Sterile Sampling (Dairy)

Capitol has 45 years of experience in sampling and manufacture a wide range of Sterile Sampling Vials. The vial is leakproof and aseptic and has become the Gold Standard for quality and payment testing in the Dairy Industry.

The One Piece Flip-Top containers are moulded through a very unique patented process. What is different from traditional moulding processes is the ability to close the vial while it is still in the mould. This provides major benefits for the product and the people who use them

  • Seal Integrity: The seal between the top and the body is formed while the plastic is cooling, creating a seal that is moisture tight, even through repeated opening and closings
  • Aseptic Processing: The vial is closed while still in the mould, free from any contamination

The Dairy Sampling vial used for Payment and Herd Improvement purposes is designed to allow one-hand manipulation. This feature assists to preserve the integrity of the sample, and as a result improves the reliability of the dairy sample.

The users, farmers and laboratory technicians appreciate the manipulation of flip top containers for the following reasons:

  • User Friendly as no contact or contamination of the lid is permitted
  • Convenience for the field operations as the lid is always connected to the vial
  • One-hand opening and closing speaks for improved cleanliness and secure traceability
Many Vials are available with an elastomer septum septum for ease in field sampling.

Our plastic vials can also be used for different purposes such as:

  • Liquid Storage and Packaging
  • Environmental Sampling
  • Food Sampling
  • Drug Abuse Testing
  • Veterinary Sample Vials
  • Any Application where aseptic leakproof containers are needed

SMART VIAL

Radio frequency identification tags are widely used in a variety of industries to link data with a physical product or sample. Capitol Europe has patented the application of RFID Tags to be used on milk sampling. The system platform consists of a disposable flip top container for milk collection and a reusable RFID Tag that is attached to each container. The vials are single use with guaranteed performance throughout the entire milk chain

Payment & Quality Vials

  • Specific for quality testing of milk an automatic samplers
  • Single use guaranteed aseptic
  • Hinged lid with integral rubber septum
  • Designed to fit into transport carousels and racks
  • Exclusive click-in magnetic base

Herd Recording Vials

  • Specific for Quality testing of milk in manual sampling
  • Hinged lid is user-friendly: one-hand opening and closing
  • Liquid tight
  • Reduced risk of contamination

Offers safe data management from the field through the laboratory
The RFID adapter is reusable and holds the information from the collection point until the last analysis in the laboratory.

Easy click-in tamper proof system
Integral reusable RFID component

  • The tag adaptor contains a metal base that houses the RFID Tag
  • This adaptor allows the vials to be safely indexed on the truck sampler
  • Truck samplers can be easily upgraded to write required information to the RFID tag for sample traceability
  • The adapter has a tamper evident feature for improved security

Laboratory Automation
Capitol Europe along with their partners played a major role in the automation of the Dutch Central Laboratory Qlip. The project started in 2002 with the installation of the first integrated automation design to analyse up to 15,000 payment vials per day. In 2006 Qlip and its automation partners signed an agreement to build an automation system for Herd Improvement. The system is designed to process 50,000 milk samples per day.