Small batch tablet and pellet coating solution
Optimize your small batch coating and drying processes with a versatile bench-top solution, ideal for research and development settings. Perfect for achieving consistency in tablet, capsule, and pellet preparation.

Coats and Dries Tablets and Pellets
The Mini Coater Drier MCD-2 from Caleva Process Solutions is a versatile benchtop solution tailored for precision coating and drying tasks in pharmaceutical and research settings. Designed to handle small batches, it accommodates tablet and pellet sizes ranging from 0.5mm to 10mm in diameter, making it suitable for applications like aspirin tablets and vitamin D capsules. The unit’s manual operations allow direct parameter control, ensuring high-quality and uniform coating results. Featuring GLP compatibility, it’s perfect for R&D labs and university teaching environments. The MCD-2 integrates seamlessly with the Caleva Multi Lab system, enhancing its capability for demonstration and project work while minimizing raw material usage and waste.
Benefits
- Ensures precise coating with small batch adaptability, minimizing material waste.
- Enhances research capabilities with manual control for detailed process adjustments.
- Supports diverse pharmaceutical applications with compatibility for wide-ranging tablet and pellet sizes.
- Reduces costs and resource usage through efficient scalability for lab-scale productions.
- Integrates seamlessly with educational settings, ideal for hands-on training and demonstrations.
- Applications
- University laboratory demonstrations,Pharmaceutical tablets,Nutraceuticals,Pellets,Coating materials,Research applications,Capsules,Dietary supplements
- End products
- Vitamin d capsules,Film coating,Laboratory-scale microtablets,Enteric coating,Research chemical demonstration batches,Multivitamin supplements,Sugar coating,Fish oil pellets,Aspirin tablets,Herbal extract nutraceuticals
- Steps before
- Formulation Development,Pellet Making,Extrusion,Spheronization
- Steps after
- Dissolution Testing,Quality Control,Packaging
- Input ingredients
- tablets,capsules,pellets,particles,single tablet,few grams of pellets,single capsule
- Output ingredients
- coated tablets,coated capsules,coated pellets,dried tablets,dried capsules,dried pellets,uniformly coated products
- Market info
- Caleva Process Solutions is known for manufacturing and supplying specialized equipment for pellet and extrudate production in the pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, chemical, and food industries, emphasizing innovative process solutions and customer-focused engineering.
- Batch size for tablets
- 1 to 150 tablets
- Batch size for pellets
- A few grams to about 20g
- Particle size diameter
- 0.5mm to about 10mm
- Coating method
- Liquid applied to solid dose form
- Compliance
- GLP compatibility
- Integration
- Compatible with Caleva Multi Lab system
- Batch size
- 1 to 150 tablets
- Batch size
- Few grams to 20 grams
- Automation level
- Manual control
- Particle coating size range
- 0.5mm to 10mm
- GLP compatibility
- Yes
- Ease of use
- High
- Cleaning method
- Manual
- Coating method
- Liquid to solid dose form
- Energy efficiency
- 0
- Density/particle size
- 0.5–10 mm
- Coating particle size
- 0.5–10 mm
- Batch size
- 1–150 tablets
- Batch size (pellets)
- Up to 20 grams
- Product form
- Tablet / Capsule / Pellet
- ISO 9001
- Cert No. 1503
- Batch size
- 1 to 150 tablets / up to 20g of pellets