Introducing our PharmaCare discount offer! Get a great saving on the most recommended (and requested!) pieces of equipment.

On Friday, 8th July 2022, I Holland took part in the annual R.E.A.L. Foundation Trust (RFT) charity golf day at Rufford Park Golf & Country Club.

Mini case study no. 5. How a customer compressing a pharmaceutical product experienced tool breakages from an abrasive granule, trippled their tooling life.

Mini case study no. 4: A customer fighting the pandemic reported issues of sticking, picking and capping. After a change in material selection, they now report no issues.

90 thousand extra tablets per hour, 80% production output increase,129 extra batches from tooling lifespan…  Product name & dosage: Multivitamin Tablet: Capsule – 19 x 8mm Tooling type: Multi-tip – Eurostandard D Press type: Fette 2090 and 3090 Problem: The multivitamin being compressed was very abrasive and the existing tooling supplied by a competitor could not be used after 5 batches of production

Product name & dosage: Confectionery (gum) Tablet: Square – 8.5 x 7.5mm Tooling type: Eurostandard B Press type: Fette P3000 – 55 Station Problem: Using a competitors tools, the customer was experiencing premature punch tip wear and misalignment between the punches and dies. Their tools were lasting a maximum of 6 months. To make things worse, they were also facing several

Product name & dosage: Ibuprofen – 400mg Tablet: 10.5mm Tooling type: Eurostandard B Press type: Fette 2090i – 45 Station Problem: The customer had always struggled to compress this formulation due to issues with sticking and overall product robustness. This meant having to run the press at low speeds to increase dwell time and manufacture a tablet in the specification. However,

It’s no secret! Well maintained and carefully stored tools make you money. Improve your return on investment with this webinar series where we’ll be explaining exactly why that’s true. To be held on the last Thursday of each month February – Aug 2021.