Material supply for a tablet pressing machine, a tablet pressing machine and a cleaning method for a tablet pressing machine
OwnerStephen John Pollardinventor
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a material supply for a tablet pressing machine with a rotor, which comprises a matrix disc. The matrix disc includes a plurality of arranged matrices. The material supply is provided to supply material which is to be tabletted to the matrices formed in the matrix disc. A further subject of the invention is a tablet pressing machine which comprises a material supply according to the invention, and also a method for cleaning such a tablet pressing machine.
Claims19
A material supply for a tablet pressing machine including a rotor, the rotor having a matrix disc including an arranged plurality of matrices, wherein the material supply supplies material to be tabletted to the matrices formed in the matrix disc, wherein the material supply comprises a carrier part and a supply part, and wherein:
- a. the position of the carrier part relative to the matrix disc of the rotor is able to be fixed mechanically;
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- b. the supply part is mounted on the carrier part by means of at least one variable mounting part, wherein the variable mounting part is arranged to set a variable distance of the supply part to the matrix disc of the rotor.
A method for cleaning a tablet pressing machine including a rotor, the rotor having a matrix disc in which a plurality of matrices is arranged, wherein at least the matrix disc of the rotor, the supply part of the material supply and a spraying device for a cleaning fluid is arranged in a closed housing, the method comprising the steps of:
- a. providing a material supply to supply material which is to be tabletted to the matrices which are formed in the matrix disc, the material supply comprising a carrier part and a supply part, in which:
- i. the position of the carrier part relative to the matrix disc of the rotor is able to be fixed mechanically, and
- ii. the supply part is mounted on the carrier part by means of at least one variable mounting part;
- b. increasing the distance of the supply part to the matrix disc of the rotor by means of the variable mounting part;
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- c. spraying a cleaning fluid in the closed housing by means of the spraying device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.