Steve Deakin and Steve Osborn , I Holland 05.06.15
Good tablet design is extremely important. It has an impact on anti-counterfeiting, tooling strength, tablet coating, durability and functionality. It also helps to avoid downstream manufacturing problems such as tablet sticking, picking, lamination, capping and premature tooling failures. It is essential to consider these at the beginning of the process, ensuring a problem free, high quality, end product.
Several elements need to be considered when designing a tablet and here we will consider the most important.
Tablet Shape and Profile
The first thing to consider is the tablet shape and optimum tablet profile. There are two basic tablet shapes, round and non-round, however the complexity of non-round shapes can be very varied and require specialized tool manufacturing capability.
Once the base shape has been decided, tablet size must be determined, consideration should be given to the type of press available for tablet manufacture as this can limit the size of the tablet.
Next follows selection of the tablet. The type of profile required is influenced by several factors;
Several elements need to be considered when designing a tablet and here we will consider the most important.
Tablet Shape and Profile
The first thing to consider is the tablet shape and optimum tablet profile. There are two basic tablet shapes, round and non-round, however the complexity of non-round shapes can be very varied and require specialized tool manufacturing capability.
Once the base shape has been decided, tablet size must be determined, consideration should be given to the type of press available for tablet manufacture as this can limit the size of the tablet.
Next follows selection of the tablet. The type of profile required is influenced by several factors;
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