tableting
Making solid doses
Tableting is the process of compressing powder or granular material into tablets, especially in pharmaceutical manufacturing.
The term covers the machinery, techniques, and quality control involved in producing uniform, solid doses: The company invested in new tableting equipment.
Also spelled tabletting.
Strike with fist
- dieStop being alive
- compactionReducing volume through pressure
- densificationIncreasing mass per volume
- tampingCompacting by repeated pressure
consolidation · bonding · cohesion · adhesion · pressure · friability · capping · lamination
Device securing loose pages
- lubricantFriction-reducing substance
- fillerSubstance closing gaps
- granulationMaking into small grains
- flowabilityEase of flowing
compressibility · API · slugging · friability · hardness · dissolution · bioavailability
Enclosed dose container
- lozengeMedicated tablet for sucking
- chewableCan be bitten through
- effervescentFizzing with gas bubbles
- sublingualUnder the tongue
buccal · extended-release · sugar-coated · scored · nutraceutical · supplement · vitamin
Manufacturing compliance framework
- validationConfirming truth or accuracy
- scale-upProportional increase in magnitude
- packagingProtective product enclosure
- labelingAssigning identifying markers
inspection · automation · efficiency · yield · deviation · SOPs
punch
Strike with fist
- dieStop being alive
- compactionReducing volume through pressure
- densificationIncreasing mass per volume
tamping · consolidation · bonding · cohesion · adhesion · pressure · friability · capping · lamination · sticking
binder
Device securing loose pages
- lubricantFriction-reducing substance
- fillerSubstance closing gaps
- granulationMaking into small grains
flowability · compressibility · API · slugging · friability · hardness · dissolution · bioavailability
capsule
Enclosed dose container
- lozengeMedicated tablet for sucking
- chewableCan be bitten through
- effervescentFizzing with gas bubbles
sublingual · buccal · extended-release · sugar-coated · scored · nutraceutical · supplement · vitamin
GMP
Manufacturing compliance framework
- validationConfirming truth or accuracy
- scale-upProportional increase in magnitude
- packagingProtective product enclosure
labeling · inspection · automation · efficiency · yield · deviation · SOPs
punches
Forceful fist strikes
granulator · blender · coater
tabletingdissolution
Breaking up completely
disintegration · liquefaction · disaggregation · decompression · pulverization
table, tablet, tablets, tabulate, tabulation, tabular, tableted, tabulator, tabletted