For licensed medicines makers: line FAT, IQ/OQ protocols, and material certificates for all product-contact parts.

The one people forget. The declaration for the line as a whole. Separate machine declarations do not cover the joining, and whoever joins them may become manufacturer of the assembly.

When this is the wrong machine.

Buy something else if

Named, not hedged

You run under one bottle every few seconds, or change product most days.

A standalone tablet counting machine with a manual capper and a hand-fed labeller. Buy the line when the volume is real.

Your customers want blister packs.

A pharmaceutical blister packing machine. A bottle line cannot be converted.

Where the numbers come from.

We name the kind of source, how many and when, and never the factory. Listed prices are asking prices, not landed cost. Where we do not hold a fact we say so: that is a GAP, not an estimate.

Listings · 13Thirteen marketplace listings for tablet and capsule bottling lines, checked September 2026, advertised asking prices from US$15,000 to US$168,000. Four named a capper, three a labeller, and three a desiccant or cotton station. Asking prices, not landed cost.
Listings · 1One manufacturer buying guide, checked September 2026, gave counting at about 70 bottles a minute, and capping, induction sealing and labelling at up to 120 bottles a minute.
ArithmeticLine rate = the lowest station rate. With counting at 70 and the rest at 120, the line runs at 70.
GAPGAP - no supplier quotations logged for this machine yet. Three to five quotations for one configuration would give a real price spread.

Related machines.

Tablet counting machine. Choose it when you only need the counting step and will cap and label by hand.
Desiccant inserter machine. Choose it when you already have a line and want to add a desiccant station to it.

Every machine we source in this area is on the Pharma & supplements page. How a project runs, stage by stage, is on how it works, and what it costs is on pricing.

Straight answers

Questions buyers ask about this machine.

What is a sensible tablet bottle filling line sourcing guide?+

Fix the station list first, then the slowest station, then who signs for the line as one machine. Price comes last, because without the first three the quotes are not comparable.

What should a factory audit for a bottle line check?+

Whether the factory builds the counter and buys in the capper and labeller, and whether it has run your bottle through the full joined line.

What CE documentation comes with a tablet bottle filling line?+

Ask for a declaration covering the assembly, not only single machines. Stations bought from several factories and joined on your floor can make you responsible for the assembly.

Is it better to import the whole line or single machines to the EU?+

One integrated line with one declaration is simpler to accept and insure. Single machines are cheaper to replace, but someone must integrate and sign for the whole.

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