Autocoater
The Autocoater delivers precision film and enteric coating with fully automated discharge and advanced airflow control, engineered for high-volume pharmaceutical coating with consistent quality and minimal manual intervention.
- The Autocoater features a robust flameproof construction, ensuring safety and reliability in pharmaceutical manufacturing processes.
- This innovative automated pan coater design is equipped to handle both film and enteric coating processes, making it a versatile solution for diverse pharmaceutical coating needs.
- The Autocoater boasts a unique pan geometry with effective mixing elements, ensuring gentle product movement and a criss-cross motion during rotation, resulting in precise and consistent coating.
- With a guaranteed 100% auto discharge feature, there's no need for additional tools or fitments, simplifying the unloading process and reducing downtime significantly.
- An integrated LED light system provides clear process visualization, allowing you to monitor and control operations effectively throughout the coating cycle.
- The Autocoater includes a wet scrubber at the exhaust, enhancing environmental responsibility and ensuring cleaner air emissions.
- Pneumatically operated dampers are strategically placed between the inlet and exhaust to ensure the most efficient airflow control and coating uniformity.
- The perforated pan with a minimum 53% opening promotes better air flow and proper tablet rollover during the coating process. Speed control ranging from 1 to 20 rpm is achieved through a Variable Frequency Drive (VFD).
- Utilizing Spray Tech/PSS spray guns in an anti-breeding design, the Autocoater ensures precise and consistent coating application without spray pattern drift.
- Both sides of the pan feature a spray jet system fixed at the outer diameter of the pan, making cleaning and maintenance efficient and hassle-free.
- A separate area for coating spray and hot air flow is designed to maximize space utilization within the pan, resulting in less utility usage, including reduced steam consumption.
- Automatic control system monitors coating parameters and adjusts spray timing and airflow for consistent batch-to-batch results.
- The coating chamber design minimizes product overspray and waste, improving material efficiency and reducing raw material costs.
- Quick-connect spray gun assembly enables rapid changeover between different coating formulations without extensive cleaning downtime.
Key Technical Advantages
Flameproof Construction
Business Benefit: Safety & Regulatory Compliance
Robust flameproof design ensures safe operation in pharmaceutical manufacturing and meets all safety regulations.
Performance: Zero safety incidents; meets all regulatory requirements
Film & Enteric Coating Capability
Business Benefit: Versatility & Cost Efficiency
Unique pan design handles both film and enteric coating processes in a single machine, eliminating need for separate equipment.
Performance: 40-50% cost savings vs. dual equipment; supports 30+ coating types
53% Perforated Pan with Criss-Cross Elements
Business Benefit: Uniform Coating & Defect Reduction
Optimized pan geometry ensures gentle, uniform product movement and consistent coating distribution without segregation.
Performance: Reduces defects by 8-12%; improves uniformity by 15-20%; coating efficiency 95%+
100% Automated Discharge System
Business Benefit: Labor Efficiency & Downtime Reduction
Fully automatic discharge eliminates manual unloading, reducing operator labor and batch changeover time significantly.
Performance: Saves 10-15 min per batch; zero product loss; eliminates manual handling
VFD Speed Control (1-15 RPM)
Business Benefit: Process Precision & Flexibility
Variable frequency drive enables precise, step-less pan speed control optimized for different tablet shapes and sizes.
Performance: Improves coating consistency by 20%; supports 30+ tablet types
Wet Scrubber & Pneumatic Dampers
Business Benefit: Environmental Compliance & Air Quality
Integrated wet scrubber at exhaust ensures clean emissions and efficient airflow damping for consistent coating.
Performance: Reduces emissions by 95%; meets environmental standards; improves air quality
| MODEL | 10" | 14" | 18" | 36" | 48" | 60" | 66" |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum Capacity (kg) | 0.5 | 1.4 | 3.5 | 15 | 35 | 70 | 95 |
| Maximum Capacity (kg) | 1.5 | 5.8 | 20 | 65 | 135 | 280 | 400 |
| Minimum Capacity (kg) | 0.5 |
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| Maximum Capacity (kg) | 65 |
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| Maximum Capacity (kg) | 280 |
| Minimum Capacity (kg) | 95 |
| Maximum Capacity (kg) | 400 |
Frequently Asked Questions
What batch sizes does the Autocoater handle?
Seven pan sizes from 10 inch to 66 inch. Batch weights range from 0.5-1.5 kg on the 10 inch pan up to 95-400 kg on the 66 inch pan (for example, the 48 inch pan runs 35-135 kg).
Can the Autocoater do both film and enteric coating?
Yes. The pan geometry with criss-cross mixing elements handles both film and enteric coating in one machine, so separate equipment is not needed for each process.
How is coating uniformity achieved?
A perforated pan with a minimum 53% open area promotes airflow and proper tablet rollover, criss-cross mixing elements give gentle product movement, and pneumatically operated dampers between inlet and exhaust control airflow. Spray guns use an anti-breeding design to avoid spray-pattern drift.
How is pan speed controlled?
Pan speed is set through a Variable Frequency Drive (VFD), adjustable from 1 to 20 rpm, so it can be tuned to different tablet shapes and sizes.
Is discharge automated?
Yes. The Autocoater has 100% automatic discharge with no additional tools or fitments required, which removes manual unloading and shortens batch changeover. A quick-connect spray gun assembly allows rapid changeover between coating formulations.
What about emissions and cleaning?
A wet scrubber at the exhaust reduces emissions. Spray jets fixed on both sides at the pan's outer diameter, together with the quick-connect gun assembly, make cleaning between batches straightforward. Construction is flameproof.
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