Tablet and Capsule Machine Instrumentation
Ridgway Watt, Peter; Armstrong, Anthony
First edition
Edited by Peter Ridgway Watt - Formerly Beecham Pharmaceuticals Research Division, SmithKlineBeecham Pharmaceuticals, UK and N Anthony Armstrong - Formerly Welsh School of Pharmacy, Cardiff University, UK
A combination of a sound formulation with a proper control of the tabletting or capsule filling process is necessary to produce a satisfactory tablet or capsule. These considerations require accurate measurements. The text provides a sound understanding of the principles and techniques involved, and of how data generated by instrumented machines can be applied to problems in pharmaceutical research, development and manufacture.
Topics covered include:
- the measurement of force
- the installation of strain gauges
- the measurement of displacement
- power supplies and data acquisition
- instrumented tablet presses
- calibration of transducer systems
- data handling
- applications of tablet press instrumentation
- the instrumentation of capsule filling machinery
- automatic control of tablet presses in a production environment.