Bosch Packaging Technology, a supplier of processing and packaging solutions, presents a selection of laboratory devices for solid dosage forms from its product brands Hüttlin and Manesty. The two process technology specialists for the pharmaceutical industry are part of the Bosch Packaging Technology portfolio since 2011.
Hüttlin GmbH’s high-shear mixer granulator and Manesty’s customized, flexible tablet presses and coaters, have jointly developed laboratory device Solidlab 2.
Flexibility, ease of use, and cost effectiveness are particularly important when developing products in the laboratory. Solidlab 2 is a compact and modular machine that combines several process steps in a small space: drying, granulating and coating in the fluid bed, as well as tablet coating in the coater. The modules can be used individually and contain the entire periphery such as inlet and exhaust air handling, sensor technology, and control system.
Hüttlin Mycromix is the smallest high-shear mixer granulator in the laboratory equipment range. It handles batches from 0.05 to 4 kg. The bottom drive unit Hüttlin Gentlewing ensures homogenous mixing qualities for granulates. All processes can be easily transferred to production equipment via scale-up.
With the Manesty Xpress range of tablet presses, Bosch Packaging Technology fulfills the pharmaceutical industry’s needs for flexibility and safety, as well as low investment and operation costs. The Manesty Xpress product range consists of both single and double-sided rotary tablet presses as well as a WiP option (Wash in Place) allowing for flexible tablet production of small, medium, and large batch sizes. The machines feature an ergonomic design, short product changeover times, high product yield, and Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE).
Bosch Packaging Technology provides laboratories worldwide where customers can test machines and formulations on-site. Bosch experts support customers during the entire development process of pharmaceutical products, right through to the start of production. The laboratory in Schopfheim is equipped with a range of machines that cover all process steps from mixing and granulating, drying, and coating through to pressing and coating of tablets and pellets, as well as capsule filling. The laboratory in Knowsley specializes in pressing, coating, and testing of tablets. In Waiblingen, Germany, the laboratory focuses on the development of optimal dosing techniques, for instance in hard gelatine capsules. Further small laboratories are being established at different sites across the globe for testing and feasibility studies.
