Tablet film and sugar coating pan
Achieve uniform coating while minimizing operator exposure to potent substances, ensuring precision in tablet, pellet, and microgranule production.

Coats, Mixes, Dries, and Discharges Pharmaceutical Solids
The GS EVOLUTION from IMA Group is a versatile coating pan designed to enhance pharmaceutical production. It provides optimal conditions for coating tablets, pellets, and microgranules through a highly automated process. The solid wall pan ensures perfect mixing and uniform coating material distribution, aided by its smooth surface and innovative drying system. With interchangeable paddles and two available pan types—standard and spiralled—this machine accommodates diverse working capacities and streamlines automatic discharge. The integration of inflatable seals guarantees processing area isolation, reducing contamination risk and enhancing operator safety, especially when handling high potent products.
This equipment supports pharmaceutical and food industry applications, producing film-coated tablets, enteric-coated capsules, and microgranulated supplements, among others. The GS EVOLUTION can be adapted for laboratory work or small batch production, maintaining high automation for consistent operations. Its efficient cleaning cycle, started without additional equipment, complements its low power consumption and high process air delivery, ensuring energy-efficient operation. Available in several configurations, the GS EVOLUTION meets GMP standards, providing reliable, compliant, and efficient solutions for your coating needs.
Benefits
- Enhances product quality with uniform coating application for consistent dosage forms.
- Minimizes operator exposure to potent compounds, ensuring a safer working environment.
- Increases production flexibility with interchangeable paddles and pan types.
- Facilitates rapid cleanup, reducing downtime and increasing operational efficiency.
- Complies with GMP standards, ensuring regulatory adherence for pharmaceutical manufacturing.
- Applications
- Pellets,Coating materials,Pharmaceutical tablets,Microgranules
- End products
- Taste-masked granules,Sugar-coated pills,Pharmaceutical film-coated tablets,Vitamin pellets,Active pharmaceutical ingredient (api) granules,Enteric-coated capsules,Microgranulated supplements
- Steps before
- Tablet Pressing,Pellet Formation,Microgranule Creation
- Steps after
- Film Coating,Sugar Coating,Drying,Product Discharge,Cleaning
- Input ingredients
- tablets,sugar,powder,microgranules
- Output ingredients
- film coated tablets,sugar coated tablets,pellets,microgranules
- Market info
- IMA is known for its expertise in manufacturing automated packaging machines and solutions, particularly for the pharmaceutical, cosmetics, food, tea, and coffee industries, offering innovative, high-quality equipment and comprehensive customer service.
- Minimum working capacity (l)
- 0.5
- Maximum working capacity (l)
- 850
- Pan diameter (mm)
- 820–2,200
- Pan mouth diameter (mm)
- 300–730
- Pan motor power (kW)
- 0.55–7.5
- Process air delivery (m³/h)
- 350–5,000
- Power consumption for standard equipment (kW)
- 10–35
- Automation
- Highly automated
- Coating method
- Film and sugar coating
- Cleaning method
- Automatic CIP
- Drying system
- Patented
- Working mechanism
- Solid wall pan
- Integrated steps
- Film and sugar coating,pellet,and microgranule production
- Automation level
- High
- Customizable per customer requirement
- Batch vs. continuous operation
- Batch
- Cleaning method
- Automatic CIP
- Energy efficiency
- Depends on size and operational settings
- Changeover time
- Quick due to interchangeable drums
- Isolation level
- Complete processing area isolation
- Drying system
- Patented system
- Density/particle size
- 0.5–2.5 g/cm³ / 50–1000 µm
- Pan diameter
- 820–2,200 mm
- Pan mouth diameter
- 300–730 mm
- Pan type
- Standard / Spiralled
- Drum size
- Interchangeable
- Working capacity
- 0.5–850 liters
- Footprint
- Designed for automated installations
- Pan type
- Standard / Spiralled
- Paddle size
- Multiple sizes available
- Automation level
- Customizable based on requirements
- Interchangeable drum
- Available for lab version