42 July 2018 Tablets & Capsules
industry innovations
Double-sided tablet press
Aquarius G-K double-sided hybrid tablet press produces as
many as 643,200 single-layer tablets per hour and achieves
a maximum of 100 kilonewtons of pre- and main compres-
sion. Removable double-sided turret is suitable for high-vol-
ume production of pharmaceutical and nutraceutical tablets,
with 45 stations using D tooling, 55 stations using B tooling,
and 67 stations using BB tooling. User-friendly touchscreen
panel with swing-arm assembly allows the operator to
access recipe management, operation screens, alarm history,
data acquisition, and audit trail. Other features include a
closed feeder and vacuum collection system, upper punch
head guards, and upper and lower dust seals and bellows.
Optional bi-layer conversion kit allows the press to make up
to 160,800 bi-layer tablets per hour. Other options include
a digital pressure monitor for pre-compression and ejection
force and a turret exchange lifter and cart.
Kikusui USA, Lakewood, NJ
732 349 3131
www.kikusui.com
Semi-automatic bottle capper
Pharmafill CP3 Cap Press semi-automatic bottle capper
attaches press-on and snap-on caps, pressing up to 12 caps
at a time using compressed air at 100 psi with no electricity.
Operator loads filled bottles into a magazine, places the
loaded magazine under the press plate, starts the bottle cap-
per to press caps onto all of the bottles at once, then
removes and reloads the magazine. Multiple magazines may
be used and/or pre-loaded to speed production. Portable,
tabletop unit is ideal for capping bottles of vitamins, nutra-
ceuticals, and other products in modest volumes and is suit-
able for bottles with odd shapes.
Deitz, Wall, NJ
732 681 0200
www.deitzco.com
