Rotary tablet press is used for pressing various granular/powdered raw material into shaped tablets or
compacts. It is an important type of tablet punching machine. Also known as multi-station tableting presses, rotary tablet press make use of a punch and die system together with multiple stations or punches for compacting raw material into tablets.
These machines have a series of tool sets or stations arranged in a ring in a rotary turret and rotate at high speed. Force is the determining factor in this pharmaceutical equipment which controls the degree to which the materials may be compacted.
Types of Rotary Tablet Press
- Single Sided Tablet Press : A single sided rotary press consists of a die table producing single tablet per station for each revolution.
- Double Sided Tablet Press : A double sided rotary press consists of a rotating multi station die table producing two tablets per station for each revolution. Dies are fed at two places 180 degree apart to ensure that the dies are always full.
Uses of Rotary Tablet Presses
- Rotary tablet press is used to press medicinal tablets, catalysts, calcium coffee pills, candies.
- It is used to powder metallurgical parts, electronics components.
- It can compress various tablets of pesticide and fertilizer in small-batch production.
- The machine can press tablets of different kinds.
- It can process the tablets of pesticide with both sides being marked with trademarks, letters and simple patterns.
Application of Rotary Tablet Press
Rotary tablet presses are used in a very wide range of applications:
- Pharmaceuticals
- Veterinary medicine
- Dietary supplements
- Nuclear fuel
- Ceramics
- Powder metallurgy
- Electronic components
- Balls for pens
- Transformer cores Tool tips and bits
- Candy
- Pet food
- Batteries
- Detergent
- Nutraceuticals
