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Method and apparatus for sorting tablets at a rotary press for making tablets

US7740140B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

FETTE GMBH · DE

Inventors

Ingo Schmidt · Schwarzenbek, DE
Andreas Arning · Rottenburg am Neckar, DE
Kai Hübner · Ratzeburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 3, 2006
Grant date	Jun 22, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 5, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB30B15/32
WIPO fieldMachine tools
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method for sorting tablets at a rotary press for making tablets, comprising the following steps: the individual tablets are monitored with regard to at least one property of their condition during the pressing process, and a bad-signal is generated, if a tablet does not fulfill the property, and tablets which do not generate a bad-signal being good-tablets; the good-tablets are directed from a die plate of the rotary press into a good-channel; after a bad-signal has been generated, a bad-tablet is directed into a bad-channel by means of an air blast; by means of a further air stream, which is directed into the bad-channel, the bad-tablet is accelerated into the bad-channel whereby a returning to the die plate is avoided.

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