What is the tablet?

Pressing a tablet is a machine that is used to make tablets by compression. Formulation of powder containing the active ingredients and auxiliary, such as fillers and binders, passes through the machine and densify into a specific size tablets. Specifications are determined by the manufacturer to allow the exact amount of the required active drug. The tablets can also be used for non -pharmaceutical products, for example in the production of candies. While the mechanism may differ from printing tablets to tablet printing, the basic concept is similar between them. Usually the lower strike decreases and creates a gap in which the dust formulation is placed, then the upper strike overthrows to compact the powder under high pressure. The lower blow then rises again and pushes the tablet out.

There are a number of different tablet presses. The main two variations are one -off or engagement. A disposable press of tablets is used in the production of smaller quantities because they have only one blow. It can be manual, operated by hand or electric. RotorLisa tablet works in rotation, it is strokes, they are located around the central part. High performance manufacturers are mainly used and can produce thousands of tablets per hour.

Formulation of powder for pressing press tablets is an accurate process. It requires exactly the right number of binders and filler to make a tablet with a good consistency that does not fall apart. In some cases, the protective layer is added when pressed. It can be a layer of sugar to improve taste or taste; a protective layer that prevents the breakdown of the tablet by acids in the intestines or stomach; or permanent release layer that allows the timed release of the active ingredient.

Often, tablet presses are for a specific product, especially in the pharmaceutical industry, where millions of specific tablet can be produced daily. If they are not tailored, they usually allow adjustments in the depth of the matrix, compression pressure and other manufacturingSpecification, which allows you to create quality tablets containing the correct dosing of a specific active substance.

years ago, the original presses could only press one tablet at once and were manually operated. With modern technology, prints of tablets have become huge machines, computer -controlled and highly specialized. Some of them can produce up to a million tablets per hour.