Material Handling Featured Articles

  1. The Process Map To Ensure Biopharma Raw Materials Supply 8/16/2022

    In new product introduction, there is often a lack of a basic data package for a product being scaled up for clinical or launch supplies. This can lead to several issues, e.g., capacity and lead time restrictions, oversupply, and more. A stepwise process can be used as a guideline for introducing a material to support new drug substance manufacture.

  2. Troubleshooting Tablet And Tooling Issues Involving Magnesium Oxide 7/7/2022

    Magnesium Oxide formulation is abrasive and alkaline which can be reactive to tool steels. Learn the warning signs of tooling issues and preventative measures that will make your tooling last longer.

  3. Tablet Tooling Considerations For Scale Up And Post-Approval Changes 7/7/2022

    Understand how determining if tablet weight consistency or integrity plays the more dominant role in your tableting process directly impacts your production output rates.

  4. Tablet Tooling Selection Guide For OSD Manufacturers 7/7/2022

    Learn how choosing the right tooling can increase tablet output, decrease waste, and ultimately determine the success of a product launch.

  5. Increasing Dwell Time In Pharmaceutical Tablet Manufacturing 7/6/2022

    Many types of punches and dies are available to help compress difficult drug products. Explore the benefits as well as some drawbacks of using extended head flats.

  6. Tablet Compression Tooling: Land Or No Land? 7/6/2022

    Explore why tablet land, the horizontal surface perpendicular to the tablet's periphery, should be designed using a holistic approach. 

  7. The Importance Of Steel Quality In Pharmaceutical Tablet Tooling Operations 7/6/2022

    In manufacturing, nothing is more important than the quality of the materials being used. Explore why steel quality is the fundamental building block upon which all successive value-added steps are laid. 

  8. Considerations To Alleviate Sticking And Picking In Tablet Manufacturing 7/6/2022

    Learn how compression tooling manufacturers can identify potential sticking and picking issues before tablet and tool designs have been finalized.

  9. How Tablet Shapes Impact Patient Acceptance 7/6/2022

    Explore how a tablet's size, shape, and color can improve product appeal and influence consumer preference. 

  10. How Long Should Tablet Tooling Last? 7/5/2022

    Learn how you can prolong and protect your investment by evaluating the life of punches and dies.