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Among all dosage forms in use today, tablets constitute the most common one. They are pharmaceutical solid dosage forms containing active ingredients and excipients such as diluents, binders, glidants, and lubricants. Using tablet making equipment, these solid dosage forms are made by compression of granules or powder blends and then shaped by molding.

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Strip packaging machine for effervescent tablets

Pack your effervescent tablets with extreme precision and care at a speed...

R&D electronic counter for capsules and tablets

This machine has been designed to offer an ever-precise and reliable count...

Single rotary tablet press

Creating batches of consistent high quality pharmaceutical grade tablets from your powdered ingre...

Economic tablet press

Successful pharmaceutical manufacturers know that high quality, reliable equipment is essential in orde...

Versatile weight sorter for tablets & capsules

Saving costs and improved production e...

Benchtop weight sorter for tablets & capsules

For laboratory pharmaceutical R&D w...

Lab scale single layer tablet press

Automated pressing of tablets saves time and improves q...

Rotary tablet press

For pharmaceutical tablet producers looking to reduce waste, costs and  i...

Single and double layer tablet press

High performance tablet presses that are capable of pr...

Single layer tablet press

High performance tablet presses for the modern production environm...

Automatic tablet coater for lab scale

The ability to coat tablets in an even and controlled...

Tablet auto coater for lab scale

Many pharmaceutical doses in tablet form require a coating ...

High capacity weight sorter for tablets & capsules

By employing a weight sorter that ...

Waste minimization weight sorter for tablets & capsules

For medium scale production, you ...

Benchtop tablet press

For lab work or small-scale production, a purpose-designed tablet press that meets your exact requireme...

Metal detector for tablets and capsules

Identification of metallic contaminants is a vital part of pharmaceutical quality c...

High Speed Tablet Press

High speed pharmaceutical tablet presses convert powder to tablets. The operations should be quick an...

High Speed Double-Sided Tablet Press

To achieve as much as double the output of single-sided tablet press, the upper and lo...

High Speed Containment Tablet Press

High speed containment presses make pharmaceutical tablets in closed environments with ...

Dust-tight metal detector for tablets

For FDA-compliant production of tablets, the elimination of airborne dust containing ...

Wash-in-Place metal detector for tablets

Where hygiene and decontamination are vital, traditional pharmaceutical metal dete...

Laboratory Tablet Press

Pharmaceutical research and development projects may require small samples of high quality tablets fo...

Tablet counting machine

Production of pharmaceutical solid dosage forms usually require complete accuracy, flexibility, and c...

Tablet coater for laboratory scale

Tablet coating can be applied for adding colours or glosses, or based around sugar in or...

Industrial scale tablet coater

During the coating process, tablets pass many stages that can make them wet and sticky or cra...

Lifter and De-duster for Tablets

The use of several different tools for lifting, de-dusting, and polishing in the pharmaceut...

High Speed Visual Inspection System for Tablets

In order to ensure quality and standard specifications of tablets, capsule...

Automatic medical forming and sealing blister machine for packing capsules and tablets

Product safety is very importa...
Tablet press

Eccentric press for refill tablets

Hundreds of different refill tablets, of various shapes or sizes, are on the market toda...

Inspection system for tablets chemical composition

The packaging of pharmaceuticals and oral solid products such as table...

Vision inspection system for tablets and capsules

Pharmaceuticals and healthcare product manufacturers dealing with oral ...

Pharmaceutical tablet coating machine

Tablet coating requires spraying, mixing, and drying procedures that must be carried ...

Premium vacuum conveyor

When you have a need to tailor make your conveyor and still have the high requirement on hygiene, e.g...

Laboratory horizontal agitated ball mill

Tabletop model for the wet grinding of small to ultra-small product batches down t...

Compact blister machine

A compact blister machine ideal for packing tablets, capsules, ampoules and syringes and other applic...

R&D automatic capsule filler

Automatic capsule filling machine for powders, pellets, tablets, mini-tablets, capsule in capsu...

Automatic capsule filler

Capsule filling should be a worry-step in pharmaceutical and nutraceutical manufacturing.  The right...

Fluid bed dryer for lab scale

Fluidised bed drying (FBD) is a common process in the pharmace...

Fluid bed dryer for production scale

Fluidized bed drying (FBD) is a common process in the ...

Granulation line of mixer and fluid bed dryer

A complete granulation line allows for the m...

Automatic filling line for solid doses

For medium-scale production of solid doses such as tablets, capsules, and softgels t...

Electronic capsule counter

For lab work or small batch production, hand counting of solid doses into dispensing containers i...

Granulation line for pharmaceutical solid dosage forms

Granulation is a common technique in production of pharmaceutical ...

Particle analysation monitor

Products like granules, tablets and capsules require inspection at numerous steps in the produc...

High speed bottle filler with inspection

Medicines in tablet, capsule, or soft gel forms undergo various processes before r...

Contained Visual Inspection System

In the medicine industry, it is important to ensure there are no defects in tablets or c...

Semi-automatic forming and sealing blister machine

As a manufacturer of medical device, the packaging is a critical facto...

Blister inspection system

The pharma and healthcare industries widely use blister thermoforming machines to package a variet...

Serialization and aggregation inspection system

Including serialization and aggregation inspection systems to packaging li...

Container blender for pharmaceuticals

Manufacturing pharmaceutical solids like tablets requires using a proper blender to b...

Continuous roller compactor for dry granulation of pharmaceuticals

When making tablets, pharmaceutical manufacturers ne...

Ultrafine pin mill

Particularly designed for humid, oily, and greasy products.

Air classifier mill

Suitable for the comminution of numerous products and it's utilized in every branch of industry. It is al...

Conical gentle crusher

For the gentle crushing of soft to medium-hard substances. Widely used in food industries for size red...

Hammer mill

A hammer mill crushes aggregate material into smaller pieces; the most common applications can be found in food, c...

Spiral jet mill

Jet mills are frequently used in the pharmaceutical industry and also for the production of fine-grade chemica...

Fluidized bed opposed jet mills

Fluidized bed opposed jet mills rely purely on particle-to-particle attrition in the center ...

Laboratory roller compactor

For the laboratory or small amount compaction, granulation and briquetting of mineral and chemic...

Pharmaceutical granulator

Pharmaceutical granulators are often used with active substance mixtures to be processed into gran...

Laboratory fine impact mill

A laboratory fine impact mill is used for fine and ultrafine grinding, for defibration, and for ...

Laboratory hammer mill

A Laboratory hammer mill in pharma design for the comminution of pharmaceutical and chemical products....

Laboratory mill for small batches

The Alpine Picoline is a series of miniature laboratory machines for processing samples d...

Restricted-access barrier systems

Create a physical barrier between the operator and the product. More flexible than an iso...

Aseptic barrier systems

Designed for sterile product and Potent API’s either with low or high OEL requirements.

Glove tester

Testing device of the containment capability of gloves, which is as important as the other parts of the integrate...

Half-suit tester

Designed to allow operators to perform sterility testing in an aseptic environment providing assurance of mat...

Sterility test isolators

Designed to avoid this risk and protect the product from both the process and externally generated f...

Horizontal laminar flow benches

HEPA filtered horizontal laminar airflow (crossflow) creates an ISO 14644-1 (Class 5) work a...

High-speed blister machine

If you are looking for a compact machine that produces blisters with an output of up to 700 blist...

Entry-level blister machine

A start-up solution for contract packing and generics manufacturing with an easy-to-get upgrade ...

Horizontal continuous motion cartoner

An automatic cartoning machine designed for both high-speed operations and medium pac...

Horizontal intermittent motion cartoner

User-friendly cartooning solution with an intermittent motion for a wide range of p...

Vertical cartoner

A cartoning solution that can be operated in either continuous or intermittent mode depending on the carton...

Stretch bander

A compact wrapping machine to seal your boxes with a max speed of 50 packs per minute.

Case packer for cartons and bundles

Pack cartons and bundles into RSC (Regular Slotted Case) cases and perform functions li...

High-yield capsule filler

Pharmaceutical manufacturers require maximum yield from their encapsulation process for efficient ...

Contained capsule filler

For pharmaceutical formulations that are highly active specialized capsule filling equipment is ofte...

Economic dispersing machine for emulsions and suspensions

For products of medium viscosity and relatively consistent par...

Ultra-fine dispersing machine for emulsions and suspensions

Producing the finest micro-emulsions and suspensions require...

Laboratory dispersing machine for low-viscous masses

Laboratory mixers have not always been easy to work with.  Getting a...

Sorption dehumidifier with air-chilled condenser

It is not always possible to duct out the wet air from a dehumidifier ser...

Small portable dehumidifier

Water damaged areas require dehumidification to limit the damage and prepare the area for restor...

Sorption dehumidifier for large temperature differences

Small, humid areas can be difficult to dehumidify in humid ambien...

Sorption dehumidifier for deep drying

Humid ambient conditions such as those in tropical climates make dehumidification mor...

Dehumidifier for difficult wet airflows

Sealed rooms can be challenging to dehumidify with ordinary dehumidifiers. The wet ...

Sorption dehumidifier for overpressured rooms

Small humid spaces, used for processing or storage, often need a simple dehu...

Heat recycling sorption dehumidifier

Facilities that handle large amounts of water can become very humid. High humidity may...

Industrial desiccant dehumidifier

Dehumidification of medium sized manufacturing and processing facilities can be a dauntin...

Large scale desiccant dehumidifier

Moisture sensitive processing and storage facilities need low humidity environments to s...

Customizable dehumidifier

Dehumidification needs can vary significantly from one project to another. Dehumidifiers with a fi...

High containment split butterfly valve

Powder containment is the cornerstone of chemical and pharmaceutical manufacturing. ...

Feeder with flexible wall hopper

The varying properties of dry powder products mean that specialized feeders are required fo...

Small feeder with flexible wall hopper

In many laboratory applications and production processes, smaller quantities of powd...

Microencapsulation system for your drug delivery system

Whether you want to improve the stability of nutrients, protect a...

Entry-level high-shear mixer for drug formulation

For pilot and lab-scale pharmaceutical ...

High-shear mixer

For the efficient mixing of larger batches of pharmaceutical compounds and hi...

Conical mill for drug formulation

The efficient size reduction of granular powders is a key...

Fluid bed dryer and mixer for lab scale

Designed for pharmaceutical R&D, a lab-scale fl...

Automatic weigher and mixer of confectionery ingredients

The production of accurately pro...

Dissolver of confectionery syrups

Many high quality confectionery products require a dissol...

Thin-film cooker for confectionery products

Producing excellent confectionery products req...

In-line colour or flavour addition for confectionery

The addition of colourings and flavo...

Starch-free depositor for hard candy

Forming hard candies requires careful handling of syru...

Entry-level blister packaging machine

Blister packaging is a popular packing method in the ...

Industrial blister packaging machine

High-volume, fully-automated blister packaging is the ...

Plate sealing blister machine

Blister packaging is the preferred choice for most large-scale...

Side-load case packer

As the final stage in the packaging process, an automated case-packing ...

Serialization coding and labeling equipment

In the pharmaceutical industry, product serial...

Stand-alone aggregation station

The aggregation of pharmaceutical products for tracking purp...

Portable IBC washer

The thorough cleaning of bulk containers and other storage and processing...

IBC bin washer and dryer

Many pharmaceutical processes use IBCs of multiple sizes throughout ...

CIP system for bulk tanks

Clean in Place (CIP) technology offers many advantages, but tradit...

GMP chamber washer

The thorough cleaning of small product contact parts has always been chall...

GMP washer

In order to guarantee zero cross-contamination between production batches, the prop...

Loading basket for GMP washer

To ensure perfect cleaning of contact parts they must be place...

Entry-level chamber washer

When cleaning smaller products contacting filling or compressing ...

Bulk chamber washer

The production of cosmetics, nutraceuticals or unregulated pharmaceutical...

Automatic blister packaging machine

Automated blister packaging is a popular choice for pha...

Horizontal cartoner for pharmaceutical applications

Automatic cartoning for cosmetic or p...

Metal detector for bottles

For metal contamination detection in finished products that are bottled, traditional solutions re...

Pharmaceutical bottle unscrambler

Pharmaceutical packaging industry requires the ability to quickly manage the process yet ...

Dessicant inserting machine

Desiccant canisters play an important role in the pharmaceutical and nutraceutical industries. T...

Fluid bed dryer for pharmaceutical solid dosage form

Fluid bed drying is a pharmaceutical process carried out to reduce t...

Industrial high shear mixer granulator for drug formation

It is rather difficult to successfully produce a pharmaceutica...

Clinical trial lab sealer for a laminar airflow bench

When running small production for clinical trials, stability studie...

Flat carton serialization station

The packaging lines in the pharmaceutical industry handle several flat cartons. Manual pa...

Serialization and aggregation system

Manufacturers from the pharmaceutical industry require a variety of cartons, cases and...

Serialization tracking system

To accommodate different products of varied sizes, the pharmaceutical industry requires handli...

Serialized labels inspection and printing station

Labels are a key component in pharmaceutical packaging lines as they in...

Pharmaceutical data management software

A typical pharmaceutical production handles numerous work flow activities like mana...

Software to differentiate between the original pharmaceutical barcode and a reprint

Counterfeit products pose a serio...

Flat carton coding machine

The coding process is an essential step in the production line as it can provide trusted supply c...

Individual item serialization equipment

Traceability is critical to quality assurance in the pharmaceutical sector. But ser...

Serialization equipment for cases

Serialization is a multi-stage process that includes printing, inspection, and labeling. ...

Single-use containment valves

From GMP and HSE perspective material transfer is critical for chemical and pharmaceutical for...

Fluidized bed system for the granulation and drying of pharmaceuticals

Pharmaceutical industries employ several process...

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Originally only manufactured in discoid shape, tablet today also come in triangular, rectangular, round, oval, oblong, or cylindrical varieties. Colors can vary to distinguish different medicines, and tablets are often stamped with symbols, letters, and numbers, enabling them to be identified.

According to their route of administration and the method of manufacture, it is possible to classify tablets into chewable tablets, effervescent tablets and multi-layer tablets, to name a few. Still, the compressed tablet remains the most popular dosage form nowadays.

Production processes involved in making pharmaceutical tablets

In the pharmaceutical industry, the methods used for tablet making can be classified as granulation (wet granulation and dry granulation) and direct compression.

Wet granulation vs. dry granulation

Granulation is a complex multi-stage process in which small powder particles are combined together to form agglomerates called granules.

The main difference between wet granulation and dry granulation is that wet granulation involves a granulating fluid like water, isopropanol, ethanol, or mixtures thereof. In contrast, dry granulation is the formation of granules without using any liquid solution.

 

Dry granulation can be accomplished with two methods, slugging and roller compaction, and it is used above all for those tablet ingredients that are sensitive to moisture or are unable to withstand elevated temperatures.

In wet granulation, powder particles are bound together using liquid solutions to achieve particle enlargement. The granulating fluid should be volatile to be easily removed by drying and should be non-toxic.

Tablet making equipment for direct compression

Direct compression refers to a process in which powdered APIs are mixed with excipients and lubricants without involving granulation steps. It has grown in popularity because it provides the shortest, cheapest, and most effective way to produce tablets while minimizing processing time, steps, and equipment required. This tablet production method is suitable for moisture and heat-sensitive API ingredients. Direct compression requires a tablet press in which the upper and lower punches are pressed together within the die hole and compress the tablet until it is formed.

 

The tablet equipment used for compression is the single punch tablet press and the rotary tablet press. The difference is that the single punch tablet press has two punches (upper and lower), but it uses only the upper one for compression. The rotary press has multiple punches and uses both the upper and the lower ones to compress the granules.

Uncoated tablets vs. coated tablets. When is a tablet coating machine needed?

Have you ever wondered why some tablets are coated and others are not?

Let’s start by understanding the difference, although the name already says it all. Uncoated tablets are simply made by compressing the granules with no coating added afterward. They don’t taste good and are harder to swallow, especially for children. This can be an excellent reason to use a coating; for instance, tablets are coated to mask an unpleasant taste.

An example of coated tablets is enteric coated tablets. The enteric coating is necessary when the tablet’s active ingredient is acid sensitive. Using tablet coating equipment that applies a polymer barrier to the tablet makes it possible to protect it from stomach acidity. This involves spraying the film-forming material onto the tablet surface as the tablets rotate in the pan.

Keep your tablet safe by choosing suitable packaging

Solid dosage forms such as tablets are commonly packed in blister packs. This type of packaging assures the integrity of each dose since each cavity is separate, so if one of their seals is breached, this doesn’t compromise the quality of the whole product

The main aim of pharmaceutical packaging, like all others, is usually to protect products from any physical and biological damage and from external conditions that can alter the property of the product inside.

The importance of serialization in the pharmaceutical industry

When it comes to informing the buyer, medical packaging must provide correct information about product name, ingredients, use, and dose, to mention a few. This way, consumers are more aware of product origin or manufacture. To be able to access all this information, product traceability needs to be provided.

The most commonly used standard to facilitate traceability on drug units is serialization. A barcode needs to be printed on a different level of drug packaging (primary, secondary, and tertiary). With the help of this printed symbol, it is easier to track and trace the origin of a drug and reduce the chance of counterfeit products.

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