Dual release dosage form capsule and methods, devices and systems for making same

A capsule forming machine comprising:

• superimposed upper and lower plates that are each rotatable about an axis of rotation, wherein each of the upper and lower plates define a plurality of voids for receiving a shell body or a capsule member of a capsule that are positioned to define a plurality of stations;
• a plurality of first distribution devices, wherein one each of the plurality of first distribution devices is operatively positioned at one of the plurality of stations the upper plate and the lower plate;
• wherein the axis of rotation of the lower plate (AP1) is at an acute angle relative to the axis of rotation of the upper plate (AP2);
• and
• an actuator operatively connected to either of the upper or lower plates, wherein the actuator lifts and lowers the upper plate or the lower plate relative to the other plate and/or pivots the upper plate or the lower plate relative to the other plate transverse to the rotational axis to move a capsule assembly station thereof toward to the other plate and then away from the other plate at predetermined times;
• wherein a longitudinal axis (AV1) of a void in the lower plate is substantially coaxially aligned with a longitudinal axis (AV2) of a void in the upper plate for at least a portion of a revolution of the upper and lower plates.