The development of an instrumented tamp-filling capsule machine. II. Investigations of plug development and tamping pressure at different filling stations

European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 515-521

  Podczeck, Fridrun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE; STARCH;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COMPRESSION; DENSITY; DRUG CAPSULE; DRUG MANUFACTURE; INSTRUMENTATION; MACHINE; POWDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CAPSULES; CELLULOSE; CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; STARCH;

EID: 0035104850     PISSN: 09280987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-0987(00)00216-5     Document Type: Article

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