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32F January 2020 Tablets & Capsules Clean-label carrier excipient Nu-Sorb excipient offers nutraceutical manufacturers of high-oil ingredients an alternative to synthetic carriers. Clean-label excipient is a blend of rice fiber, oat fiber, and sunflower lecithin that provides the oil-holding capacity necessary to produce powders, tablets, and capsules. Company also offers other natural and organic rice-based ingredients that are vegan, non-GMO, and gluten-free for the food, beverage, pet, and dietary supplement industries. Ribus, St. Louis, MO 314 727 4287 www.ribus.com Tablet press Compacta II tablet press features an interchangeable turret with 21 B stations, 17 D stations, or a combination of eight B and eight D stations. Instrumented press works with the company's Director software to simplify development and increase production. Custom force sensors measure pre- and main compression as well as ejection and take-off forces, which can be used to resolve formulation issues. Press enables operator to generate compaction profiles and conduct strain rate studies, scope trace analysis studies (which provide details of an individual compression event), and lubrication studies. Top speed produces 151,200 tablets per hour, making the press suitable for pilot production runs. Changeover takes as little as 30 minutes. SMI, Lebanon, NJ 908 534 1500 www.smitmc.com Solid dosage training Company specializes in solving nutraceutical tablet manufacturing challenges to improve quality, reduce defects, and increase productivity by providing com- panies with training, troubleshooting, and equipment. Solid dosage training— available at the company's lab, the client's manufacturing site, and online—and troubleshooting sessions focus on ingredient performance, equipment usage, and team training to optimize processes. Other offerings include risk assessment of a facility's equipment, process, and formulation to help minimize problems and maximize performance. Techceuticals, Cleveland, OH 216 658 8038 www.techceuticals.com Single- and multilayer tablet presses XL 4004 series fully sealed tablet presses feature comprehensive containment solutions for OEB 3 to 5 applications and an integrated electrical cabinet that saves space on the production floor. All key components, including turrets, feeders, and cams, are fully interchangeable. Turrets are exchanged using an internal lift device, allowing the production of any size tablet on a single machine. Tablet press series includes two models: SFP for single-layer tableting (photo) and MFP for single-, bi-, and trilayer tableting as well as tablet-in-tablet and microchip-in-tablet manufacturing. SFP model runs at a max speed of 120 rpm, produces more than 300,000 tablets per hour, offers 100 kilonewtons of pre- and main compression force, and is equipped with a compression dwell bar. MFP model produces tablets in any size, shape, or format, is process-identical to the SFP model in single-layer mode, and shares common product contact parts. Korsch America, South Easton, MA 508 238 9080 www.korsch.com