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Tips On The Pill Press

By Lelia Hall


The need for desirable shapes of pharmaceutical materials, cosmetics and products used in cleaning has promoted innovation of various devices. Among these devices is the pill press. Most branded vitamin tablets have additives and supplements that you just do not require. This press helps you in mixing the supplements and also the vitamins you require for one is specific diet and custom them into convenient pills.

How the press functions depends on the traits of the powder used in the tablet making process as well as how the powder is processed. The processing of powder used by this device can be done in various available ways. One of the methods employed is blending directly. In this method, the blending of these materials is done directly and the pills are created from the powder that has been blended. The use of this method is employed when the pills produced are wanted in small numbers as this method creates very few tablets.

Another way of powder processing is through the process of wet granulating. Under this method, a liquid is added into the grind particles and the mixture is then stirred in order to form bonds between particles. After the formation of a bond, the excess of this liquid is then separated from the mixture by a drying step. This is the most used technique in processing the powder for making the various pills required.

Dry granulating is also another method of processing the fine particles. Under this method, the powder is compacted and then it is ground back. Compression of this powder makes it to be denser. This boosts how it flows as well as increasing consistency of flow. This method is usually used for products that are not only too light but also fine to compress directly. Also it is used for materials that are sensitive to the process of wet granulation.

The flow of powder into the device also affects how the tablets are obtained and also the uniformity of the products after the process. How consistent the flow of a powder into the device is affects the end product of the tablet production process. The powder should be able to flow in not only the best uniform way possible but also consistently.

Filling up of a flask is the basis for the creation of pills from the device as the flow is very crucial in this process. This creates the need for not only a superb flow but also consistency and uniformity of this powder. Variations of these variables affect both size and weight of a tablet.

Various powders have different characteristics. Some are large, others brittle soft and even wet. Making a tablet is more like making a snow ball. Both the shape, amount of water vapor and size contribute towards the quality of a tablet. Particles in the powder have to be similar to those other particles to ensure uniformity in the compression of the particles.

Uniformity for your pills is an important issue to be addressed by industries in tablet press making. This ensures a standard final product. Quality is enhanced this way.




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