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Press equipment or presses are used for the production of a number of products including tablets and briquets. Presses are designed to press granules, powders, or small solids into a single mass using a large amount of pressure. The amount of pressure necessary to press the powders or granules into a solid depends on the characteristics of the material that is to be pressed. Bonding agents are sometimes used in the production of tablets or briquets to assist the various materials in bonding together. Single action tablet presses are designed to produce one tablet per cycle and are used for low levels of production. Rotary tablet presses have multiple tablet pressing heads which allow the press to process multiple tablets at a time, though each tablet is at a different level of completion. Rotary tablet presses produce tablets on a continuous basis. Briquet presses a specifically designed for producing briquets.
Willmes Model TP8, 8,000 litre, stainless steel rotary drum and membrane blatter tank press with volume of product per hour – depending on materials and application. Equipped with 52" OD x 211" long stainless steel rotary drum press has a 5 Hp (4) chain motor to sproket drive with 1-1/2" OD and 3" OD vertical side drum juice drains and membrane silencer. 100" OD x 84" straight wall x 74" slant bottom, stainless steel product feed hopper with (3) 21" OD manways and bolt down covers, (1) 18" OD center port with (2) 3-/12" OD / 2" ID sanitary top ports. 26" OD bottom port has single pnuematic piston slide gate with 34" floor clearence and internal PVC membrane drainage channels to 8" OD flanged end plate with 48" floor clearence and 69" long x 34" wide x 12" high product drip tray with front end auxillary 4.5 Hp vacuum turbine. Control panel has Allen Bradley CPU controller with panel view. Mounted on (4) leg heavy duty painted steel, frame with remote 150 psi membrane blatter air tanks.
OAD: 259" L x 79" W x 267" H Press 80" OD x 117" H Air Tank
Stokes Model 5192, Single head tablet press rated up to 130 tablets per minute – depending on materials and application. Has 1-1/2 ton maximum top pressure, 1/4" maximum fill depth, 1/8" maximum OD compact and 1-1/16" standard die OD and cycle counter. Mounted on A steel frame with height adjustable legs.
OAD: 38"L x 29"W x 63"H
Manesty Model BB3B, automatic, 33-station, rotary tablet press rated up to 1884 tablets per minute – depending on size, shape, depth and product being run. Tablets: up to 7/16" diameter x 11/16" deep. 6.5 tons of pressure, dust extraction nozzles, 2 adjustable stainless steelproduct hoppers 10"diameter x 10" deep with sight glass, 16"long x 4" wide discharge chute. Equipped with keyed uppers. Mounted on heavy duty base frame. Customer to supply tooling.
OAD: 47" L x 44" W x 72" H
Courtoy Model R100/36, 30 station rotary tablet press. Rated up to 2850 tablets per minute – depending on size, shape, depth and product being run. Tablets: up to .748" diameter x up to .787" fill depth. Has 8.8 tons of compression. Equipped with B type tooling, forced rotary feeders, dust extraction system, 12.99" pitch diameter of turret, air compensator on pre-compression, cooling unit, hydro-pneumatic compensator, 18"L discharge chute with two pneumatic diverter gates and two photoeyes, 10" diameter S/S powder hopper with sight glass, and one piece high strength steel turret with hard chromed working surfaces. Integrated tablet checkweighing system, precompression station with air compensator of 3kN max force, E-stop, and barrier guarding with electrical interlock. Mounted on heavy duty base frame. Customer to supply tooling.
OAD: 82"L x 60"W x 87"H
Stokes Model R, Automatic single head "DD" tablet press rated from 10 to 48 tablets per minute – depending on materials and application. Capable of 2" deep fills and 3" to 4-1/2" OD tablets. Last set up for 1-1/2" OD tablets and has 20 tons of pressure, brass powder feed frame with 8" Long x 4" Wide discharge. Powered by 5 Hp motor drive with fixed speed drive and stop, start push button controls. Mounted on heavy duty forkable frame with cage style guarding.
OAD: 91"L x 45"W x 71"H
Colton Model 227-192, 42 station rotary tablet press Rated up to 1400 tablets per minute – depending on size, shape, depth and product being run. Maximum tablet dia: .945". Equipped with "D" tooling and (2) 10" diameter stainless steel product hoppers, 20" long x 4-3/4" wide discharge chute, 16"long x 3-1/2" wide discharge chute, and 1" thick die plate with 1" diameter die holes and 3/4" round upper and lower punches, and has a maximum of 9000 lbs or 4.5 tons pressure. Mounted on heavy duty base frame. Customer to supply tooling.
OAD: 56"L x 36"W x 68"H
Colton, 41 station, rotary, tablet press with "B" tooling, rated up to 1400 tablets per minute – depending on materials and application. Equipped with stainless steel product hopper, feed die table, B tooling with maximum pressure rating of up to 9000 lbs or 4.5 tons and tablet dimension up to 5/8" in Diameter x 11/16" in Depth, currently set with 5/8" Diameter uppers and 7/8" Diameter lowers. Mounted on heavy duty base frame. Customer to supply tooling.
OAD: 56" L x 36" W x 68" H
Colton automatic 35 station rotary tablet press. Rated up to 1500 tablets per minute – depending on size, shape, depth and product being run. Maximum pressure (above and below): 4 Tons. Maximum tablet diameter: 7/16". Maximum fill depth: 11/16". Punch Length: Upper 5-1/4" lower 5-1/4" Punch diameter upper 3/4" and lower 3/4". Die diameter: 0.945" Die depth: 7/8". Equipped with keyed uppers, dual stainless steel hoppers, brass feed frames and overfill device. Simultaneous top / bottom compression and automatic pressure release. Mounted on heavy duty base frame. Customer to supply tooling.
OAD: 52”L x 42”W x 70”H
Stokes, automatic rotary 27 station tablet press rated from 750 to 1,400 tablets per minute – depending on materials and application. Maximum pressure (above and below): 4 Tons. Maximum diameter of tablet is 5/8" and has maximum fill depth of 11/16". and has 3/4" maximum oval length. set with 3/4" keyed upper and 3/4" lower punch holders and 1-3/16" diameter die holder and auto excess pressure release. Mounted on heavy duty base frame. Customer to supply tooling.
OAD: 40"L x 48"W x 70"H
Manesty, Model Beta Press, 16 station rotary tablet press with "B" tooling rated from 50 to 650 tablets per minute – depending on materials, application, machine configuration and environment being run in. Maximum operating pressure of 4 tons. Equipped with 10" diameter x 14" long stainless steel product feed hopper, with product force feeder, keyed 19mm OD upper and 30.16mm OD lower dies, push button start / stop controls, ton pressure gauge and tablet counter with flip open safety guarding. Mounted on forkable pedestal style base. Customer has to supply tooling.
OAD: 40"L x 40"W x 75"H
Manesty, Model Express 25, 25 station rotary tablet press rated from 1,000 to 2,500 tablets per minute – depending on materials, application, machine configeration and environment being run in. Maximum operating pressure of 6.5 tons, with a 1 ton pre-compression section. Maximum tablet diameter of 16mm; maximum fill depth of 17.4mm. Equipped with 12" diameter x 14" deep conical stainless steel product hopper, ¾" OD keyed dies on upper plate and 1¼" OD dies on lower plate. Push button start / stop controls with safety guarding. Mounted heavy duty base frame. Customer to supply tooling.
OAD: 40"L x 30"W x 78"H
Stokes, Model B2, 16 station rotary press. Rated from 350 to 650 tablets per minute – depending on materials, application, machine configeration and enivorment being run in. Compression: up to 4 tons. Maximum tablet diameter of (5/8)"; Maximum fill depth of (11/16)". Equipped with ¾" OD upper keyed dies and 1(1/8)" OD dies on lower plate, 5 Hp motor. Start / stop push buttons with pressure guage, speed control dial and readout. Mounted pedestal base frame with lexan guarding package.Customer to supply tooling.
OAD: 50"L x 46"W x 70"H
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