MANUFACTURING
OF EMPTY HARD GELATIN CAPSULE:
GELATIN
SOLUTION: Once raw material
have been received and released by quality control the gelatin and hot
demineralized water are mixed under vaccum in stainless gelatin melting system.
From receiving tanks the gelatin solution is transferred
to stainless steel feed tanks.
Dyes, opacifants, and any needed water are added to the
gelatin in the feed tanks, to complete the gelatin preparation procedure.
From the feed tank, the gelatin is gravity fed to dipper
section.
Dipping:
pairs of stainless steel pins are dipped into the dipping solution to forms cap
and bodies. The dipping solutions is maintained at the temp. about 50? in
heated lacked dipping pan.
Spinning: The
pins are rotated to distribute the gelatin over the pins uniformly & to
avoid the formation of head at the capsule ends.
Drying: The
gelatin is dried at the blast of cool air to form the hard shell. The pins are
moved through the series of air drying kilns to remove the water.
Stripping: The
series of bronze jaws & strip the cap & body portion of the capsule
from the pins.
Trimming
& joining: The stripped cap & body portion are
trimmed to the required length by stationary knives.
Polishing: pan polishing :- acela-cota pan is used to dust & polish.
Cloth
dusting: capsule are rubbed
with the cloth.
Brushing: capsules
are filled under the soft rotating brush.
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