Technology
An overview of the equipment and operations in our own facility, and when we use them. If a formulation belongs on a different technology, we say so — we do not manufacture at any price.
Equipment and operations
Parallel capacity: orders do not queue, and changing tooling on one press does not stop production.
Hard capsule filling in three sizes, for blends that will not compress.
Improving flow, compressibility and uniformity of the blend. Key for extracts and low-density formulations.
Blending to a uniform mix — it decides the active content of every unit in the batch.
Tablets and capsules filled into bottles at the agreed count.
Customer label, batch and best-before marking, final pack inspection.
On the floor
Tabletting or capsule filling, then packing into bottles with a label. Here is how they follow each other.
Granulate or powder falls from the hopper into the dies in the turret. Punches compress it and the finished tablet leaves at the discharge. Shape and diameter are set by the interchangeable tooling.
The turntable holds the capsule bodies, the dosing unit fills them with a weighed portion of the blend and the closing station caps them. Sizes 000, 00 and 1.
A counted dose of tablets or capsules goes into the bottle, the bottle is closed and on the conveyor it receives a label with batch code and best-before date.
The drawings are our own and show the principle, not a specific machine. Photographs and video from our plant will follow.
Technical detail
Capsule size fixes the volume; the fill weight depends on the bulk density of the specific blend. That is why we give a range, not one number.
| Size | Capsule volume | Fill at 0.6–1.0 g/ml | Typical use |
|---|---|---|---|
| 000 | ≈ 1.37 ml | ≈ 820–1,370 mg | Bulky blends and low-density extracts |
| 00 | ≈ 0.95 ml | ≈ 570–950 mg | The most common size for food supplements |
| 1 | ≈ 0.48 ml | ≈ 290–480 mg | Lower doses and easy-to-swallow products |
Values are for a first estimate. The actual fill weight is confirmed by a pilot batch with your blend.
Why wet granulation
Direct compression is the cheapest route — but it only works for blends that flow well and hold together under pressure. Interesting formulations usually behave the opposite way.
Granulate fills the die evenly, so every tablet has the same weight and therefore the same dose.
Well-run granulation gives a tablet that survives packing and transport and still disintegrates reliably.
Granulation locks the distribution of ingredients — the active does not separate from the excipients during processing.
When a blend will not compress, a hard capsule is the answer — and it masks taste and smell too.
Documentation
A food supplement is a food, and the operator placing it on the market is responsible for the label. The manufacturing data they need comes from us.
Raw materials used, process, process conditions and quantity produced for every batch.
From the finished pack back to the raw-material lots — required by EU food law, standard practice for us.
Composition, dosage, batch and best-before in a form usable for notification and inspection.
Send the composition and target dose. We will tell you whether a tablet or a capsule fits and what the process will need.
