Pharmaceutical Processing Equipment
Capsule Processing Machines
Capsule filling machines fill small capsules. The size of the machines vary from single station machine which are ideal for R & D laboratories, clinical trials, small batch outputs and special production runs to semi automatic machines that have an output of 50 to 300 capsules per cycle.
Processing lines will always contain the basic requirements of filling, labelling, packing and palletising. Incorporated into the processing lines will be inspection at varying stages plus associated services such cleaning.
Tablet Processing
The compressed tablet is the most popular way of supplying dosages. Tablets can be made into virtually any shape but the most common are round or oval in shape that are easy for a patient to swallow.
It is important that during the tablet pressing process, all ingredients are dry and are of a uniform grain size. There are two basic techniques used to prepare powders for granulation into tablets; wet granulation and dry granulation. Powers that are mixed well don’t require granulation and therefore can be compressed into a tablet by Direct Compression.
Tablet coating is the last stage and is carried out to protect the tablet from temperature and humidity and to hide the taste. The most common forms of tablet coating are sugar & film coating.