PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mechanism capable of reducing a possibility of occurring a sealing failure of a packaging bag according to types of medicines.SOLUTION: When prescribed types of medicines are packaged into a continuous package, a medicine packaging apparatus changes a temperature of a sealing iron from a first temperature to a second temperature higher than the first temperature. However, when a package in which the prescribed types of medicines are packaged and another package in which the prescribed types of medicines are not packaged are continuously packaged, the medicine packaging apparatus does not change the temperature of the sealing iron from the first temperature to the second temperature, but elongates a time of applying heat to the packaging bag by the sealing iron more than a prescribed time.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 15COPYRIGHT: (C)2017,JPO&INPIT【課題】薬剤の種類によって包装袋の接合不良が発生する可能性を低減することが可能な仕組みを提供すること。【解決手段】所定の種類の薬剤が連続した包に包装される場合に、シールコテの温度を、第1の温度から当該第1の温度より高い温度である第2の温度に切り替え、一方、所定の種類の薬剤が包装される包と、所定の種類の薬剤が包装されない他の包とが連続して包装される場合に、シールコテの温度を第1の温度から第2の温度に切り替えることなく、シールコテにより包装袋に熱を加える時間を、所定の時間よりも長くする。【選択図】図15
