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Compaction Machines

Pelleting presses compact your feed granules into a homogenous mass by pushing the material through a pellet die hole while applying pressure with a roller. The compressed mix is then cut down to size in equal measurements. Used for numerous applications, pellets vary in consistency and may require further temperature control to achieve the required solidity. In order to improve pellet quality, conditioners are an important part of the pelleting press process. This step treats the powders and raw materials hydrothermally before being pressed in order to achieve high-quality pellets.

Pelleting Presses

Chemical tablet formulas allow granules to break away under the conditions you would have designed them for. Powder presses distribute particles from the stock material evenly onto molds and subject the it to pressure to produce a dense block. Powder tablets often include a precise mixture of products and presses combine the correct dosage to form multi-layered slabs ready for packaging.

Powder presses

A tablet press consists of two essential tools, namely dies and punches. It compresses powder or granules into a desired solid substance of uniform size and weight. After filling the dies with powder or granules, upper and lower punches are pressed together within the die hole to form tablets. Then the upper punches come back to their original position while the lower punches help the ejection of the tablet from the dies.

Tablet presses

Roller Compactors

compacting-machine

Compacting machine

The nearly 5,000 known minerals on earth share some characteristics to be classified as minerals – they are inorganic, solid, naturally occurring elements and have a particular chemical formula and an ordered internal geometric structure. However, minerals are not all the same. One way to divide them is based on their physical characteristics such as hardness, luster, color, and shape. For example, the diamonds we use to make jewelry are very hard minerals while talc is a soft mineral; gold is a shiny mineral while others are less so.

Minerals

Synthetic fertilizers are made of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium and are often produced as dry pellets or soluble product.

Synthetic fertilizer

Although not all women use makeup every day, almost all of them own at least one makeup product, be it lipstick or face powder. Most makeup products share the same basic ingredients of waxes, oils, and fillers with pigments like iron oxide used for colors and shades. Makeup manufacturing equipment includes pulverizers, mixers, and mechanical press machines to produce cosmetic products in different forms such as powder, liquid, or mousse.

Makeup

Our food chain starts in the soil, growing crops and livestock. But between the fields and the stores, there is a line of industrial food processing equipment. Processes may be as minimalistic as cleaning fruit and as complex as homogenizing milk alternatives made from pressed legumes. In each case, processing technology is an important link in the food production chain.

Food

Ceramics are defined as inorganic and non-metallic materials. Tthey are typically brittle, hard, and elastic as well as resistant to heat and corrosion; in fact, after shaping them into the desired shape, they are heated in an oven called kiln at very high temperatures (1,000 °C to 1,600 °C). Kaolinite and aluminum oxide are the best-known examples of ceramics.

Ceramics

According to a legend, Cleopatra soaked her sails in her perfume so that Mark Antony could smell her ships before they arrived. This is to say that, from soaps and shampoos to perfumes, conditioners and pomades, cosmetics have always been highly valued and used for their properties of aesthetic enhancement. Cosmetics are a broad class of topical agents applied for various purposes such as cleansing, protecting, beautifying, or otherwise altering your appearance. As a result, a wide array of processing equipment is used in the cosmetics industry.

Cosmetics

Compaction machines and technologies crush or compress materials and make them denser. Compaction can be used to simply save space or to shape materials into a desired form or format. Tablets, pellets, or briquets are formed by compactors but powder presses also help form cosmetic eyeshadow or face powder.

Continuous

The roller compactor is used for briquetting larger throughputs. Briquetting is the compression of powders into briquettes between two counter-rotating rollers, and the typical applications for this machine are chemical products, minerals, refractories, charcoal, and metal powder.


<h2>Robust briquetting of chemicals, minerals, and metals</h2>
Kompaktor MS from Hosokawa Alpine is a robust device used to compress powder to granulate or briquettes. Due to high press forces, the machine base unit is made from carbon steel. Briquetting of chemicals and minerals/metals are the strong points of the Kompaktor MS: production of briquettes out of sponge iron, magnesium oxide, burnt lime, and many other products; dry granulation of salts, NPK fertilizers, torrefied biomasses, charcoal, and many more.

Roll diameters ranging from 300 mm up to 1110 mm cover a broad range of different throughput capacities (0.5– 120 t/h). Several vertical feed screws provide for an ideal product distribution over the roll width at high throughputs. This guarantees a homogenous compression density. Dual gear reducer providing for exactly matching circumferential speed of the rolls.

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Roller compactor

Compaction

Granulation

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For the laboratory or small amount compaction, granulation and briquetting of mineral and chemical products, abrasive products, and for frequent product changes.


<h2>Small scale granulation with effortless product changes</h2>
The Kompaktor® CS 25 from Hosokawa Alpine is particularly suited for the laboratory and for small product amounts. Where you will be able of processing powder to get granulate or briquettes. This process is described as compaction or briquetting.

This Laboratory roller compactor is made for frequent product changes and abrasive products because the rollers can be easily replaced. Due to the cantilever bearing the Kompaktor CS 25 is particularly easy to maintain and this with 25 tons of press force.

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Laboratory roller compactor

Pressed powder products are extremely popular in cosmetics, but their production has challenges, including powder contamination and cake transport. A modern, fully automatic pressed powder production system can overcome these issues by using innovative technology while increasing efficiency and reducing downtime associated with changeover and maintenance.
<h2>Flexible and modular powder pressing system for cosmetics</h2>
The Kameleon from CMI Industries is an innovative and flexible system for producing mono and multi-coloured pressed powders in pans.

With increased uptime in mind, the Kameleon has been designed with a powder loading system that uses suction from a multi-vacuum system. This eliminates contamination across powders and vastly reduces the downtime associated with loading.

The dosing and refining system has a patented surface treatment that provides maximum protection against corrosion, wear, and friction, lengthening lifespan of parts.

The Kameleon can be fitted with molds that have received a GHA surface treatment with an FDA certification. This provides a low-friction surface that inhibits bacterial growth.

Another innovation in the system is a non-contact transport system for the powder cakes, eliminating waste from damaged cakes. Automatic cameras monitor the entire production process with automatic detection and rejection of imperfect cakes, enhancing end-product quality.

Compact powder pressing machine

When producing high-quality compressed powder cosmetics, control of the pressing process is vital for product quality. A dedicated semi-automatic compacting machine with full control of the pressing cycle will ensure perfect, repeatable results every time for small-scale production of powder pans.
<h2>Semi-automatic compressor for a range of cosmetic powders</h2>
The LM series from Lorenzato are dedicated pressing machines for powdered cosmetics, such as eyeshadow, blushers, and face powders.

Robustly constructed from 304 stainless, the LM range has been designed for longevity and easy cleaning and maintenance.

A touchscreen panel enables for complete pressure regulation, allowing the machine to be used with a range of products.

Fully certified safety protection systems ensure no unwanted activation of the pressing caps.

Integrated lubrication systems for all sliding parts, extending working life and improving performance.

Up to 10 different pressing cycles can be programmed, and a long upstroke adaptation is available for use with double moulds. Options include cloth unroller unit and remote assistance features.

Makeup blusher compacting machine

When making tablets, pharmaceutical manufacturers need to use a mechanical process, like a rolling press for compaction, to produce granules from powders susceptible to moisture and temperature. This method also applies to large-volume products where the compaction of powders requires consistent and precise control of the force applied to achieve uniform density.


<h3>Transforming dry particles into uniformly dense granules</h3>
The Dry Granulation BRC from Bohle, is a compacting system for fine solids and dry powders to form granules in pharmaceutical industries. The system is equipped with screw feeders that push the powders toward two rollers. The rollers apply precise compaction force to produce uniformly dense, ribbon-shaped products before crushing them down to the desired granule size through a cone-shaped rotary sieve mill. The granule size can be quickly adjusted using a different rotary sieve with a suitable profile. The system has a production range of less than 1kg/h up to 400 kg/h and has a hygienic design using integrated washer nozzles for an effective WIP process.

Continuous roller compactor for dry granulation of pharmaceuticals

Pharmaceutical granulators are often used with active substance mixtures to be processed into granulates, a process also known as compaction.


<h2>Dry granulation of pharmaceutical powders</h2>
With the Pharmapaktor® Serie (Pharmapaktors series L, K, and C 250) from Hosokawa Alpine, active substance mixtures are processed into granulate.

For this, the powder is first pressed into flakes/pellets. These are often crushed with a Flake Crusher into granulate.

Compaction (dry granulation) is understood to be the compression of powder between two synchronized, counter-rotating rollers. The powder is fed to the counter-rotating rollers in a regulated manner. Here, adhesive forces between the product particles are created under high pressure between the rollers.

For capsule or sachet filling the granulate must be de-dusted in a screening machine. The sieved fines can then be directly fed to the Pharmapaktor again

Pharmaceutical granulator

For the compression of charcoal powder into briquettes between two counter-rotating rollers, this process is called briquetting.


<h2>Efficient compactor for charcoal briquetting</h2>
Kompaktor HK from Hosokawa alpine was made to compress charcoal powder into briquettes.

Mechanical spring assemblies provide for the elasticity of the swing arm which protrudes due to its light construction. This leads to a very good price-performance ratio for this application.

Hosokawa manufacturers the roller mill for charcoal in two different executions: HK 150 and HK 200, with a roller diameter of 400 and a throughput in of 1 and 2.5 t/h respectively.

Roller mill for charcoal briquettes

Utilization of biomass for energy and other applications requires consistent and reliable compaction to increase bulk density and provide a consistent an easy to handle input product to subsequent processes such as combustion. This line of pelleting presses has been under development since the energy crisis of the 1970’s and is well suited for today’s renewable raw materials industry needs.


<h2>Robust biomass pelletizers with impeccable pellet quality and high up-time</h2>
Amandus Kahl produces pelletizing presses with proven success for many types of biomass including wood, straw, dried forage, and agricultural byproducts among many others. The presses use pan grinder rollers to compact the biomass and force it through a flat pelletizing die forming continuous strands of compacted product. The strands are then cut to the desired length using rotating knives. The pan grinder rollers and knives rotate slowly ensuring optimum pellet quality and minimized generation of noise and heat.

The grinder roller gap and strand cutter are adjustable for optimized pellet quality for the customer’s particular needs.  The presses are designed for maximized plant up-time and include reinforced press chamber, die supports and cutting knives, oversized and permanently lubricated roller bearings, and active gearbox lubrication. The flat die design ensures even distribution of feed material and optimized pressure in a more compact package than traditional ring die type presses. Amandus Kahl has pelletizing presses with capacities from 300 Kg / h to 8,000 Kg / h.

Pelleting press for biomass

Grinders use a spinning blade or rotating abrasive elements to reduce the size of various materials. The specifications, RPM and grit of the engineered grinder, will result in various particle sizes. As a result, what you want to make will determine the type of grinder you need. Grinding is used for improving the texture and flow properties of various products and to enhance the flavor of food products such as coffee, spices, sugar, nuts, sesame, poppy seeds, lentils, wheat, and rice. Choosing the right rotational speed, grinding elements, and processing power allow the grinding and shredding of a wide range of materials into coarse or fine powders. Popular types of heavy duty grinders in food processing include angle grinders, bench grinders and meat grinders.

Grinding

Milling machines are used to reduce the size of material by cutting, crushing, or grinding it. The choice of industrial milling equipment depends on the industry and the materials to work with. Besides, there is a significant difference between those aimed to remove layers from metal or other materials workpieces and those designed to reduce particle size for materials that come in bulk.

Milling

Pelleting equipment transforms powdered, mashed, or grounded material into a denser cylindrical shape. Pellet processing compresses the fine material against a perforated die, where it will be shaped and cut. Although granulating and extrusion also produce pellet-like products, manufacturing pellets is a distinct process.

Pelleting

The production of agricultural feed and pet food products requires machines and plants that supply stable-abrasion resistant pellets tailored to the customer’s needs. A proven, robust press design is required to ensure a consistent, high quality product and efficient operation.


<h2>Robust feed pelletizers with a proven design from an industry leader</h2>
Amandus Kahl produces pelletizing presses with proven success for many types of animal feed including compound feeds for all species, raw components, mineral mixtures, dried forage and straw mixtures. The presses use pan grinder rollers to compact the input material and force it through a flat pelletizing die forming continuous strands of compacted product. The strands are then cut to the desired length using rotating knives.

The pan grinder rollers and knives rotate slowly ensuring optimum pellet quality and minimized generation of noise and heat. The grinder roller gap and strand cutter are adjustable for optimized pellet quality for the customer’s particular needs. The presses are designed for maximized plant up-time and include reinforced press chamber, die supports and cutting knives, oversized and permanently lubricated roller bearings, and active gearbox lubrication. The flat die design ensures even distribution of feed material and optimized pressure in a more compact package than traditional ring die type presses.

Amandus Kahl works with customers to combine pelletizing machines and other supporting equipment including conditioners, coolers, dryers, and a coating system to provide an optimized plant solution for producing the customer’s product.

Pelleting press for feed and petfood

Batch

The production of pelletized or granularized food products requires hygienic presses designed for high quality output and robust efficient operation.


<h2>Robust food pelletizers with a proven design from an industry leader</h2>
Amandus Kahl produces pelletizing presses with proven success for many types of food products including those with powdery or lumpy input products.  The presses use pan grinder rollers to compact the input material and force it through a flat pelletizing die forming continuous strands of compacted product. The strands are then cut to the desired length using rotating knives.

The pan grinder rollers and knives rotate slowly ensuring optimum pellet quality and minimized generation of noise and heat. Temperature is monitored and the grinder roller speed is infinitely adjustable. The grinder roller gap and strand cutter are also adjustable for optimized pellet quality for the customer’s particular needs. The flat die design ensures even distribution of feed material and optimized pressure in a more compact package than traditional ring die type presses.

The hygienic presses are also designed for easy cleaning and meet GMP guidelines for food processing equipment. Pellet dies are readily changeable without specialized tools for easy experimentation and process development aiding the customers in developing a process that is optimized for their product.

Hygienic pelleting press

Many industries require reliable pelletizing equipment with smaller scale production capacities. These industries include chemicals, pharmaceuticals, synthetic material manufacture, waste disposal and recycling, minerals, and energy where compaction and uniform output are important but high volume production of a pelletized product is not necessarily the industries’ focus.


<h2>Robust smaller scale pelletizers with a proven design from an industry leader</h2>
Amandus Kahl produces smaller scale pelletizing presses with proven success for many types of products that often do not require the high volume production of larger presses. This line of presses uses the proven technology of Amandus Kahl’s larger sized presses in a scale more appropriate to the smaller production volumes. The presses use pan grinder rollers to compact the input material and force it through a flat pelletizing die forming continuous strands of compacted product. The strands are then cut to the desired length using rotating knives.

The pan grinder rollers and knives rotate slowly ensuring optimum pellet quality and minimized generation of noise and heat. The grinder roller speed is infinitely adjustable. The grinder roller gap and strand cutter are also adjustable for optimized pellet quality for your particular needs.

The flat die design ensures even distribution of feed material and optimized pressure in a more compact package than traditional ring die type presses. Pellet dies are readily changeable without specialized tools for easy experimentation and process development aiding the customer in developing a process that is optimized for their product. Amandus Kahl variable speed proportioning screw is often used in conjunction with these units to ensure consistent and uniform feeding of raw materials.

Small scale pelleting press

Production of certain pelletized products requires working with output products of a pasty consistency. These products include pigments, clay, detergent additives, vitamin products, and many other products where problems of adhesion of fresh pellets are often encountered. Processing of these types of products requires a pelletizing press that allows the fresh pellets to be directly deposited on a gently transporter such as a conveyor.


<h2>A pelletizing press for depositing pellets directly onto your conveyor</h2>
Amandus Kahl produces pelletizing presses with overhead drives that allow pellets to be deposited directly onto a conveyor from above-eliminating the adhesion issues of fresh pellets often encountered with pasty products. This line of presses uses the proven technology of Amandus Kahl’s other pelletizing presses but the drive unit is above the pelletizing die rather than below it allowing gentle direct deposition of the fresh pellets onto a conveyor. The presses use pan grinder rollers to compact the input material and force it through a pelletizing die forming continuous strands of compacted product. The strands are then cut to the desired length using rotating knives.

The pan grinder rollers and knives rotate slowly ensuring optimum pellet quality and minimizing generation of noise and heat. The grinder roller speed is infinitely adjustable. The grinder roller gap and strand cutter are also adjustable for optimized pellet quality for the customer’s particular needs.

Pellet dies are readily changeable without specialized tools for easy experimentation and process development aiding the customer in developing a process that is optimized for their product. A Kahl variable speed proportion screw is often used in conjunction with these units to ensure consistent and uniform feeding of raw materials.

Pelleting press with overhead drive

The design, manufacture and testing of new cosmetic powder products require a small-scale pressing solution. The ability to accurately press powders and experiment with compacting pressures allows for rapid and accurate scale-up to full production, as well as in-line sampling for quality control. Modern lab-scale powder pressing solutions will increase the effectiveness of your pre-production sampling and testing processes by offering greater accuracy and performance.
<h2>Lab-scale powder pressing solutions</h2>
The LM series from Lorenzato is a high-quality powder pressing solution for use in product design or sample testing scenarios in the cosmetic industry.

The LM1 is a manually operated system, offering high levels of precision in a value-for-money package. The LM1 features a manually-actuated hydraulic press system with integrated pressure readout.

Robustly built from anodized aluminium, the LM1 weighs only 15kg and is suitable for testing and sampling all types of cosmetic powders, including eye shadow, blusher, and face powders.

The LM3 is an air-hydraulic iteration of the press and is suitable for small scale production as well as lab work. It features manually operated controls and is fully adjustable for stamping pressure and work cycle time.

Both LM series models are designed for bench operation, and feature adjustable feet, anodized aluminium construction, and are simple to operate and clean.

Manual cosmetic powder press

The process of forming allows you to shape your products homogeneously. Forming machines are fed the manufactured material in bulk and cut it down to specification, so the process takes place between formulation of the mass and the packaging of the final item.

A special class of this equipment – Form, Fill, and Seal Machines (FFS) – creates bags and pouches from flat material such as plastic sheets, fills them with your designated product, and seals them.

Forming

For the medium and large-scale production of compressed powder cosmetics, a fully-automatic pressing solution is a must. Traditional solutions are energy-inefficient and inflexible. A modern, modular and low-energy pressing machine will reduce operating costs while maintaining maximum line efficiency and product quality.
<h2>Automatic pressing machine for compacted cosmetic powders</h2>
The LR 190 from Lorenzato is a fully automatic pressing machine for the production of eye shadows, blushers, or face powders in compacts.

Designed to operate as part of a modern “Smart Factory”, the LR 190 has an innovative modular design with an emphasis on energy saving. The brushless motors and electronic control systems mean that the LR 190 consumes only 5kW of electrical power.

The core unit houses the powder storage hopper, the pan loading and unloading systems, and the press. Additional modules may then be added to suit your exact requirements.

Additional modules include an automated pick and place, conveyor belting, and robotic handling. Also available is automatic hopper filling and mould cleaning, allowing for a completely automated production system if required.

Carefully designed quick-release powder hopper means that cleaning between product changes is rapid, reducing downtime.

The entire unit is operated via an intuitive touchscreen control panel for simplified operation.

Cosmetic powder pressing machine

High speed pharmaceutical tablet presses convert powder to tablets. The operations should be quick and simple, and deliver high volumes with low maintenance costs. In pharmaceutical production, tablet presses use rotating turrets containing key equipment for particular product profiles. It is vital for tablet presses to have turret changeability to have turret changeability to decrease product changeover time and to increase press flexibility.
<h2>High Speed Tablet Press with Quick Turret Exchange</h2>
The KIKUSUI Aquarius G-J standard high speed tablet press is a rugged, reliable machine with a compact design. It has automatic weight control ensuring the correct match with the compression force wave. Tablet rejection is by air pressure, which ensures single tablet rejection A swinging arm facilitates turret exchanges within twenty minutes.

An enclosed feeder and vacuum suction enable fast production with minimal powder loss. The upper punch head has a head guard to prevent loose powder sticking to machine tools. Dust seals and bellows keep the upper and lower punch areas clear of any powder that does escape.

A 7.5 Kw electric motor powers the KIKUSUI Aquarius G-J standard high speed tablet press, which has 10 ton pre- and main compression rollers. The external finish is stainless steel, while product contact points are stainless steel 316L with electro-polishing.

The machine with a throughout capacity delivers between 36,000 to 324,000 tablets per hour depending on tablet properties

High Speed Tablet Press

Pressing

Pharmaceutical research and development projects may require small samples of high quality tablets for testing. Laboratory tablet presses must have full functional integrity while taking less space than equipment for commercial production.
<h2>Compact Laboratory Tablet Press</h2>
The KIKUSUI Vela G laboratory tablet press is a scaled-down version of the company’s large production machines, yet it achieves the same levels of functional excellence. It is suitable for compact laboratory conditions, and produces high quality tablet samples from very small amounts of powder granules.

This compact, flexible and easy-to-use equipment features standard compression turret interchangeability, allowing variable tooling on a smaller footprint. Powder and tablet contact points are in grade 316L stainless steel, with electro-polishing finish.

Laboratory Tablet Press

Formulation technologies are an integral process in many industries such as pharma and food. Chemical mixtures require strict handling to combine the separate ingredients into the homogenized recipe that makes your final product. Formulation technology stores, mixes and subjects the elements to a range processing parameters according to your specifications to develop the base material. The resulting formulas are then weighed, formed, packaged, or sent for further formulation.

Formulation

The pressing stage during the production of bouillon cubes or tablets requires optimal functioning and ease of work to deliver consistent end products. A compact and easy-to-use single punch press can be the ideal solution for starting up the production of quality products with maximum efficiency.
<h2>Single punch rotary press with a simple management tool to ease operation</h2>
The P20 rotary press from Bonals is a bouillon press to produce bouillon cubes with maximum efficiency for medium-range batches. It can minimize the powder waste by its automatic punch cleaning system as the punches are cleaned after ejection. It features smooth product handling and can be easily connected to any wrapping machine. It also has a single ejection system with a medium-range speed of up to 800 cubes/min or 600 tabs/min. The P20 human machine interface (HMI) helps to ease operations and reduce human errors. Its 7” touch screen will help you to perform easy operations faster while monitoring press conditions with direct access to the key functions.

Bouillon cube press machine for medium-range batches

The process of making dishwasher tablets that have more than one layer is very delicate because an inadequate ratio of the size of the layers could lead to delamination. To avoid delamination, it is crucial that multilayer tablets are appropriately pressed.


<h2>Medium speed rotary press with a flexible feeding system</h2>
The M150 Rotary press from Bonals is a press machine for the production of multi-layer detergent tablets from any powder type and shape. It is equipped with double punch technology and a flexible feeding system. The M150 speeds up to 900 tabs/min. Cleaning is fast and efficient due to the 360° access to the compacting area; this guarantees a quick changeover and maintenance as well which will help to improve the product quality.

Fully automated dishwasher tablet press

Form pellets with the uniform length for a dust-free, cylindrical granulate, pellets with smooth surface and high stability of the granulate.


<h2>Stable pelleting with uniform length</h2>
The Gear pelletizer from Hosokawa Alpine is also known as the low-pressure extruder or pelleting machine. This process is known as extrusion, and helps to get stable pellets with uniform length are formed. The extrusion takes place by a pair of counter-rotating hollow toothed rollers. The product is drawn in by the rollers and pressed by nozzle bores or press nozzles.

The compression is determined by the relationship of the nozzle diameter to the nozzle length. The nozzle diameter is within the limits of 1 to 10 mm.

The Gear Pelletizer can be run dust and gas-tight. Operation with inert gas and solvents it’s possible without any problem.

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Pelleting machine

The Alpine Picoline is a series of miniature laboratory machines for processing samples down to 1 gram. The Picoline is ideally suited for research and development or for manufacturing expensive materials such as nano-particles, pharmaceuticals, plastics, ceramics, and specialty chemicals.


<h2>Designed for ease of operation, maintenance, and cleanability</h2>
Picoline from Hosokawa Alpine is a new series of eight individual machines specifically designed for the production of very small batches of between &lt;1g and several grams.

The Alpine Picoline equipment maintains, in miniature, the top engineering standards and leading-edge technology. With machines in the Alpine Picoline series for size reduction, classifying, and mixing.

Because the principle of operation of the Alpine Picoline machines is the same as that of large production-scale machines, R&amp;D departments can be confident that the transfer of a manufacturing process developed using a Picoline machine to a production-scale machine will be smooth and problem-free.

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Laboratory mill for small batches

Industrial mixing equipment is used to combine two or more solid, liquid or gaseous segregated ingredients into a homogenous single product. The choice of mixing technology depends largely on the physical state of the ingredients and the desired final product. But the sensitivity of the ingredients, the process temperature, and pressure requirements are also critical factors. All these parameters result in a wide range of industrial mixers.

Mixing

Creating batches of consistent high quality pharmaceutical grade tablets from your powdered ingredients requires equipment that complies with strict regulations and record keeping requirements while at the same time is flexible and easily adapted to a variety of products.  Easily maintained, equipment with quick tooling changeovers and faulty punch detection gives producers the worry-free tablet production capabilities that they need to be competitive.


<h2>A simple and robust tableting platform for efficiency and regulatory compliance.</h2>
The Protab 300 from ACGE is a simplified rotary tablet press with features designed specifically to meet the demands of today's small and medium batch pharmaceutical producers.  It is designed for easy maintenance, rapid changeover, high reliability and Overall Equipment Efficiency in general.  A dust extraction system , feeder assembly, turret, and exit chute assemblies have all be rethought and include features such as auto-lubrication, swing-in swing-out design, modular design of supporting assemblies to ease machine use and increase production efficiency.

ACGE's Protab 300 also includes features that assure a tablet product of the highest quality including digitally aided feeder height adjustment, precise tablet weight control, and safety features such as process interlocks and noise reduction.  Productivity is enhanced with higher machine up-times, low feeder leftover losses, improved paddle design for elimination of dead zones, and and intelligent 'batch over' detection system.

Single rotary tablet press

Successful pharmaceutical manufacturers know that high quality, reliable equipment is essential in order to be competitive in highly regulated and highly dynamic market.  Reliable, flexible forming equipment that works with a variety of tooling types and is adjustable to meet the needs of different products gives producers peace of mind.  A tablet press with full audit trail compliance from a world renowned pharmaceutical equipment supplier is certain give any high volume pharmaceutical producer an edge over the competition.


<h2>A tablet press with premium features and low cost</h2>
The Legacy 6100 tablet press from ACGE is a tablet press of proven design and well known quality.  The consistent, high quality production and user friendliness demanded by today's producers as well as a low upfront cost and revenue optimization features make this unit the ideal choice for high volume tablet production in a competitive environment.

The unit includes 10 tonne compression rollers in both the 1st and 2nd stages and well-tuned dwell time to ensure gradual compression.  Non-complying tablets are identified and sorted automatically and product recipes and production parameters are stored internally.  The system is designed for economic operation and includes features for easy cleaning, and rapid change-over, as well as a online support and video training materials to ensure competent and confident operators and efficient production.

Economic tablet press

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Automated pressing of tablets saves time and improves quality. In R&amp;D or laboratory environments a dedicated minimal form factor tablet press provides maximum flexibility for the production of smaller batch sizes.</span>
<h2>Plug-and-play tablet press designed for lab and R&amp;D environments</h2>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">The Sejong Pharmatech P130S has been designed from the ground up as a lab-scale tablet press, and offers features that make it extremely flexible in pharmaceutical R&amp;D.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Available in 3 models offering 9,600, 19,200 and 24,300 units per hour, the P130S is capable of producing both round or oblong tablets up to 25mm across and up to 8.5mm in depth, allowing for a wide variety of sizes.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">The unit has a mechanical bar and round type feeder and offers full automatic weight control (AWC) for the rejection of any faulty tablets, removing the need for manual intervention for quality control.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Featuring a full touch screen interface, the P130S makes it easy for operators to control all aspects of the machine’s function via a graphical HMI. The control system features full 21CFR part 11 reporting compatibility, offering simple regulatory compliance.</span>

Lab scale single layer tablet press

<span style="font-weight: 400;">For pharmaceutical tablet producers looking to reduce waste, costs and  increase production volume, a high efficiency rotary tablet press is the ideal choice. The latest technology allows for a high level of accuracy and automated quality control, meaning continuous production with little user input required.</span>
<h2>Flexible, reliable high speed rotary tablet press for volume production environments</h2>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">The Sejong Pharmatech P210S rotary tablet press is a high performance machine available in a range of output capacities up to 158,000 units per hour. This flexible machine can produce round or oblong tablets up to 25mm in diameter/length and up to 8.5mm thick.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">The P210S offers a press pressure of up to 6,000 kgf, providing optimal compression results and minimising formation faults, yet the machine only has a small footprint of 800mm x 1300mm.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Advanced features include a turret-type disk interchange system for quick and easy changes to dosage form, and a single impeller feeder that simplifies cleaning and maintenance yet improves powder flow, increasing the fill efficiency and therefore improving throughput.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">P210S also features a fully automatic discharge chute with three-position operation for good, reject and sampling. A newly enhanced compressions roll and dust collection system minimises powder leakage, and the optional integrated weight control system allows independent control of weight and hardness. The user-interface is a fully graphical touch screen type for ease of use, and the system offers full 21CFR part 11 compliance for regulatory recording.</span>

Rotary tablet press

<span style="font-weight: 400;">High performance tablet presses that are capable of producing both single and double-layer tablets offer the maximum flexibility to a multi-product production environment. Rapid changeover, simple operation and high volumes with minimum rejection rate are all key features required by modern pharmaceutical production.</span>
<h2>High volume, double-layer capable tablet press that increases productivity by 30%</h2>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">The Sejong Pharmatech P320D and P580D series of double-layer capable tablet presses have been designed to offer immediate productivity improvements to tablet production lines. Designed to provide up to 10,000kgf of pressure and outputs of over 720,000 units per hour of single tablets and over 160,000 units per hour of double-layer tablet, these units offer some of the highest levels of performance.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">The P320D and P580D series features an efficient single impeller feed system, reducing the number of parts required, simplifying and speeding up cleaning and maintenance. A new design of powder feed pipe improves powder flow, allowing for greater efficiency and higher output compared to other press designs.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">The user interface is based on a clear 15” touch screen display, with clear and simple layout and controls. Advanced features include a completely graphical error display system in case of malfunction or performance issue, directing operator to the fault for rapid resolution. The operating system is fully 21CFR part 11 compatible, meaning record keeping for regulatory compliance and optimum performance is simple.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">The P320D and P580D features a fully automatic discharge chute with sample gate. Rejected tablets are also automatically sorted when the machine sensors detect a defective tablet or as a result of the automatic weight control system. For double-layer tablet production, 1st layer sampling is available to ensure quality across both layers.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">All punches and rails are protected by advanced load cells that constantly monitor the machine performance and prevent these vital parts from damage, prolonging machine life and reducing maintenance. Upper and lower punches benefit from an automated lubrication system, removing the need for operator input.</span>

Single and double layer tablet press

<span style="font-weight: 400;">High performance tablet presses for the modern production environment need to be fast, accurate and flexible. Rapid changeover, simple operation and high volumes with minimum rejection rate are all key features required, as well as minimal maintenance and user intervention.</span>
<h2>Medium volume tablet press with reduced maintenance</h2>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">The Sejong Pharmatech P420S series of tablet presses have been designed to offer immediate productivity improvements to tablet production lines. Designed to provide up to 10,000kgf of pressure and outputs of over 300,000 units per hour, these units offer some of the highest levels of performance with low cost of operation, and can produce round or oblong tablets up to 25mm diameter/length and up to 8.5mm thickness.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">The P420S series features an efficient single impeller feed system, reducing the number of parts required and simplifying and speeding up cleaning and maintenance. A new design of powder feed pipe improves powder flow, allowing for greater efficiency and higher output compared to other press designs.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">The user interface is based on a clear 15” touch screen display, with clear and simple layout and controls. Advanced features include a completely graphical error display system in case of malfunction or performance issue, directing operator to the fault for rapid resolution. The operating system is fully 21CFR part 11 compatible, meaning record keeping for regulatory compliance and optimum performance is simple.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">The P420S features a fully automatic discharge chute with sample gate. Rejected tablets are also automatically sorted when the machine sensors detect a defective tablet or as a result of the automatic weight control system.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">All punches and rails are protected by advanced load cells that constantly monitor the machine performance and prevent these vital parts from damage, prolonging machine life and reducing maintenance. Upper and lower punches benefit from an automated lubrication system, removing the need for operator input.</span>

Single layer tablet press

For lab work or small-scale production, a purpose-designed tablet press that meets your exact requirements offers distinct benefits in terms of economic production and product quality. Ease of use, the ability to quickly change tablet form and size, and robust construction are all qualities that will enhance your lab or small batch process.
<h2>Flexible, single-punch tablet machine for lab-scale operations</h2>
The CPR 1 tablet machine from Multigel is the ideal small solution for producing up to 6,500 tablets per hour. It uses a robust continual motion and mechanical cam drive system which is reliable and robust.

Compounds are placed in the upper hopper where a tube transports it via gravity to the crucible. The punch then compresses the powder into the tablet form and ejects it into a receiving receptacle. All product-contacting parts are constructed from AISI 316 stainless. The tablet punch is adjustable, allowing tablets from 6mm up to 14mm to be produced.

CPR 1 has been designed for ease of use and simple changeover. Moving between round, oval or oblong punches is straightforward and quick, maximising efficiency.

The small form-factor and single-phase electricity supply requirements mean the CPR 1 is suitable for the smallest of labs and has no special installation requirements.

Benchtop tablet press

Traditional powder pressing moulds are based on plain shapes or basic designs. In order to differentiate products, new and innovative mould-making technologies are available. A modern mould pattern can introduce complexities including multi-coloured moulding and relief moulding, enhancing the consumer appeal of cosmetic products and distinguishing them from competitors.
<h2>Cosmetics moulds design and construction</h2>
Lorenzato is a world-leader in high quality pressing moulds for the cosmetics industry. Their technological innovations include the use of 3D CAD systems to produce moulds of precision previously unavailable to cosmetic products.

A wide range of mould-types is possible using the latest techniques, including laser engraving. The moulds are constructed to the highest standards, increasing product quality and consistency.

It’s now possible to design powder moulds with two or more colours with grills or inserts, differentiating your products and allowing a simple way to produce limited editions or special occasion products.

Powder pressing mould

Decoration equipment adds the finishing touch to your industrially-prepared foods by depositing ingredients in a specified pattern on the surface of the products. Your items pass individually under a system of nozzles that lay the decorating formula precisely and uniformly. Popular in confectionery, decoration is used to differentiate products in the market.

Decorating

<span style="font-weight: 400">The molding process is often included in bakery products. Utilizing molding equipment guarantees a uniform shape, weight, and size. The molding machine first gently flattens the dough mix by going through a sheeter, where a series of rollers press the thin piece of dough. The sheet is then cut into the specified shape and, depending on your final product, may be rolled by using a curling chain. After the molding, other ingredients may be added before the products are conveyed for baking or freezing.</span>

Moulding

To achieve as much as double the output of single-sided tablet press, the upper and lower surfaces of the turrets where the tablets are pressed have to be both productive. These hard-working double-sided tablet press machines benefit from robust construction, and a simple, rugged design that is simple to operate to easily convert to bi-layer mode and to have high volume output.
<h2>A Robust, High Speed Double-Sided Tablet Press</h2>
The KIKUSUI Aquarius G-K tablet press is purpose-built for  pharmaceutical and health supplement industries. The robust design features interchangeable turrets, and the press can operate in dual mode thanks to the hybrid module and kit provided as standard.

The Aquarius G-K standard model offers an optional turret exchange lifter, and cart. The user-friendly touch screen on a swivel arm is standard, as are the punch head guard, upper and lower dust seals and bellows that minimize product contamination. These features combine to deliver a fast, reliable double-sided tablet press.

This robust machine features an 11Kw electric motor,10-ton pre and main compression rollers, and closed feeder and vacuum collecting system to fulfil high speed production and bi-layer tableting.

High Speed Double-Sided Tablet Press

High speed containment presses make pharmaceutical tablets in closed environments with glove box access. Negative pressure inside the containment prevents airflow to the outside, thereby avoiding the need for protective suits.
<h2>High Speed / High Containment Press</h2>
The KIKUSUI Aquarius C-H high speed / high containment tablet press features operator access through an optional glove box. These access points enable tablet testing during machine set-up, dust cleaning, and inspecting punches and dies.

Manual control is through a foot pedal, while the design enables relaxed operator posture throughout. However, the machine is fully automated in operating mode with auto weight regulation. There are maximum 25-kilonewton pre- and 50-kilonewton main-compression rollers.

This 18 station press has capacity of producing 10,800 to 75,600 tablets per hour.

High Speed Containment Tablet Press

Manure fertilizer needs to be made marketable by making them visually attractive, with high level of hygiene frequently required for export. A full processing line can provide a cost-efficient, start-to-end solution to form pellets, which are uniform with smooth surface and high stability of the granulate, ready for transporting.


<h2>Reliable, standardised system focused on processing poultry manure</h2>
Dorset’s Pelleting line is a fully equipped standardised pelleting line, dedicated for volumes of 400 Kg/H or 800 Kg/H. It is a full processing line, mounted on a steel platform. It includes all the parts required for pelleting dry poultry manure: a crusher, dosing system, pellet press, dust sieve, cyclone, sanitation and a cooling system.

Most wastewater treatment plants processing slurry use techniques that result in waste streams which by itself have little or no value and are difficult to process further. However, this pelleting line for manure fertilizer combines these substances for effective and configurable production of green chemical fertilizer. This results in a customer specific supply of fertilizer to the end-user.

Pelleting line for manure fertilizer

Industrial drying machines are designed to remove moisture from your product. But the drying process must cater to variations in the state of matter and molecular structure of the input material. Industrial dryer technology exploits the modes of heat transfer (convection, conduction, radiation, evaporative cooling) to control the moisture content.

Drying

Cooling is a very important and critical process for feed hygiene and pellet durability index. Pellet formation mainly requires this process to withdraw heat and moisture from dense mass to form shaped mass and maintain product quality. Thus, a more specific solution is necessary for pelleted products with good flowing capabilities.


<h2>Saves downtime while ensuring smooth discharge of cooled product into the hopper</h2>
Geelen Counterflow’s triple grid cooler is typically used for the cooling of feed pellets, wood pellets, pulp pellets, etc. It is available in multiple sizes, each with different cooling surface areas. In combination with your process details, the cooling surface determines the air volume that is required for proper cooling.

It is equipped with an Air Flow Control Valve, which helps control the air volume accurately. It also stabilizes air volume automatically irrespective of the product bed depth. Its triple grid discharger ensures smooth discharging of cooled product into the hopper.  The required air volume can be recipe-dependent.

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Continuous pellet cooler

Industrial cooling equipment varies according to the consistency and temperature conversion demands the material you are handling, but the process typically involves heat exchange treatment as your products are conveyed through a cooling chamber equipped with extraction fans or circulating water. Temperature control is a crucial aspect of your commercial production and cooling systems are applied to a range of industries.

Cooling

Seed pelleting or encrusting is the addition of materials like powders and liquids to seeds to increase their size, shape, and weight. These processes are usually used for irregularly shaped or small seeds, such as carrots, onions, and lettuce to make planting easier and more efficient. Along with enhancing seed quality, the process also reduces seed production cost. However, there are very few seed pelleting machines that ensure uniform, heavy, and perfectly round seeds for precision-sowing in the field.


<h2>Achieve a more efficient seeding process</h2>
The Seed pelleting machine by Seed Processing Holland is ideal for the conventional pelleting of seeds to make them better to sow. In other words, turning an oddly shaped seed into a perfectly shaped seed ready for germination and growth. By adding liquid and powders, the seeds are made more uniform, heavier, and as round as possible.

Boasting a polished stainless steel pan, this unit is designed with an opening that enables operators to visually follow the entire process and feed the necessary liquids and powders. A light fixture is further mounted in the pan to enhance its visibility. In order to ensure proper ventilation, a transparent dust suction hood is designed at the opening as well.

A compressed air spraying nozzle is also positioned near the opening of the steel plan, allowing operators to spray liquids on the seeds. Lastly, this unit boasts a maximum capacity of 1,000,000 pellets of 3.5mm and is suitable for different kind of seeds, including small flower seeds and larger vegetable seeds.

Seed Pelleting Machine

In traditional soybean oil production, chemical solvents such as hexane are used to facilitate liquid transfer. However, it requires subsequent separation and removal of used chemical solvents to ensure the quality of the extracted oil. For organic soybean seeds, a hexane-free oil press technology offers an environment-friendly solution to producing ecological oil and feed products.


<h2>High-capacity screw press for organic soybean oil production</h2>
The organic soybean oil press by Farmet allows for pressing of oil seeds from small capacity of special crops to larger scale of up to 1000 tons per day. This is only possible due to its high efficiency and resistance of the press parts based on optimized screw press geometry design.

Following Farmet’s extrusion process, extruded soybean seeds are conveyed to this mechanical oil press. The screw press compresses and alters the structure of extruded soybeans, using heat to improve the quality of press cakes. This results in high-quality and nutritious ruminant feed. Organic soybean oil is thus pressed and flowing out through press outlet, ready for subsequent separation and filtration. In comparison with solvent extraction, Farmet’s oil press lowers the phospholipid content in soybean oil and thus enhances oil quality.

Organic soybean oil press

Industrial extraction equipment unlocks the valuable compounds hidden away in natural materials. Automated extraction equipment is applied in the pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries to extract active compounds from medicinal plants or herbs. For example, extracting cannabinoids from cannabis plants. But the process is also fundamental to the food industry, recovering various components like aromas, oleoresins, and proteins.  Considerations for selecting suitable extraction technology include the type of plant material to be processed, the extract's heat sensitivity, and the production volume.

Extraction

liquid

Hundreds of different refill tablets, of various shapes or sizes, are on the market today. To get a range of soap, shampoo or lotion tablets, the powdered materials are pressed into the desired tablet thickness and size. However, the format changeover can be really costly and time-consuming for the producers.

<h2>Small and medium batch press with a quick format change over</h2>
The BE40 Eccentric press from Bonals is a press machine for producing different types of tablets such as homecare or cosmetic tablets. It features single or multi-tip punch technology. The BE40 can produce tablets of up to 400g due to its large die diameter and high compression force. In addition, it has an automatic coupling with a braking system which makes work easier. Changing the format is quick and easy and can be done in less than 10 minutes.

Eccentric press for refill tablets

Dishwasher detergent tablets come either in a single layer or multi-layer form. Multi-layer tablets may require an accurate pressing process to keep all layers intact and to avoid errors in layer weight control. Incorrect layer weight can lead to layer separation that can affect the final quality of the tablet.
<h2>High-speed pressing machine for single or multi-layer dishwasher tablets</h2>
The Detergent Tableting Machine G200 from Bonals is a high-speed pressing system that produces multi-layer detergent tablets from powder form. This unit can make tablets with up to 3 layers. The system is easy to operate using a touch panel for controls and adjustments to the dimensions of the tablet. Most parts are accessible for easy maintenance and changeover. It has the highest production speed at 1,700 tablets per minute for 3-layer tablets and can produce tablet sizes of up to 44mm in diameter that are up to 25mm thick.

Three-layer dishwasher tablet press

Air present in the empty space of pre-filled syringes may prevent the stopper from being inserted properly. This can result in leakage and waste of the liquid product into the syringe. The air occupying the empty space needs to be removed before placing the stopper.
<h2>Removing trapped air before pressing stoppers into pre-filled syringes</h2>
The Syringe Stopper Press from Adelphi is a manually operated stopper press machine for pre-filled syringes. The system consists of a syringe holding jig for stable and centered position, lever operated stopper press, and a divide for aiding the removal of air inside the syringe. This makes the process of inserting the stopper into the syringe easier and faster. It has a fully adjustable design for comfortable and safe operation. The unit can accommodate glass or plastic syringes with 6.35mm bore or greater. The system is also made of pharmaceutical grade 316L stainless steel contact parts to avoid risk of contamination.

Manual stoppering equipment for pre-filled syringes

Mass production of bouillon cubes and tablets with very high output requires higher cost and energy. Using a double turret system can help obtain fast throughput levels by doubling production speed with lower cost and minimal power consumption.


<h2>Double turret press machine for monolayer bouillon cube production</h2>
The M40D bouillon cube press from Bonals is a machine suitable for producing high output levels of monolayer bouillon cubes or tablets. It features a unique double production speed and double dosing time that helps in accelerating the operation and gives fast throughput levels. It also has an automatic punch clean system to ensure clean operation. This pressing technology can be easily connected to any wrapping machine with a gentle product handling. Its human machine interface (HMI) has a 15” touch screen with pictogram buttons that helps to monitor operations and set up production parameters. SmartPress Monitoring also helps in analyzing and controlling the current press condition. The M40D output is up to 4000 cubes/min and 1600 tabs/min.

High-speed bouillon cube press machine

Plastic pollution is one of the biggest climate-related problems mankind has. So what are your options? A bioplastic machine can help create an alternative to traditional plastics. Bioplastics, differently from regular plastics, don’t cause environmental contamination. Also, they don’t contain harmful ingredients and additives. Even with these benefits, the annual production of bioplastics is still less than one percent of all plastic making. However, the market is witnessing steady growth due to a rise in demand.

Bioplastics

The name Canola comes from ‘Canadian Oil Low Acid’. In the 1970s researchers in Canada developed rapeseed varieties with low erucic acid and glucosinolate. These properties made the seed safe for consumption while improving its palatability. Today, the varieties are grown worldwide and include the rapeseed double-zero, as it is known in Europe. In only a few decades, canola oil and canola meal processing carved out a central role in the global food and feed industry.

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Canola meal

Chicken manure

A dishwasher tablet is an essential detergent. It consists of a pressed mixture of sodium and potassium salts, surfactant, fragrance, and other filler agents, mixed with the help of tablet making machines. The products’ use in America and Europe is high, unlike in the Asian continent, where the price limits its usage. Its global market size will reach $990 million in 2026 from $475.6million in 2019, according to Grand View Research forecasts.

Dishwasher tablets

The click and puff of inhalers is a universal signal for respiratory conditions. Inhalers quickly grew into preferred drug delivery systems for asthma and COPD. Dry inhaler powder formulation produces a more stable drug than liquid dosage forms. Moreover, inhaler ingredients are more resistant to bacterial growth.

Dry inhaler powder

The fizz of effervescent tablets is commonly associated with a vitamin C boost. But the soluble pill is an excellent drug delivery method for pediatric and geriatric patients. Sometimes referred to as carbon tablets, manufacturing effervescent tablets binds biocarbonate and citric acid that produce the smooth hiss as they dissolve in liquid.

Effervescent tablets

If you want to make your eyes more attractive and add depth and dimension to them, applying color to your lids is what it takes. Eyeshadow serves this purpose and is available in powder, liquid, pencil and mousse form. In an eyeshadow production line, compact eyeshadows are produced by grinding and mixing powders before compaction, whereas molded eyeshadows are made from waxes and oils mixed with pigments and then poured into molds. Instead, by mixing oils, gelling agents, elastomers, and pigments you can make a mousse eyeshadow.

Eyeshadow

Looking beautiful is hard work. Queen Elizabeth I knows this well. Just think she used so many cosmetics and makeup containing toxic materials, especially lead-based face powder, that she even died from them. Today fortunately, you no longer need lead to make face powder. Simply mix pigments, fillers, dry and wet binders, and compress the mixture using a powder compacting press. Then the face powder is ready to be applied using a powder puff.

Face powder

Feed premix delivers a quality blend of macro and micronutrients to meet the overall growth and health needs of animals. Although they constitute a small portion of the feed, they provide enormous benefits by adding a balanced, nutrient-rich feed that supports the animal health. Feed premix making equipment ensures a proper combination of important ingredients to generate a perfect blend.

Feed premixes

Fodder

Kaolin, also called china clay, is made from natural rock composed of aluminosilicate clay or kaolinite. Kaolin has wide applications in different industries. Moreover, their classification depends on their industrial use, which includes film formation, fiber extension, polymer extension and chemical composition. Choose a kaolin processing machine to help you make kaolin for beauty products, paper filler, coating, ceramics and even medicine.

Kaolin

Microtablets range between 1 and 4 millimeters, making the dosage form an excellent delivery system in polypharmacy. The size of the products makes them easier pills to swallow, but microtablets production brings a unique set of complexities.

Microtablets

Multilayer tablets are a popular fixed-dose combination (FDC) offering a range of release profiles for effective drug delivery. Multilayer tablet technology solves challenges to API consistency, allowing manufacturers to develop formulations from incompatible ingredients while optimizing the release profile for immediate release and controlled release.

Multi-layer tablets

Growing populations and intensive farming in the last centuries reduced soil nitrate levels. Aware of the risks to food security, chemists Fritz Haber and Carl Bosch developed a way to industrialize synthetic nitrogen fertilizer production. They created the Haber-Bosch process for ammonia synthesis which is still used today. Manufacturers produce over a hundred million metric tons of nitrogenous fertilizers every year.

Nitrogen fertilizer

Phosphorous is literally at the root of the food industry. An essential ingredient in agriculture, it contributes to plant seed formation and root development. But farmers do not simply give their soil a dose of the chemical element. Instead, phosphorous fertilizer processing equipment blends it with other materials to manufacture effective formulas.

Phosphorus fertilizer

Poultry feed

Powder detergent is one of the most widespread washing solutions used in the laundry of fabrics. Since they contain no water, powder detergents are lighter than liquid detergent or pods, which results in cheaper transport and, thus, a more affordable choice for the end consumer. Although manufacturers can formulate their powder detergents differently, the detergent powder production process relies on a combination of builders, surfactants, and enzymes.

Powder detergent

It took the scientific community almost 70 years to agree on the name ‘protein’ and discard the popular alternative, proteid. But protein powder processing still needed another five decades to be commercialized in the 1950s. Once extraction and purification could be industrialized, protein powder soon became a basic staple supplement.

Protein powder

The ubiquitous plastic shopping bag was first designed as a reusable carrier. Its inventor, Sten Gustaf Thulin, will have been appalled to see his creation turn into a single-use object. But this disposable tendency is common to all plastic materials, from screw taps to milk carton lining. With plastic recycling equipment, however, plastic waste can be reprocessed and given a second lease of life.

Recycled plastic

The wave of liquid soaps and detergents in the 1950s revolutionized home and personal care. Cheap and convenient, these off-the-shelf products fit perfectly into the lifestyle of the time. A few decades later, though, plastic waste put the sustainability of hygiene products into question. Refill tablet production technology answers that by eliminating single-use plastic. Instead of picking up a new bottle every time, end-users complete the formulation process in a multi-use container and with a simple instruction: just add water.

Refill tablets

In aquafeed, you can find three types of pellets: floating pellets, sinking pellets, and slow-sinking pellets, because not all aquatic species eat at the same height of the water column. In the case of bottom feeders such as shrimp, river crab, sea bass, and some species of catfish, they eat sinking pellets. Contrary to tilapia and carp that feeds from the surface with floating pellets. Sinking pellets production must control water stability to preserve the quality and form of the pellets, avoiding nutrients' dissolution in the water.

Sinking pellets

The inventor of the lithium-ion battery predicted that solid-state batteries would become commercially available by the mid-2020s, making them an attractive option for energy storage in a wide range of applications, including electric vehicles. This battery type promises a marked improvement in safety, power, and environmental impact compared to current battery packs that use a liquid electrolyte. However, recent breakthroughs in the lab don’t automatically translate into mass production. The complex processing requires specially-designed manufacturing technology to make solid-state batteries a real solution, especially for the automotive industry.

Solid-state batteries

Only about 6% of the soy produced globally is directly consumed by humans, typically as edamame beans, tofu, or soy milk.  More than three-fourths of global soy production goes to animal feed. The rest is processed by soybean meal technology into oils or used for biofuels and other industrial processes.

Soybean meal

Stock cubes, also known as bouillon cubes or broth cubes, have been used in cooking for centuries. Think that, the first written version of a stock cube comes from Anne Blencowe’s recipe book from 1694. Made of dehydrated vegetables or meat stock, the bouillon cube production line consists of mixers, homogenizers, cube forming machines and packaging machines.

Stock cubes

Straw

Unlike natural resins, synthetic resins produced in the industry make up 30 to 60% of plastic composition. Silicone resins, gum arabic, epoxy resins, acrylic resin and carrageenan are some of the different types of synthetic resins that exist. You manufacture them using the chemical polymerization process. Synthetic resin making equipment can help you with that.

Synthetic resin

A toner is a fine powder located in printer and copier cartridges. One peculiar property the product is their ability to act like liquids. Toner manufacturing equipment sees to it that the particle size is between 5 and 30 micrometers to flow through the cartridge.

Toner

It is strange how two tablets can belong to the same but at the same time to a different category depending on how the tablet itself is classified. For example, chewable tablets and effervescent tablets have two different routes of administration but both belong to the category of uncoated tablets. Uncoated tablets are prepared by compression of granules in which no coating is added after compression. They may be single-layer or multi-layer tablets.

Uncoated tablets

There are slight differences between human and animal pharmaceuticals, but that dissimilarity is enough to create new production challenges. Veterinary tablets formulation reflects the diversity of enzymes that different species use to break down substances. Although the methods involved are comparable to human drug manufacturing, equipment and processes need to adapt to a wider dosage variability in veterinary tablets.