EQUIPMENTS SELECTION IN PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY

INTRODUCTION: Equipment may be defined as a physical entity which is used to carry out a general or specific Activity in the pharmaceutical plant. Eg. Tablet compression, Weighing Machine, Tablet coating machine. Equipment purchased must be capable of processing desired quantity of product at the desired speed of operation. Understanding one's production scale in terms of batch size requirements and comparing this with the load capacity of the equipment being considered is an important first step when choosing equipment.