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Abstract

A process for forming a vial consisting of a tube, an insert secured within the tube, and a cap secured to the tube, which includes injection molding of the insert, removing the insert from the injection molding machine and placing it over a pin on a moving pallet by use of a manipulator, injection molding of the tube by a separate injection molding machine and moving the injection molded tube to a position where it is placed over the insert on the moving pallet by use of a manipulator, wherein a cap for the tube is formed at a separate injection molding machine where the cap is secured to the tube, wherein the joined tube with insert and cap are moved to a cap closing station wherein, after closing of the cap onto the tube, the assembled vial is inspected, tested and packaged.

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First Claim