Tablet counters play an important role in the pharmaceutical industry. Tablet counters are ideal for accurate calculating of all different types of capsules, caplets, tablets, transparent gel capsules, pills and other similar sized products.

Tablet counters or Pill counters  are in use from a very long time. But the accuracy and reliability of this equipment has continually improved. Today, hundreds of pharmaceutical manufacturers and laboratories have  tablet counting machines running together with their full-scale filling lines. Afer properly removing excess powder from compressed tablets using tablet dust extractors and de-dusters, the tablets are counted in the counting machines. Tablet counters ensure 100% accuracy and pharmaceutical companies have benefited from increased packaging speed, accuracy and peace of mind.

Types of Tablet Counters

Tablet counters are available as semi-automatic, inline automatic systems, compact counters, high speed counters. The compact tablet counters are very popular for their accuracy and reliability.

Features of Pharmaceutical Tablet Counters
Tablet counters used in the pharmaceutical industry are generally different from those used in industrial applications. In a medical environment, different quantities of different tablets need to be counted in succession. For example, a pharmacist may count 40 caplets of a heart patient and then count 70 tablets of an allergy medication for another patient using the same tablet counting machine. Therefore, a tablet counter used in pharmaceurtical industry must be able to rapidly count many different types of tablets. The machine must also ensure that medications of different prescriptions are not mixed. Clearing the counter before each counting is essential, as it is necessary to reduce the risk of cross contamination. Pharmaceutical counters should not be bulky. Rather it should be compact and substantially silent. However there are industrial pharmaceutical tablet counters which are bulky in size and they use a feed mechanism to transport large quantities of tablets/capsules to a counting system which counts the tablets.

The Process of Counting
Tablet counters are equipped with vibratory feeder to align the products for transporting from the product hopper to the detection unit. Products are scanned and counted with accuracy in the detection unit. Dust extraction and collection equipment provide an efficient way of removing capsule dust and other contaminated particles. The counted tablets are then dispensed into a container. Air operated cylinders in the machine collect and fill the accurate number of products into containers. A specially designed nozzle helps the chance of product spillage. High technology counters also have process monitoring sensors and product reject system.

Application of Tablet Counters

• Pharmaceutical
• Para- pharmaceutical
• Medicines
• Vitamins
• Food-Supplements
• Health Products