Sanico has proved that the PERFORMA™ P tablet Press has increased their Productivity.

For tablet compression, Sanico uses a large number of rotary tablet presses, supplied by a well-known European manufacturer other than GEA Courtoy. These machines are conventional tablet presses in the sense that tablet weight control is based on compression force measurement and the machines do not have extended dwell time capability. The MODUL™ P and the PERFORMA™ P, on the other hand, allow for both equal thickness (ETC) and equal force compression (EFC), and consequently offer the feature of extended and freely adjustable dwell time at pre-compression and main compression. We refer to GEA Courtoy’s publication “Ultimate Process Flexibility and Robustness” for a detailed technical description of these ground-breaking compression methods. The only way to extend the dwell time on a conventional machine is reducing the rotation speed of the turret, which will inevitably lead to a lower machine output.

The purpose of the collaboration between Sanico and GEA Courtoy was mainly to investigate and qualify (and, whenever possible, to quantify) the advantages of Courtoy’s innovative compression modes, in comparison with conventional tablet presses. The conventional type of tablet press described above is referred to as “Press Q” in the remainder of this article. The presses of this type used by Sanico are medium scale machines with 24 to 47 punch stations, depending on the exact configuration.

During a six-month period, over 20 different formulations were tested on the PERFORMA™ P and its performance in terms of machine speed and tablet quality was compared to that of the conventional presses. The results were quite sensational, as can be seen in the following overview ... download the complete story.