Isopak steers new tabletting machine through UK
A new tabletting machine developed by Italian specialist Dott Bonapace to meet the needs of the pharmaceutical industry has been launched into markets in the UK and Ireland.
A new tabletting machine developed by Italian specialist Dott Bonapace to meet the needs of the pharmaceutical industry has been launched into markets in the UK and Ireland.
Distributed through pharmaceutical equipment supplier Isopak, the new CPR-18 rotary tablet press has been developed for a variety of operations, including research and development, laboratories and for medium production batches.
The press complements Dott Bonapace's "in-cap" capsule filling machine is robustly constructed so that there is no flexing of the machine.
It can run 10 B type punches for tablets of up to 16mm diameter or can be supplied to run D type tooling with eight stations handling punches of up to 22mm in diameter. It also has a maximum output of 18,000 tablets per hour.
Versatility is the key to this machine, so it can operate with just one punch all the way up to full output capacity, making it ideal for clinical trials and product developments. It offers users quick tool changes, which can be made in less than 30 minutes and there is also easy access to all parts of the machine through eight doors.
Stamford-based Isopak's managing director, Robin Davies, believes it can give low cost manufacturers a run for their money, in the design, build quality and output of its latest machine.
He said: 'Dott. Bonapace manufactures a very high quality range of pharmaceutical machines and we hope the latest addition of the CPR-18 to its range of equipment will bring much-needed competitiveness to the market for this type of machinery.'
The machine is available as a plain unit but a fully instrumented version is being developed and will be available shortly, allowing measurements of the pre-compression, top and bottom punch compression forces and the ejection forces for each station.