
Filling and nitrogen-flushing needles for IMA machines
Filling needles with nitrogen inerting for IMA machines.
SPC can apply as much or as little customisation as you wish to an existing part.
Years of accumulated experience put our know-how to work improving your filling conditions.
We manufacture needles with tube diameters from Ø 0.25 internal up to Ø 20.
Our traceability policy means nearly all our tubing is batch-tracked, so we can supply a 3.1 material certificate.
The needle can be partly responsible for filling problems — bubbles, splashing, overflow. We have handled a great many such cases and know how to optimise the part to limit, or remove, whatever disturbs filling.
In most cases the pump or the needle accounts for only a small part of filling problems.
Other aspects of your line often need examining — throughput, product dosed, installation — to find the root cause. Our technical experts come on site to analyse the situation and resolve the malfunctions.
- Made from 316L stainless steel, meeting pharmaceutical requirements
- External and internal electropolishing (on request), for an optimal surface finish (Ra < 0.4)
- Single-piece construction and/or retention-free welds (laser or TIG)
- Decontamination and passivation
- Any tip design achievable (single eye, drip-free, reduced tip, spherical tip…)
- Compliance with Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP)
- Traceability documentation supplied on delivery
- All needles can be repaired (up to 50% saving)
Technical specifications
- Common tube diameters
- Ø 1.5 × 1.1 mm · Ø 2 × 1.6 mm · Ø 2.5 × 2.1 mm · Ø 3 × 2.6 mm · Ø 3.5 × 3.1 mm
- Construction
- Laser or TIG weld assembly · Machined from solid · Electropolishing · Electrolytic deburring · Bead blasting · DIN 405 round threads
- Coatings
- Hard chrome · PVD CrN · PVD DLC
- Materials
- 316L stainless steel · Cold-worked seamless tube · Titanium · PEEK

Our expertise enables us to offer a complete solution.
From technical expertise of your installations to the design of your future production tools.
