Reasons of tablet Sticking and Picking
Sticking and picking are two common problems which may occur during the tablet compression operation. Most of the operators and pharmacists are confused with the term sticking and picking...
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Dust Cups for compression machine punches
Dust cups are also known as dust holders and act as a reservoir for dripping lubricant. Dust cups are usually made of silicon material...
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Reasons and precautions to prevent compression machine accident
During operation of the compression machine, many factors may result in a compression machine accident. Some main factors may be as,
Improper dies Installation,Die bolt losing,Improper lubrication ,Punch head damage,Punch tip damage,Overloading,Product characteristic...
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Microcrystalline cellulose in pharmaceutical products
Microcrystalline cellulose is the most widely used excipient in pharmaceutical industries for the manufacturing of tablets.
Microcrystalline cellulose is also known as MCC or Avicel and is available in different grades...
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Compression Machine Capacity Calculation
To calculate the capacity of the compression machine we need number of punches,revolution per minute & number of feed system...
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How to calculate blender capacity
The capacity of blenders is described in litres not in kilograms because if we take the capacity of blenders in kilograms it does not remain the same for denser and lighter products...
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Advancements in Compression machines & Advance compression machine Tooling
Compression machines are used to compress the powders or granules into tablets. The first compression machine invented was a single-punch compression machine which was used to compress a single tablet ...
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How to write a sop
SOPs play an important role in the success of any pharmaceutical industry because any inspection or audit is usually started with checking of SOPs...
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Tablet capping problem and solution
Removal of the crown edges of the tablet is known as tablet capping.In this article you will learn reasons and remedies of tablet capping...
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Croscarmellose Sodium uses
Cros-carmellose sodium is a cross-linked polymer of carboxymethylcellulose sodium. Due to cross-linking, it gives good swelling properties...
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Calcium Phosphate dibasic dihydrate uses in tablets
Calcium phosphate dibasic dihydrate is also known as DCP or dibasic calcium phosphate. DCP is an insoluble and inorganic excipient...
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Mannitol in tablet formulation
Mannitol is an alcohol sugar present in many plants and animals. It is hexahedral alcohol widely used as an excipient in pharma...
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Starch and modified starch in pharmaceutical products
Starch is widely used in pharmaceutical industries, usually in the manufacturing of tablets, capsules and other solid dosage forms...
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HEPA filters in pharmaceutical industries
HEPA filters are defined as the filter that removes 99.95% or 99.97% particulate of size less than equal to or greater than 0.3 microns...
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Cleanroom Classification in Pharma
A clean room is a room in which particles and the viable count is kept within standard and defined ranges...
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