There are only a few companies who produce hard gelatin capsule machines and market their products throughout the world.  The principles of capsule manufacturing have changed little since Arthur Colton presented the world's first fully automated machine back in 1930.

What has emerged from this basic principle are improvements in design and construction of the equipment. Technophar has applied these principles in order to produce consistently higher quality capsules, significant increases in production output and technological advances that allow for low machine maintenance and high reliability.

Technophar manufactures, under its own design, machines that produce empty two-piece hard gelatin capsules for all standard pharmaceutical sizes.  The entire capsule manufacturing process: greasing, dipping, kiln-drying, stripping, trimming and capsule joining is completely automatic.

Presently, we offer products such as:

  • "TWO-DECK TES: 6/7 bar dip" Hard capsule machine, two decks, hydraulic, dipping 6 or 7 bars, with nominal operating speed of 32, respectively 36 bars/min

  • "TWO-DECK TES/E: 6/7 bar dip" Hard capsule machine, two decks, hydraulic, dipping 6 or 7 bars, elongated,  with nominal operating speed of 36, respectively 38 bars/min

  • "TWO-DECK TES/E: 7 bar dip - two sets of automatics" Hard capsule machine, two decks, hydraulic, dipping 7 bars, elongated, with nominal operating speed of 44 bars/min

  • "TWO-DECK TES/E: 9 bar dip - two sets of automatics" Hard capsule machine, two decks, motion control, dipping 9 bars, elongated, with nominal operating speed up to 56 bars/min

  • "TRI-DECK TES 2000: 7" Hard capsule machine, three decks, hydraulic, dipping 7 bars, with nominal operating speed of 38 bars/min

  • upgrading of existing equipment

  • spare parts for conventional mechanical machines and hydraulic machines

  • other equipment produced through the relentless drive in applying advanced technology and diversification

  • hard gelatin capsule manufacturing and support equipment

Features to our Hard Capsule Machine:

  • Hydraulic, fully automatic, designed for high performance, increased output and efficiency, reduced downtime and cost effectiveness

  • PLC controls system with Touch Screen operating panel

  • Machines with 6, 7, or 9 bars dipping

  • Dipping system, independent between CAP and BODY, driven by stepper motors programmed to yield dipping profiles in accordance with the process and gelatin requirements

  • Dipper Elevator, driven by servomotor, which enables a close control of this critical movement, with the goal of obtaining a perfect gelatin distribution on the pins

  • Hydraulic system with two or three variable displacement pumps, working in tandem with reliable, leak-free hydraulic controls. The following movements are performed through this system:

    • Dipper one-bar movement and 6 or 7 bar ejecting

    • Greaser back and forth movement

    • Spindle rotation and upper conveyor

    • Table elevators

    • Upper and lower bar pushers and elevators

  • Variable speed drive, RINGCONE, with remote control

  • Steel welded construction

  • Machine frame decks are built out of aluminum profiles with horizontal conveyor rollers on bearings, for reduced friction

  • Safeties are provided all around the machinery integrated into the PLC system 

Model

Decks

Length

Bars dipped at once

Bars per Table

Bars per Side

Speed
Bars/min

Drying Cycle minutes

Output
caps/hr

TWO-DECK TES: 6

2

STD

6

24

894

32

28.25

57,600

TWO-DECK TES/E: 6

2

EL

6

24

1,135

36

31.64

64,800

TWO-DECK TES/E: 7

2

EL

7

28

1324

38

33.35

72,000

TRI-DECK TES: 7

3

STD

7

28

1374

38

38.25

72,000

 

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