INSIGHTS ON SOLID DOSE MANUFACTURING

SOLID DOSE MANUFACTURING SOLUTIONS

  • Now you can upgrade to Natoli’s premium segmented turret for your Fette Press! Natoli Engineering has 20 years’ experience in manufacturing segments, backed by ongoing investments in advanced R&D, CNC process automation, and precision finishing which meets often surpasses the OEM - Our quality is in the detail. The Fette patent is now expired, and Natoli is ready to deliver unmatched quality and performance.

  • Our Rigid Stainless Steel Containment Isolators have been designed for handling potent compounds that can offer guaranteed levels of operator protection as low as 10ng/m3 (task duration). These include designs for sampling, dispensing and sub-division, mixing, milling and vessel charging, as well as containing integrated process devices such as filter dryer units, tablet press enclosures, blenders, mills and pack off systems.

  • The patented DCS® pharmaceutical Drum Containment System is a stainless steel cylindrical glove box with a glass cover and two glove ports. Highly economical in comparison with conventional isolation systems, DCS® ensures precise, contamination free emptying of drums providing high containment (< 1 µg/m3).

  • Used Stokes BB2 Tablet Press, 45 station, B-tooled, dual sided, 4 ton compression, feed frames with hoppers, 7/16" max tablet diameter, 11/16" max depth of fill, 4200 tablets per minute max speed.

  • Basic Powder Flow Characterization [USP <1174>]:

    A powder flow analysis is an indicator of how well formulation will release from the hopper during the tableting. It is important to know that the developed formulation is showing ‘Mass Flow’ or ‘Funnel Flow’ or ‘Rat Holing’.

    Powder blend shows ‘Mass Flow’ when the entire solid bed is in motion during the discharge of material from the outlet. This is a ‘First-in-First-Out’ process. Hoppers offering ‘Mass Flow’ have steep and/or low-friction walls. This flow offers ‘No-Arching’, ‘Less Segregation’, and ‘Stable Powder Flow’.

    When the hopper is not sufficiently steep and smooth enough to ensure sliding along its wall, the powder blend exhibit ‘Funnel Flow’. Such hoppers are sensitive to arching and ratholing. In this case, powder discharge from the hopper is not predictable.