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Capsules are solid dosage forms in which the drug or a mixture of drugs with or without excipients is enclosed in Hard Gelatin Capsule Shells, in soft, soluble shells of gelatin, or in hard or soft shells of any other suitable material, of various shapes and capacities. They usually contain a single dose of active ingredient(s) and are intended for oral administration.
Advantages:
The drugs having unpleasant odour and taste can be administered by enclosing them in a tasteless shell.
They are smooth, become very slippery when moist and can be easily swallowed.
They are economical.
They are easy to handle and carry.
The capsules release the medicament as and when desired in gastro-intestinal tract.
Capsules are made from gelatin and hence they are therapeutically inert.
Capsule have elegant appearance so that it enhance patient acceptance.
The drug in the form of solid, liquid & viscous form can be encapsulated in capsule shell.
Capsule formulation provide better stability of drug as compare to uncoated tablet & liquid dosage form.
Disadvantages:
Capsule are not usually used for administration of extremely soluble materials such as potassium chloride, potassium bromide etc. since there is sudden release of such compound in stomach & causes irritation.
Capsule should not used for highly efflorescent material as material may cause the capsule to soften by losing water molecule to shell.
Capsule should not used for highly deliquescent powder as powder have tendency to absorb moisture from capsule shell & make it brittleness.
The capsule shells can absorb water from the environment and develop problems with drug stability and capsule shell can become tacky.
It is unsuitable for use with liquid formulations.
The mechanism involved for production of hard gelatin capsule shell are
The Capsule shell contains :
Dry Gelatin (Type A or B)
Plasticizer – Glycerine
Solvent – Demineralised water
Preparation of the gelatin solution (dipping solution): A concentrated solution of gelatin (35- 40%) is prepared by dissolving the gelatin in demineralized water which has been heated to 60– 70°C in jacketed pressure vessels. This is stirred until the gelatin has dissolved and vacuum is applied to removed entrapped air bubbles. At this stage, other processing aids may be added like plasticizer, colourant, opaquing agent etc. The viscosity of gelatin preparation has to be controlled as it may affect downstream manufacturing process & very importantly thickness of shell. cap Body.
Dipping
Spinning
Drying
Stripping & Trimming
Joining
The mechanism involved for production of hard gelatin capsule shell are
The Capsule shell contains :
Dry Gelatin (Type A or B)
Plasticizer – Glycerine
Solvent – Demineralised water
Preparation of the gelatin solution (dipping solution): A concentrated solution of gelatin (35- 40%) is prepared by dissolving the gelatin in demineralized water which has been heated to 60– 70°C.
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1. HARD GELATIN CAPSULES
Ms. TENY SARA THOMAS
MOUNT ZION COLLEGE OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES AND RESEARCH,
ADOOR, KERALA
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
B.PHARM FIFTH SEMESTER
FORMULATIVE & INDUSTRIAL PHARMACY
UNIT III
2. CONTENTS
• INTRODUCTION
• PRODUCTION OF HARD GELATIN CAPSULES
• SIZE OF HARD GELATIN CAPSULES
• FILLING OF CAPSULES
• FINISHING
• SPECIAL TECHNIQUES OF FORMULATION OF
HARD GELATIN CAPSULES
• QUALITY CONTROL TESTS OF HARD GELATIN
CAPSULES
3. INTRODUCTION
Hard gelatin capsules consists of two pieces in the
form of cylinders closed at one end. The shorter piece
is called the cap. This cap fits over the open end of
longer piece called body. The drug substance is placed
in the body and the caps are slided over it, hence
enclosing the drug substance.
BODY
CAP
4. PRODUCTION OF HARD GELATIN CAPSULE
SHELL
All raw materials required for the
production of a capsule shell are collected
and weighed. A solution of gelatin with a
concentration of about 45-60% is prepared
by mixing of gelatin in demineralised hot
water at 60-70℃ in jacketed pressure vessels.
Vacuum can be applied to remove entrapped
air bubbles. Gelatin solution is transferred to
stainless steel feed tanks. Dyes, opacifants,
preservatives and any water needed are
added to the gelatin solution.
Finally the viscosity is adjusted
according to required thickness of the
capsule shell.
Stainless steel mold pins are those on
5. Steps in the Production of Hard Gelatin
Capsule Shell
• Dipping
• Spinning
• Drying
• Stripping
• Trimming
• Joining
• Polishing
6. • Dipping :- 150 pairs of stainless steel mold pins are
dipped in to the prepared gelatin solution of controlled
viscosity to form caps and bodies simultaneously. This
results in the formation of film on the surface of the
mold pins.
• Spinning :- The mold pins are rotated so as to provide
uniform distribution of gelatin.
• Drying :- The gelatin is dried at the blast of cool air to
form the hard shell. The pins are moved through a
series of air drying kilns which help in removing any
water content present.
7. • Stripping :- A series of bronze jaw strips the cap and
body portion of the capsules from the mold pins.
• Trimming :- the stripped cap and body portion of the
capsule are trimmed to the required length using
stationary knives.
• Joining :- After trimming, the cap and body sections
are joined and ejected from the machine.
• Polishing :- is done using Accela cota pans and then
rubbed with clothes.
The entire cycle of the machine lasts for
approximately 45 minutes. Inspection processes are
done finally to remove the imperfect capsules.
Capsules are then ready for sterilisation and
packaging.
8.
9. SIZE OF CAPSULES
For Human Use, empty capsule shells are
available in different sizes. Based on capacity of the
granules, capsule size are numbered and ranges
from 000 to 5. 000 being the largest and 5 being the
smallest size.
10. SIZE VOLUME IN ml SIZE IN mm
000 (largest) 1.37 2.6
00 0.95 2.3
0 0.68 2.1
1 0.5 1.9
2 0.37 1.8
3 0.30 1.5
4 0.21 1.4
5 (smallest) 0.15 1.1
11. CAPSULE FILLING
The hard two – piece capsule can be filled with
materials that have a wide range of physical
properties.
Types of dosage forms for filling into hard capsules :-
Solid Semi – Solid Liquid
•Powders
•Granules
•Pellets
•Tablets
•Paste
•Thermo
softening
mixtures
•Thixo-tropic
mixtures
•Non – aqueous
solutions
•Oily liquids
12. • Powdered formulations often require excipients such as
fillers, lubricants, glidants, to facilitate their
encapsulation. This influences the rate of release.
Addition of wetting agents is needed in case of
hydrophobic drugs.
• In case of powders that have a chance to liquefy ,
adsorbents like colloidal silica, magnesium carbonate
must be used.
14. Hand Operated Capsule Filling Machine
Pharmacists that
prepare capsules on
a regular or
extensive basis may
use hand operated
capsule machines.
These machines are
also called Feton
capsule filling
machine.
The machine has the
following parts :-
• Capsule bed with 200-
300 holes
• Loading tray
• Powder tray
• Pin plate with 200-
300pins
• Sealing plate with
rubber top
• Lever
• Cam handle
15.
16.
17. • Tighten the cam handle and placed lever in the
position. The machine is ready for capsule filling.
• Place the empty capsules onto the loading tray with the
body end of the capsules oriented downwards and the
cap oriented upwards.
• Placed the filled loading tray over the capsule bed.
• The cam handle is used to lock the body part of the
capsules at their place while of the cap of the capsule is
separated.
• Powder tray is placed in position, and the powder is
placed on to the surface. Using a spatula, spread the
powder uniformly to fill the bodies of the capsules.
Remove the excess powder.
Working of Hand Operated Capsule Filling Machine
18. • The pin plate is then lowered to press the filled powder.
Again raise the pin plate.
• Remove the powder tray after filling.
• The cap holding plate is then repositioned over the
body.
• The capsules are rejoined then by manual pressure.
• Remove the loading tray and collect the filled capsules.
19. Semi Automatic Capsule Filling Machine
Semi automatic capsule filling machine are
employed when smaller batches sizes are
required. Production capacities can range from
6000 – 8000 capsules per hour. Semi automatic
capsule filling machines always require an
operator in attendance at all times of the
operation.
Semi automatic machines use the Auger
Filling Principle.
20. The machine has the
following parts :-
A. Capsule fill
B. Stirrer
C. Auger
D. Capsule body holder
E. Turn table
F. Capsule ring
• Peg ring
• Capsule hopper
• Turntables
• Rectifier
23. There are 3 stages of how the capsule filling
machine works :-
1. Orientation of capsule :- The capsule ring is
placed on a turntable under the Rectifier (they
orient the capsule in such a way that the body part
is oriented downwards and cap part is oriented
upwards). Empty capsule shells in the capsule
hopper are descended by the rectifier in to the
capsule ring. As the ring rotates on the turntable,
vacuum pulls the capsules bodies in to the lower
part of the capsule ring, leaving the caps behind in
the upper ring.
Working of Semi Automatic Capsule Filling Machine
24. 2. Powder filling of capsule :- After capsule
separation, the operator separates the rings of the
capsule ring and places the body ring on another
turntable that rotates beneath the foot of the powder
hopper. The auger in the hopper rotates to provide
constant downward flow of the formulation while
the filling ring rotates. The amount of formulation
delivered to the capsule bodies depends on the
dwell time of the bodies under the foot of the
hopper, i.e., the speed of rotation of the body ring.
25. 3. Capsule Closing :- Upper and the lower holding
ring of the capsule ring is joined together and
positioned in front of the peg ring holding pins.
Pneumatic pressure is applied to the peg ring which
finally pushes the caps and the bodies together
inside the holes of the capsule ring. Filled capsules
are then removed from the capsule ring.
26. Automatic Capsule Filling Machine
Automatic capsule filling machine are
designed and developed to fill hard gelatin
capsules with powders or pellets. It is an
extremely durable and reliable machine that fills
dosages to the highest accuracy. It can be
applicable to the widest range of capsules at all
sizes.
Automatic filling machines employ pistons, or
tamping pins that lightly compress the powder
into slugs, and eject the plugs into the empty
capsule bodies. Automatic machines use the
Dosing Disc Principle and Dosator Principle.
31. • The dosing disc rotates continuously in a circular
manner. The stop plate closes the holes on the dosing
plate. The dosing disc rotates below the powder bed,
the material flows into each hole. The pins which are in
the station compress the powder to a controlled depth.
• The process of filling and compression continues till
reaching the last compressing pin, where the machine
ejects a compressed powder through the dosing plate
into the capsule.
• This is a continuous process and the production speed
will depend on the preset machine conditions.
32. Dosator Principle
Working of a Automatic Capsule Filling Machine
Diagram of a dosator or dosing tube system:
(A) compression force platen; (B) piston; (C) dosing tube; (D)
powder hopper; (E) plug ejection platen; (F) capsule body in
bush; and (G) powder plug
33. • A dosator machine has two segments :- powder bed on
one side while the empty capsule body on the opposite
side.
• As the dosing tube goes down, penetrates the powder
bed, powder enters the open end of the dosator.
• A plug is formed inside the dosing tube with a movable
piston that controls the dosing volume and applies a
force to form the plug.
• Dosage tube then moves up, takes a 180⁰ rotation, and
press powder plug into the capsule body to complete
capsule filling.
34. Punch Method (Manual Filling)
To hand fill capsules, the pharmacist generally uses
the Punch Method.
• Ingredients are triturated an mixed. The powder is placed
on a powder paper or ointment slab and smoothed with a
spatula to a height approximately half the length of the
capsule body.
• The body of the capsule is held vertically and the open end
is pushed or punched into the powder until the capsule is
filled.
• The capsule is replaced to close the capsule.
• Each filled capsule is weighed after filling. Powder is
added and removed until the correct weight has been
placed in the capsule.
35.
36. All the capsule filling machines have the 4 steps in
common.
• Rectification of the empty capsule shell :- orientation of
the capsule – body oriented downwards and caps oriented
upwards.
• Separation of cap and body of empty capsule shell.
• Dosing of a fill material :- eg. Auger Principle, Dosing
disc Principle, Dosator fill principle, Punch Principle etc.
• Replacement of the caps over the body and Ejection of
the filled capsules.
37. Famous companies manufacturing different
capsule filling machines :-
• Lilly and Parke – Davis
• Farmatic
• Hofliger and Karg
• Macofar
• mG2
• Osaka
• Perry
• Zanasi
38. CAPSULE FINISHING
Filled capsules from the capsule equipment
require dusting or polishing operation before the
remaining operations of inspection, bottling, and
labeling are completed.
Dusting or polishing operations vary according to
the type of the filling equipment used, the type of
powder used for filling, and the individual
requirements for the finished appearance of the
completed capsules.
40. Pan Polishing
Because of the unique design, especially primary
in the area of airflow, the Accela Cota Tablet
Coating Pan is used to dust and polish capsules. A
polyurethane or cheese cloth liner is placed in the
pan, and the liner is used to trap the removed dust as
well as impart a gloss to the capsules.
41. Cloth Dusting
In this method, the filled capsules are rubbed
with a cloth that may or may not be impregnated
with an inert oil. This procedure is a hand operation
and gives a shine to the capsules. Also it results in a
positive method for removal of resistant materials.
42. Brushing
In this method, the filled capsules are fed under
rotating soft brushes, which serve to remove the dust
from the capsule shell. This operation must be
accomplished by application of vacuum for dust
removal.
43. There are mainly 3 commercial equipments :-
1. Rotosort :- is a mechanical sorting device that removes loose
powder, unfilled joined capsules, filled or unfilled capsule
bodies, and loose capsule caps. This machine can handle up
to 15000 capsules per hour
2. Erweka KEA :- is designed to handle the output from any
type of capsule filling machine. It moves the capsules
between soft plastic tassels against a perforated plastic sleeve,
under vacuum. Any residual powder is removed by the
vacuum.
3. PM60 :- the equipment has two units that may be used in the
finishing process of capsules, which may be used separately
or combined. A belt is available that presents capsules for
visual inspection, and it may include vacuum system that
removes the unfilled capsules. The machine has lamb wool
belts moving in opposite directions.
Commercial Capsule Dust or Polish Equipments
44. SPECIAL TECHNIQUES OF FORMULATION OF
HARD GELATIN CAPSULES
• Decreasing Solubility
• Formulating Incompatible Materials
• Filling of Semisolids
• Filling of Liquids
• HPMC Capsules
• Starch Capsules
• Cross Linked Dextran Capsules
45. Decrease of Solubility
• Solubility is retarded in this technique of formulating a special
type capsule.
• Done in an attempt delay absorption of the active ingredient or to
provide enteric properties.
• Solubility is assured in two ways here:-
a) Water resistance – failure to dissolve in water in 15 mints at 20-
30℃.
b) Acid solubility – dissolve in less than 5 mints in 0.5% aq. HCl
at 36 - 80℃
• Two ways of formulating capsules with decreased solubility are :-
a) Formalin treatment :- exposure of the gelatin film to formalin
vapours decrease the solubility of gelatin due to the cross
linking of molecules in gelatin initiated by aldehyde.
b) Coating of the gelatin capsules with coating materials like
shellac, cellulose acetate phthallate etc., by usual pan coating
46. Formulation of Incompatible Materials
• Formulation of Incompatible materials is carried out by the use of
a two phase fill in the capsule
• One phase :- consists of a soft capsule, or smaller hard capsule
or a pill that is filled into the capsule.
• Other phase :- powder fill is added in the usual manner.
• Changes should be made to the equipment for the machine
operation to allow the two filling.
47. Filling of Semisolids
• Semisolids are melted to allow the filling of the
material in the capsules at ambient temperature.
Filling of Liquids
• Liquids in the form of thermosetting or thixotropic
mixture are filled in the capsule.
• Gelatin banding is required for the sealing of the
capsules to prevent leakage.
• Two bands of gelatin solution are applied around the
centre of the filled capsules and this then dried using
air ate ambient conditions.
48. HPMC Capsules
• Developed as an alternative to hard gelatin capsules.
• Odourless and flexible, low moisture content, chemically
inert, stable under low moisture conditions.
• HPMC Capsules :- manufactured using 18-28% HPMC,
carrageenan (0.01 – 0,09% w/w) and potassium or calcium
ions (0.05-0.6% w/w)
• Carrageenan and potassium or calcium ions are used as co
gelling agents to facilitate the gelling of HPMC.
49. Cross Linked Dextran Capsules
• Capsule shell are prepared by reacting dextran. Magnesium
chloride, glutaraldehyde, and polyethylene glycol 400 in
water.
Starch Capsules
• Capsule shell are prepared by starch obtained from potato.
• Dissolution is independent of pH.
• Usually used for manufacture of enteric coated capsules.
50. QUALITY CONTROL TESTS OF HARD
GELATIN CAPSULE
• Weight variation test
• Content uniformity test
• Disintegration test
• Dissolution test
• Moisture permeation test
51. Weight Variation Test
Weigh 20 capsules individually and find the
average weight.
Individual weights should be within 90% - 110% of
the average weight.
If this is requirement is not fulfilled, then the
weight of contents of each individual capsule is
determined and compared with the average weight
of the contents. The difference between the
individual content weight and average content
weight are determined. The contents of the shell
are removed with the help of a small brush.
The requirements are met,
:- if not more than 2 of the individual differences are
greater than 10% of the average content weight, or,
:- when no capsule content weight is greater than 25%
52. If more than 2 but less than 6 of the individual differences
deviate from the requirements said before,
• Individual content weight, is determined for another 40
capsules.
• Average of 60 capsules content weight are taken.
• The difference of the individual content weight of the previous
20 capsules and the next 40 capsules are determined from the
new average content weight of 60 capsules.
• For the test to pass :-
a) Difference should not exceed 10% of the new average content
weight of 60 capsules for a minimum of 6 capsules.
b) when no capsule content weight is greater than 25%
• Rotoweigh and Vericap 1200 determines the
weight of individual capsules automatically and
also rejects the under filled or overfilled
capsules.
53. Content Uniformity Test
• 30 capsules are selected, 10 of which are assayed as per
the procedure mentioned in the specific monograph.
• The requirements are met :-
a) If 9 out of 10 are in the range of 85 – 115% potency.
b) 10th capsule is not outside 75 – 125%.
• if more than 1 but less than 3 fall outside 85 – 115%,
then the rest of the 20 capsules are assayed.
• In that case, the test passes, when all the 30 capsules,
are within 75-125% potency, and not less than 27 of
the 30 capsules are within 85-115% potency.
54. Disintegration Test
• Same apparatus as used in the evaluation of disintegration in
tablets.
• To test the disintegration time, one capsule is placed in each tube
of the basket assembly, and the basket rack is position in a
medium at 37℃. Perforated plastic discs are placed on top of the
capsules.
• The capsules complies with the test, if all the capsules
disintegrate, and all the particles pass through the mesh screen in
the specified time. If any residue remains, it must have only a soft
mass with no firm core.
• If 1 or 2 fails to disintegrate, the test is repeated with 12
additional tablets.
• According to the IP, hard shell capsules take only a maximum of
30 minutes to disintegrate.
55. Dissolution Test
• Same apparatus as used in the evaluation of dissolution
in tablets.
• To test the dissolution or drug release from the capsule,
USP Apparatus II – the rotating paddle type is used
mainly.
• As the capsule comes in contact with the aqueous media
at 37℃, capsule shell absorb water and swell.
• The rate of water penetration is inversely proportional to
the thickness of the capsule shell. The shell ruptures at
the shoulder of the cap an the body part.
• Rate of gelatin solubility is dependent on the
temperature of the solution. As the temperature
decreases, the solubility of the gelatin decreases.
56. Moisture Penetration Test
• Degree and rate of moisture penetration is determined
by packing the capsules together. Expose the packaged
unit to a known relative humidity over a specified time.
• The change in initial and final weight is determined.