Velocity Vials | Borosilicate Glass Vials | Corning

Pharmaceutical vials protected with Corning’s low-friction external coating

Pharmaceutical vials protected with Corning’s low-friction external coating

Conventional glass vials typically have a high coefficient of friction, which can reduce vial flow on pharmaceutical filling lines and lead to interventions, vial jams, tip-overs, and glass breakage. These issues create disruptions and can increase drug filling manufacturing costs. 

Corning® Velocity® Vials are Type I borosilicate vials with an external low-friction coating that can help improve quality and speed the delivery of lifesaving treatments. Velocity Vials can maximize filling line productivity by increasing efficiency and yield, reducing manufacturing costs and accelerating the delivery of critical pharmaceutical products.

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Product Benefits

Improve fill & finish efficiency by 20-50%

Resists damage that leads to cracks, breaks, and cosmetic rejects

Up to 96% reduction in glass particulates

How can a vial provide a competitive advantage?

Better Economics

Helping to lower fill and finish costs

Helping to lower fill and finish costs

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Glass friction is a leading cause of fill-finish issues, resulting in downtime, lower yields, and ultimately higher costs. Corning’s low coefficient of friction (COF) external coating reduces the friction that leads to vial jams, tip-overs, and breaks. 

 

Customers using Velocity Vials have seen a 20% to 50% improvement in filling line efficiency. Want to see what Velocity Vials can do on your lines? Connect with a member of our team today. 

 

Glass friction is a leading cause of fill-finish issues, resulting in downtime, lower yields, and ultimately higher costs. Corning’s low coefficient of friction (COF) external coating can reduce the friction that leads to vial jams, tip-overs, and breaks. 

 

Customers using Velocity Vials have seen a 20% to 50% improvement in filling line efficiency. Want to see what Velocity Vials can do on your lines? Connect with a member of our team today. 

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Better Quality

The new standard in pharmaceutical glass packaging

The new standard in pharmaceutical glass packaging

 

Velocity Vials' low-friction coating reduces the likelihood of damagethat can lead to cracks, breaks, and cosmetics defects. Velocity Vials can reduce glass particulates by up to a 96%, resists damage from fill/finish to retain up to 90% of strength, and exhibit a 3x reduction in in crack generation.

 

This can help: 

  • Decrease cosmetic rejects
  • Lower risk of vial breakage 
  • Reduced product loss due to particle contamination
  • Lower the risk of product recall

 

Velocity Vials' low-friction coating reduces the likelihood of damage that can lead to cracks, breaks, and cosmetics defects. Velocity Vials can reduce glass particulates by up to 96%, resists damage from fill/finish to retain up to 90% of strength, and exhibit a 3x reduction in in crack generation.

 

This can help: 

  • Decrease cosmetic rejects
  • Lower risk of vial breakage 
  • Reduced product loss due to particle contamination
  • Lower the risk of product recall
Better for the Environment
Better for the Environment

Supporting a more sustainable pharma supply chain

Supporting a more sustainable pharma supply chain

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Ensuring the global distribution of health care treatments can have an impact on our environment. It will take a new way of thinking to tackle the most challenging public health and environmental issues of today and tomorrow. Corning is paving the way for cleaner air, cleaner water, and healthier generations to come. This means bringing science to life sustainably, from research to drug delivery.

 

We are working hand-in-hand with our customers to deliver products that help mitigate climate impact, reduce waste, and support the essential delivery of breakthrough therapies to everyone who needs them. 

 

Ensuring the global distribution of health care treatments can have an impact on our environment. It will take a new way of thinking to tackle the most challenging public health and environmental issues of today and tomorrow. Corning is paving the way for cleaner air, cleaner water, and healthier generations to come. This means bringing science to life sustainably, from research to drug delivery.

 

We are working hand-in-hand with our customers to deliver products that help mitigate climate impact, reduce waste, and support the essential delivery of breakthrough therapies to everyone who needs them. 

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Delivering Value

Learn how Corning Velocity Vials enabled a significant improvement
in line efficiency and lowered costs for a major pharmaceutical company. 

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Application

Solving your primary packaging issues

Solving your primary packaging issues

Corning’s sustained investment in research, development, and engineering capabilities means we’re always ready to solve the toughest challenges alongside our customers. We work hand-in-hand with your team to assess the need, identify key opportunities, and align these areas of opportunity to one of our distinct value programs.

Productivity Increase 
Get the most out of your existing lines by increasing efficiency and yield.
Cost Reduction
Velocity Vials can reduce total cost of ownership by improving fill and finish productivity, lowering API loss, and reducing downtime.
Quality Improvement
Thanks to Corning’s patented external vial coating, Velocity Vials can help to reduce cosmetics defects and lower the risk of drug recall due to glass particle contamination.
Sustainability Improvement
Align primary packaging with your broader ESG goals. See how Velocity Vials can reduce your manufacturing emissions.

 

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Product Specifications

Product Specifications

Working with Corning means working directly with some of the world’s top glass scientists and engineers. Velocity Vials are made with Corning’s high-quality tubing and held to rigid specifications to ensure consistent quality standards.

In addition to a wide range of ISO standard formats, custom formats are available upon request. 

Product availability and detailed specifications available upon request. 

SKU 2R 3R 4R 6R 8R 10R 15R 20R 25R 30R
Outer Diameter (mm) 16 22 24 30
Wall Thickness (mm) 1.0 1.2
Overall Height (mm) 35 40 45 40 45 60 55 65 75
Inner Diameter (mm) 7 12.6
Finish (mm) 13 20
Flange Height (mm) 3.6
Brimful Capacity (mL) 4 5 6 10 11.5 13.5 19 26 32.5 37.5
Weight (g) 4.4 5.5 5.7 7.9 8.7 9.5 12 16.2 18.9 21.9

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