Pill Counter Machine Suitable For 000-5 Capsules, Φ3–25 mm Tablets, Φ3–25 mm Pills
This automatic pill counter machine, employing high-dust-resistant electronic counting technology, provides accurate counting. Suitable for capsules, pills, and tablets. Free tablet counting solutions are available.




What is an Pill Counting Machine?
An automatic pill counting machine is an automated industrial system that accurately counts and dispenses solid dosages—such as hard gelatin capsules, soft capsules, tablets, and pills—into containers. The system uses vibration to separate and fill bulk products into bottles. Based on our existing technological advantages, we have upgraded the PLC, safety features, operational warnings, and viewing windows. It can count and dispense various sizes of solid granules, including tablets, capsules (transparent or opaque hard capsules and soft capsules), and pills, with widths ranging from 3-25 mm, meeting GMP requirements. It can be integrated with bottle unscramblers, paper stoppers, desiccant stoppers, capping machines, electromagnetic foil sealing machines, and self-adhesive labeling machines to form a fully automated bottling production line. Suitable for packaging in hospitals, pharmaceutical factories, and health product factories.
Can be applied to these industries

Food Industry
Representative Products:Lozenges (Mints, Throat Lozenges, Compressed Candies)Effervescent Tablets (Effervescent Vitamins, Effervescent Electrolytes)Coffee Beans, Chocolate Beans, Gum BallsInstant Beverage Granules

Pharmaceutical Industry
This represents the most direct area of application. Pharmaceutical manufacturers require
the precise counting and bottling of tablets, capsules, and pills, as well as the completion of
capping, sealing, and labeling processes. Typical Products:
Oral Solid Dosage Forms (e.g., Amoxicillin capsules, vitamin tablets, antihypertensive tablets)
Traditional Chinese Medicine Pills (e.g., Liuwei Dihuang Pills, Suxiao Jiuxin Pills)Bottled Packaging for Prescription and Over-the-Counter (OTC) Medications
Applications

Antihypertensive medication

Chinese medicine capsules

Vitamin Tablets

Probiotic Capsules

Herbal Extracts

Disinfection Tablets
How does pharmacy pill counter machine work?
- Automatic bottle feeding machine for bottle sorting
- Automatic tablet counting machine for tablet counting
- Automatic dispensing to bottles
- Automatic cap sorting and capping
- Automatic capping
- Automatic labeling
- Automatic collection of finished products to bottle receiving platform


Technical parameters
| Filling speed | 800 pieces bottles per minute |
| Canned Materials: | Φ3–25 mm Tablets, Φ3–25 mm Pills, Size 000–5 Capsules, Soft Capsules |
| Applicable Bottle Types: | 10–500 ml Round and Square Bottles |
| Total Power: | 1.2KW |
| Gas Consumption: | 36~45L/min |
| Accuracy | >99.5% |
| Fill volume range per bottle: | 1–9,999 pieces/ grains |
| power supply: | 380/220V 50Hz |
| Air Pressure: | 0.6Mpa |
| weight: | 550kg |
| Machine Dimensions: | 1600×1400×1560mm |
| Labeling Speed: | Approx. 0–20 pcs/min (depending on product and label size) |
| Labeling Accuracy: | ±1 mm (excluding tolerances such as product labels) |
| Applicable Product Dimensions: | According to sample |
| Applicable Label Range: | Length: 10–260 mm; Backing Paper Width: 10–150 mm |
What are the advantages of pills counting machine?
- The flip-gate dispensing mechanism has been awarded a national patent; it opens and closes without damaging the materials.

2. Utilizing high-dust-resistant electronic counting technology, it operates normally even in high-dust environments.

3. Features a transparent viewing window that allows for continuous monitoring of the counting process, enabling the timely detection of issues and immediate adjustments. Designed for easy cleaning, requiring the removal of just two screws.

4. Featuring a dual-discharge spout and dual-gate structure (with six tracks corresponding to a single discharge spout), the system enables continuous, uninterrupted counting. A pneumatic cylinder simultaneously pushes the counted material into the discharge chute, resulting in a processing speed that is 50% faster than that of comparable equipment.

5. Utilizing a vibratory pellet-dropping mechanism, the discharge nozzle firmly seats onto the bottle mouth during filling, ensuring that large pellets do not jam and small pellets do not spill.

6. The fully enclosed, cylinder- actuated locking mechanism for the vibrating trough enables automatic removal of the trough, while its fully enclosed structure prevents dust from entering the machine interior and damaging electrical components.

7. The pill sliding track employs a three-tier, stepped, and segmented dispensing mechanism. As the pills descend layer by layer, the spacing between them is precisely regulated according to programmed settings, thereby preventing any overlapping.

8. Equipped with a dust collection box to centralize dust collection and reduce pollution.

9. A dust filtration plate, allowing the vacuum cleaner to first capture the powder generated by the tablets.

Changeover shouldn’t eat up your schedule. Our flexible tooling design allows a single gelatin capsule filling machine to process the full spectrum of capsule sizes.
| Capsule Size | Compatibility | Best Suited For |
| #000 to #0 | Fully Supported | Large volume powder doses & deep-fill pellets |
| #1 to #3 | Fully Supported | Standard pharmaceutical & nutraceutical runs |
| #4 to #5 | Fully Supported | Micro-dosing, HPMC vegetarian capsule filler needs, & pediatric formulas |
How to avoid dust generation during the filling process?
1. Install a dust collection box to centrally collect dust and reduce pollution.
2. A dust filter plate is installed before the pills enter the pill conveyor track; it vibrates to shake off dust for subsequent dust collection.
3. Equipped with a two-stage dust collection system.
How to Buy the Best Pill Counting Machine in 2026?
To maximize the return on investment (ROI) of your pill counting machine, you need to research and understand its various features and prices, obtain quotes from different vendors based on your plans, budget, and needs, and find and purchase the option best suited to your business from multiple well-known brands, distributors, and manufacturers.
Here are eight easy-to-follow steps that can help you save thousands of dollars on your next 4×8 CNC machine. They will also make your STYLECNC process faster and less stressful.
Step 1. Plan Your Budget and Needs
Developing a budget that aligns with your packaging specifications, capacity requirements, automation needs, and factory conditions will help you take the right first step. Once you understand what you can afford, you can easily compare different features and costs.
Step 2. Position Your Machine
Still haven’t decided which machine you want? It becomes simple once you’ve planned your budget. Need high capacity? Buy a high-speed production line. Need irregularly shaped bottles? Purchase a machine with container mold fixing. In general, machines with each function can be customized to your needs.
Step 3. Sample Testing
Now that you’ve selected a suitable machine or solution, it’s time to provide bottles or materials to the manufacturer for testing. This ensures the machine can produce your product and demonstrates its performance under your specific conditions.
Step 4. Review Your Transaction
Now that you have a price quote for the machine, be sure to read the contract carefully. Check for any additional costs and details regarding payment methods, returns and refunds, warranty, shipping, customs clearance, machine assembly and operation, software installation, installation and commissioning, maintenance, and repairs.
Step 5. Factory Acceptance Testing
Actual testing is conducted to evaluate the machine’s accuracy and operational efficiency, ensuring all safety performance parameters meet contract standards. Online or offline acceptance is supported. This is essential for purchasing a pill counting production line to avoid any production issues upon receipt.
Step 6. Receiving Goods
Whether shipped by sea or air, the package should be properly packaged, free of any workmanship defects, and inspected for any damage that may have occurred during transit.

FAQ
What Material and Compliance Standards Must the Machine Meet?
Machinery must feature FDA-approved contact parts and cGMP-compliant SUS316L stainless steel structural components. The pharmaceutical and nutraceutical sectors operate under strict regulatory oversight, meaning any machine you purchase must pass rigorous audit criteria.
Why Accuracy and Detection Technology Are Paramount?
Modern capsule counting requires multi-frequency infrared sensors and 3D vision inspection to eliminate errors caused by broken capsules or dust interference. Traditional, cheap counting machines fail because ambient powder coating from herbal supplements blinds the sensor lenses, leading to costly overfills or underfills.
How do you clean and maintain a pill filling machine?
We design our capsule filler equipment for quick teardown and straightforward maintenance. Daily cleaning involves vacuuming excess powder and wiping down the contact parts with isopropyl alcohol. For a deep clean between production runs, you can easily remove the dosing discs and segment blocks to wash them thoroughly. Regular lubrication of the main drive gears keeps the automatic pill encapsulator running smoothly and prevents premature wear.
What is the changeover time between different capsule sizes?
Swapping out the tooling on our hard shell encapsulator takes about 30 to 45 minutes. The process is completely tool-less for most stations. Because the alignment blocks are precision-engineered, you won’t need to spend hours fine-tuning the machine after switching from size #00 to size #1. It is a quick, plug-and-play process that keeps downtime to a minimum.
How do you ensure dosing accuracy and minimize product waste?
We use a multi-bore dosing machine mechanism that utilizes a tamping pin process to form precise powder slugs.
- Advanced Sensors: Real-time powder level sensors keep the product bed at a consistent height.
- Segment Precision: High-tolerance gap control between the dosing disc and the tamping plate prevents powder leakage.
- Closed-Loop Feedback: The system integrates with a capsule checkweigher to automatically adjust tamping depth on the fly, keeping weight variations under ±1.5% and eliminating costly product waste.
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