Tablet press

US7641466B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• FETTE GMBH · DE

Inventors

• Daniel Malick · Bad Segeberg, DE
• Wolfgang Soltau · Hitzacker (Elbe), DE
• Joerg Gaedecke · Geesthacht, DE
• Matthias Rau · Frankfurt am Main, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 25, 2008
• Grant date: Jan 5, 2010
• Expiry date: Nov 25, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B30B15/026
• WIPO field: Machine tools
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A tablet press with a rotor, which is rotatably mounted in a stand of the tablet press and which has an upper punch accommodation for the upper punches and a lower punch accommodation for the lower punches of the tablet press, as well as a die plate with a series of die bores which are aligned with the upper and the lower punches, wherein the die plate consists of at least two ring segments which can be attached on the rotor by means of a fastening device, wherein clamping elements are arranged in axis parallel passages of the rotor spaced apart in the perimeter distance, which act against the ring segments from the bottom side and clamp against an abutment surface of the rotor, characterized in that at least one drive device for the clamping elements is arranged in the stand of the tablet press, with a coupling element adjustable in the height, which can be selectively set into engagement with the lower end of the clamping element.