This document describes a capsule filling machine. It has several components: a bed and loading tray with 200-300 holes, a powder tray, a pin plate, a lever, cam handle, sealing plate with rubber top, and scraper. The machine is widely used in the pharmaceutical industry. It can fill 6000 capsules per hour and is made of stainless steel. All operations are manual. It uses a volumetric filling method where powder is filled to the upper surface of a body containing ring. Major manufacturers of these machines include Eli Lilly, Park-Davis, and Farmatic.

1. By MR. DILIP O. MORANI

3.  A bed with 200-300 holes
 A loading tray with 200-300 holes
 Powder tray
 A pin plate with 200-300 holes
 Lever
 Cam handle
 Sealing plate with rubber top
 Scraper

5.  Most widely used of its kind in pharmaceutical
industry.
 Small and reliable for small units.
 Speedy and efficient operations.
 Output- 6000 capsules/hour.
 Simple and sturdy machine.
 Made from high grade of stainless steel.
 All operations are manual.

6. 1) Eli Lilly & Co.
2) Park-davis
3) Farmatic
4) Hofliger and Karg
5) Macofar
6) mG2
7) Osaka
8) Perry
9) Zanasi

7. 1) Volumetric- Powder is filled to the upper surface of
body containing ring.
2) Dosator- Piston exert amount of force that compacts
powder together and results in a slug that capsule
filling machine later delivers into capsule.
3) Tamping-have several pins (5). It has a dosing disc with
several holes on its surfaces.

9.  Fill is volumetric.
 Powder is filled to the upper surface of body
containing ring.
 Output- 2,00,000 capsules/hour.
 Filling rate-1200 capsules/minute.
 Maximum total fill weights are achieved
with highest turntable speed and lowest
rotational speed.

11.  Machine feature continuous motion with
dosator type powder feeding units.
 Totally enclosed for dust and noise control.
 Adjustable vacuum is used for separating
the capsules after rectification.
 Dosator measure and deliver the powder as a
slug to the capsules.

13.  All models can be modified to accept powders,
pellets or tablets.
 Powder is auger fed from hopper to filling
chamber.
 Tamping of powder into holes of filling disc is
performed at five successive stations.
 Tamps are externally adjustable at each
individual station while machine is in
operation.
 Additional station is available for insertion of
tablets or pellets, so that mixed fills can be
achieved.

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