Jon Carlisle, encapsulation technical service manager, Natoli Encapsulation Division, examines the function and optimal set-up of tamper-style encapulsation machines to increase product yield.
Key insights:
- There are four styles of encapsulation machines, which all use different methods to achieve filling an empty, hard, two-piece capsule at a desired weight.
- Tamper-style encapsulators use a tamping pin, forcing the powder into the dosing disk bore. This process is repeated several times in order to form a “slug,” prior to being transferred into the capsule body.
- The “slug” is necessary for accurate fill weight and clean transfer into the empty capsule when running at high speeds.
There are basically four styles of encapsulation machines: Tamper, Dosator, Semi-Automatic and Hand-filling. These styles of machines all use different methods to achieve filling an empty, hard, two-piece capsule at a desired weight.