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Appendix
Glossary
Term
Definition
API/Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient
Any substance or mixture of substances used
that is an active ingredient in the drug product.
Binding agent
See excipient.
Dies
The part of the Tooling that makes up the hole
in which the powder is compressed and shaped
into a tablet.
Die bore
The cavity inside the middle of the Die.
Die table
The area on the Turret in which the Dies are
inserted.
Ejection height
The height at which the Lower Punch is lifted to
for a tablet’s ejection from the machine.
Excipient
A substance formulated alongside the API that
acts as a binding agent in the tablet powder.
Fill depth
The amount of space that the powder can flow
into in the Die.
Formulation
Powder mix of the excipient and the API that is
compressed to make tablets.
Granular material
See Formulation.
Kilonewton (kN)
The force to accelerate a mass of 1 kg at a
constant 1 m per second.
The RTP range’s pressure is measured in this
unit.
Punches
The Upper Punch and Lower Punch have
concave endings in the shape of the desired
tablet. When the punches meet, they compress
the powder between.
Punch pressure
The adjustable amount of force that is used to
press tablets.
RTP
LFA trademarked term for rotary tablet press.
Tooling
Enables a tablet press to form tablets. It
consists of Dies, Upper Punches, and Lower
Punches.
Содержание RTP 118
Страница 1: ...1 We don t just sell machines we provide service RTP 118 Tablet Press User Manual ...
Страница 12: ...12 The shipping crate will contain the following 1 The assembled RTP 118 2 The Tooling already installed ...
Страница 38: ...38 6 Pull the Upper Punch upwards to remove it from the Turret ...