About the Book:

A combination of a sound formulation with a proper control of the tabletting or capsule filling process is necessary to produce a satisfactory tablet or capsule. These considerations require accurate measurements. 

Tablet and Capsule Machine instrumentation is a practical guide to the techniques and applications of instrumentation used to mate these measurements. The text provides a sound understanding of the principles and techniques involved, and of how data generated by instrumented machines can be applied to problems in pharmaceutical research, development and manufacture. 

Topics covered include:

·         the measurement of force

·         the installation of strain gauges

·         the measurement of displacement

·         power supplies and data acquisition

·         instrumented tablet Presses

·         calibration of transducer systems

·         data handling

·         applications of tablet press instrumentation

·         the instrumentation of capsule filling machinery

·         automatic control of tablet presses in a production environment.

Contents:

1.    Introduction

2.    The Measurement of Force

3.    The Installation  of Strain Gauges

4.    The Measurement of Displacement

5.    Power Supplies and Data Acquisition

6.    Instrumented Tablet Presses

7.    Calibration of Transducer Systems

8.    Data Handling

9.    Applications of Tablet Press Instrumentation;

10. The Instrumentation of Capsule-filling Machinery

11. Automatic Control of tablet Presses in a Production Environment

About the Editors:

Peter Ridgway Watt was formerly lnstrument Services Co-ordinator, Beecham pharmaceutical Research Division, UK.