Method for testing pressing tablets

• Main Authors: Hinzpeter, Juergen, Schmidt, Ingo, Gathmann, Ulrich, Gaedecke, Joerg
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 25.04.2006

A method for test pressing tablets by means of a rotary tabletting machine, a rotationally driven rotor which has a series of upper and lower rams, a die-plate with dies with which the rams interact, a control cam system for said rams, and a filling assembly to continuously fill said dies with said rotor rotating, further by means of at least one pressure station at which the material located in said dies is compressed into a tablet, and a measuring device having a plurality of measuring positions which measures at least the compression force applied by said rams and the number of revolutions of said rotor, comprising the process steps of, a pair of rams selected for a single compression procedure is automatically moved to a filling position, a die or limited number of dies is filled with material with said filling assembly removed at least in part and said rotor at stoppage, said rotor is set into rotation subsequently and is sped up such as to have the desired production speed in said pressure station, and said rotor is stopped in said filling position after a revolution and signals or signal sequences of the measuring positions are recorded while the rotor is rotating and are provided to a computer for display and evaluation.