Filling of Hard Gelatin Capsule By Manually Operated �Capsule Filler Machine

Filling of Hard
Gelatin Capsule By
Manually Operated Capsule Filler Machine

1. Filling of Hard Gelatin Capsule By Manually Operated Capsule Filler Machine Presented By: Syed Abdul Zahed Syed Abdul Wahed (contact:9146857072) Ali-Allana College of pharmacy Akkalkuwa,415425

2. Capsule Capsules are solid unit dosage form of drug substance in which the drug is enclosed in either a hard or soft water soluble shell ,made up of gelatin . It is also define as dosage form in which one or more medicine or inert substance are enclosed within a small gelatin shell.

3. Filling of hard gelatin capsule There are various machine which used to filling the hard gelatin capsule are as follows , Manually operated capsule filler machine Semi-Automatically operated filler machine. Fully Automatic capsule Filler Machine `

4. Manually Operate d Capsule F iller M achine These machine have range of 220-320 in their beds, depending on the kinds of the machine. When the holes of capsule is more then higher the production. One of the major advantage of this machine is that they are cost friendly and can be easily acquired in the local market.

5. Parts of Manually Operated Capsule Filler Machine

6. HANDALING OF MACHINE Step 1 :  place empty capsules onto the loading tray and place the tray onto the machine. Check the front knob if it’s turned to the right. Step 2 :  pull the locking lever forward. Push down long handle which will lift the caps off all the capsule bodies. Once this is done, take out the tray containing all the caps and set aside . Step 3 :  push the locking lever back, by which capsule bottoms will drop down and become level with filling surface. You can place the powder tray on filler to powder spillage .

7. Step 4 :  now pour and spread the pre-measured powder. Move extra powder onto powder trays shelf. Lower tamper and lock. After locking, turn the machine’s handle to compress the powder. This will allow you to fill more in capsules . step 5 : after filling the capsules uniformly, return the tray containing caps to filler. Now turn the front knob to the left and lower locking plate. Engage the lock for locking plate then hold tamper handle and push down on the long handle. The bottom of the capsules will be pushed up into caps to lock them all up. Step 6 : at this point, you can now disengage the lock for locking plate by simply lifting it and turning the front knob to the right. Next, push down the long handle and remove the tray with filled and locked capsules. Now turn the tray to release all the capsules.

8. Leon Lachman, Herbert A. Lieberman, Joseph Kanig,The Theory and Practice of Industrial Pharmacy page no:546 Reference

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