The development of an instrumented tamp-filling capsule machine I Instrumentation of a Bosch GKF 400S machine and feasibility study

European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 267-274

  Podczeck, Fridrun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capsule fill weight control; Instrumentation; Tamp filling machine; Tamping force measurement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CAPSULE FILLING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FORCE TRANSDUCER; INSTRUMENTATION; MACHINE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CAPSULES; CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; DRUG COMPOUNDING; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; POWDERS;

EID: 0034032144     PISSN: 09280987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-0987(00)00071-3     Document Type: Article

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