Resources for Beginners In The Pharmaceutical Industry

Are your gummy snacks sticking together during packaging? Slow production ruins your profits. I will show you a great solution. We solved this problem for a client recently. A rotary premade pouch machine combined with a dimpled-plate multi-head weigher is the best solution for packing gummies. This setup handles different pouch sizes easily. It prevents sticky candies from jamming. It keeps a steady speed of 30 pouches per minute. Rotary ...

Do you want to make fish oil softgels but feel lost? The machine setup is hard. I will show you exactly how to build your production line today. You need four main steps to start a fish oil softgel line. First, prepare the gelatin shell. Second, mix the fish oil fill. Third, use a softgel encapsulation machine to form the capsules. Finally, dry and polish the softgels. You also need ...

Do you struggle with tablet defects like sticking or capping? You adjust the pressure, change the tooling, but the problem stays. The real culprit might be hiding inside your granules. Granule moisture content is a critical parameter that acts as a natural plasticizer and lubricant during tablet compression. If moisture is too high, you get sticking and picking; if it is too low, you face capping and lamination. Controlling this ...

Making shaped tablets is hard. Bad shapes cause filling dead zones and uneven pressure. This ruins your product yield. I will show you how to fix these problems today. To solve shaped tablet defects, you must fix uneven filling, asymmetrical stress, and poor ejection. Optimize your powder flow, adjust your tooling design, and control your tablet press machine settings. This prevents weight variation, cracking, sticking, and chipped edges in irregular ...

Do you struggle with capping, sticking, or unstable tablet weights? The hidden culprit is often uneven moisture distribution in your granules, which ruins the quality of your final solid dosage product. To ensure consistent moisture, you must control four stages: atomizing binders during granulation, using fluid bed drying for uniform heat, performing a final blend to equalize variations, and maintaining strict environmental humidity. This prevents defects and ensures high-quality solid ...

Sticking and picking are two of the most frustrating problems in tablet manufacturing. They destroy the look of your product and cause frequent, costly machine downtime. Sticking happens when granules adhere to the punch face, while picking occurs when material fills the embossing or lettering. To solve this, you must control moisture between 1-3%, optimize particle size to reduce fines, use proper lubricants like magnesium stearate, and ensure your punch ...

Are inconsistent tablet weights ruining your production batches? Poor granule flow causes costly downtime and product rejection, but fixing it is easier than you think. To improve granule flowability and minimize weight variation, you should add glidants like silica gel, control particle size distribution through sieving, optimize particle shape to be more spherical, and maintain specific moisture levels. These steps ensure smooth processing in tablet presses and capsule fillers. Granule ...

One year ago, a client asked me for a quote on a gummy production line. I gave him a fair price, but he chose a cheaper supplier. Last month, he came back to me. He told me the cheap machine was a disaster. It could not run continuously. It broke down often. The supplier promised 150kg per hour, but he could barely get 40kg. He lost money and time. He ...