Tablet Counters or Pill Counters are used to sort, count, and fill tablets, pills, capsules, hard candies, or other similar sized products. These sorter, counter, fillers are utilized in a number of different industries such as pharmaceutical, food, and nutraceutical. Asprin, anti-acids, hard candies, candy coated gum, and even gel capsules are all good examples of products that are filled via Tablet counter.

These machines work by moving product into channels via vibrating plates. As the product falls of the end of each channel into a dispensing receptacle it is counted by an infrared sensor. Once the receptacle has received the designated tablet count it dispenses the product to the container.

Any job that requires getting pills, tablets, or similar products into a container it going to be utilizing a Tablet counter. The machines come in a number of different sizes and output speed that can handle a range of production rates.