Table V

Impact of Nozzle Design on Fill Weight Precision for Filling with and without Suck-Back Control

Nozzle DescriptionSB SettingaNumber of Filling Runs3% Precision
1.6 mm Teflon0480 ± 35
3 or 4847 ± 34
1.5 mm glass0596 ± 5
3 or 4843 ± 23
Custom nozzle assembly without sponge0491 ± 14
3 or 4874 ± 10
Custom nozzle assembly with sponge0483 ± 18
3 or 4891 ± 13
  • a Pump setting: velocity 600 rpm, acceleration 125.