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36 March 2020 Tablets & Capsules Customize to cut costs: How product-specific slats can optimize the bottle-filling process S Brad Feldman Thomas Packaging bottle filling This article discusses the benefits of using product-specific slats on solid dosage bottle-filling machines, including increasing fill accuracy and rate, decreasing product loss, and speeding the bottling process. ome companies operating slat fillers try to use one set of slats for many different products. However, slats should generally be product specific. Just as optimal equipment performance requires proper maintenance, achieving the best possible results on your slat filler requires proper change parts. This applies whether you are a contract manufacturer of many different drug prod- ucts on the same packaging line or a brand owner. Most companies have a different set of slats for each size drug product they run on a slat filler. If the tablet or capsule product size is the same, they use the same slats. However, some companies prefer to have a dedicated set of slats for each product to ensure accuracy. Slat manufacturers are experts in designing slats that maximize fill rate and speed, and drug products that seem similar to the naked eye may actually have differences that could influence performance on a slat filler. Working