AN APPARATUS FOR EXTRACTING PHARMACEUTICAL CONTAINERS, SUCH AS SYRINGES, CARPULES OR VIALS, FROM RELATIVE SUPPORT ELEMENTS CONSTITUTED BY A TUB AND A NEST

摘要

The apparatus (100) for extracting pharmaceutical containers (F) from a nest (N) arranged internally of a tub (T) comprises: an advancement line (L) of the tubs (T), which stops the tubs at a rest station (S); a handling organ (M), and a pickup and transfer station (1). The pickup and transfer station (1) comprises at least a frame (10), having a housing (11) for receiving and supporting a nest (N), and activatable in rotation about a first rotation axis (R1) in order to be positionable in a first operating position (P1), in proximity of the rest station (S), and in a second operating position (P2) in proximity of the handling organ (M). Gripping means (30) by suction are included, to collect at least a further nest (N) containing pharmaceutical containers (F) from a tub (T) positioned in the rest station (S), and to position the further nest (N) in the housing (11) of the second frame (10) stationary in the first operating position (P1); the frame (10) is then activatable in rotation so as to be positioned in the second operating position (P2) so that the handling organ (M) can collect the pharmaceutical containers (F) from the "nest".