GEA Courtoy unveils speedier drug production tool
Companies involved in drug production for clinical trial use could benefit from a new system able to produce bi-layer tablets at speeds of up to 50,000 tab/hour.
Companies involved in drug production for clinical trial use could benefit from a new system able to produce bi-layer tablets at speeds of up to 50,000 tab/hour.
The MODUL P is the smallest single-sided machine in GEA Courtoy's MODUL tablet press range, which features an Exchangeable Compression Module (ECM) - allowing the machine to switch from single-layer to bi-layer tablet production simply.
MODUL P's entire compression can be removed as one single dust-tight closed "box", enabling fast product changeover and flexibility. The machine features fully automatic weight control of the individual layers, including rejection of out-of-tolerance tablets and "first-layer tablet" sampling.
It is specially designed for applications where the production capacity requirements cannot be met by a single-punch machine - as is typically used for formulation development - but do not warrant investing in a large double-sided machine.
The MODUL P is available with any type of tooling standard and any combination of punch types. For example, a turret with 10 B punch positions and 10 D punch positions allows producing any size of bi-layer tablets from 5mm up to 25mm at speeds of up to 25.000 tab/hour.